08/01/2021     Market Wrap: Bitcoin Reaches $40.3K While DeFi Value Locked Inflates to Over $22B

Large trading volumes in the bitcoin spot market are helping push prices upward to a fresh record high. Ethereum-based DeFi value locked is also setting records, with rising crypto values playing a part. Bitcoin (BTC (+3.68%)) trading around $39,143 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 8.4% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $36,382-$40,324 (CoinDesk 20) BTC...

06/01/2021     Bitcoin Sets New All-Time High Above $35K

Bitcoin bulls pushed the leading cryptocurrency to fresh all-time highs above $35,000 Tuesday night after a couple days of choppy price action kept traders guessing which direction the market would head next. The price is rising, and fast. Bitcoin jumped nearly 12% Tuesday to top the previous record high of $34,544.94 set this past Sunday after a dizzying climb over...

04/01/2021     Bitcoin Blasts Past $34K for First Time, Less Than 24 Hours After Blowing Through $30K

Another day, another $1,000-plus increase in bitcoin’s price, bringing the leading cryptocurrency’s combined gains this new year to about $5,000. The price of bitcoin surged past $34,000 for the first time ever early Sunday morning Eastern time, extending a record-setting holiday rally and adding an immediate exclamation point to the Bitcoin Network's 12-year anniversary. Once the price of the leading...

30/12/2020     Panthers’ Russell Okung Becomes First NFL Player to Be Paid in Bitcoin

“Pay me in bitcoin” has come true for National Football League player Russell Okung. Some 20 months and a 273% price increase after he first tweeted that demand in May 2019, Okung will be the first player from any major U.S. sports league to be paid in bitcoin. The arrangement comes by way of Zap, the bitcoin (BTC, +6.32%) startup...

28/12/2020     Bitcoin price crashes by 6.5% in minutes after hitting $28.4K sell wall

A rampant bull run is punctuated by sellers above $28,000, with Bitcoin continuing to see wild volatility on Sunday. Bitcoin (BTC) hit all-time highs of $28,400 before crashing thousands of dollars on Dec. 27 — the latest chapter in its Christmas trading frenzy. BTC price dips $1,900 in minutes Data from Cointelegraph Markets, Coin360 and TradingView showed BTC/USD gain and...

25/12/2020     Tierion to Repay ICO Investors Up to $25M Plus Interest in SEC Settlement

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered Tierion to pay back investors in its TNT tokens after finding the data verification startup’s $25 million initial coin offering (ICO) violated securities laws. TNT holders and ICO investors who sold their tokens at a loss have 60 days to ask Tierion for what is essentially a refund – at cost, plus...

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23/12/2020     MoneyGram Takes Wait-and-See Approach as SEC Sues Partner Ripple

MoneyGram has yet to see any “negative impact” on its longstanding business arrangement with Ripple from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s lawsuit against the latter company. “MoneyGram will continue to monitor the situation as it evolves,” a company spokesperson told CoinDesk in an emailed statement. “MoneyGram has continued to utilize its other traditional FX trading counterparties throughout the...

21/12/2020     Square’s Cash App Now Lets Customers Get Bitcoin Back on Purchases

Cash App, the cash-transferal app of payments giant Square, is now allowing customers to get bitcoin back on every transaction. Previously, Cash App had only allowed clients to get U.S. currency back on transactions. In November, in the company's Q3 earnings report Square said Cash App generated $1.63 billion of bitcoin (BTC, +0.05%) revenue, up 11 times from the year-ago...

18/12/2020     DeFi boom drives 1200% increase in DApp volume in 2020: Report

DeFi projects will form the foundation of the crypto economy in 2021 according to a report by DappRadar. DApp transaction volume has topped $270 billion so far in 2020, with 95% of this figure belonging to Ethereum’s DeFi ecosystem, according to DappRadar. That’s an astonishing 1178% increase from last year’s total of $21 billion. The blockchain data provider revealed the...

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