15/02/2021     Bitcoin Sets New All-Time High of $49.7K, Putting $50K Within Striking Distance

The record comes as traders analysts have described institutional investors’ interest in bitcoin as growing “at a staggering pace.” The price of bitcoin (BTC) rose Sunday morning to a new all-time high of $49,716 after a week of positive developments regarding increased Wall Street acceptance of the leading cryptocurrency. Bitcoin hit a new high-water mark of $49,716.44, topping the previous...

12/02/2021     SEC Commissioner Peirce Says Market Is Ready for a Bitcoin ETP

Peirce also pushed back against an emerging government narrative that cryptocurrency is a dangerous rail for terrorist financing. U.S capital markets are ready for a bitcoin exchange-traded product, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce said on CoinDesk TV Thursday. The regulator playfully known as "crypto mom" said people are already eager to trade a bitcoin ETP, "and so if...

11/02/2021     New milestones!

The next milestone has been overcome. There are already more than 6.5 k projects on the platform!

10/02/2021     Bitcoin mempool clogs up with 125K transactions waiting

While the number of Bitcoin transactions that can fit in a block remains the same, demand on the network is leading to rising transaction costs. The number of transactions waiting to be confirmed in the Bitcoin mempool surged briefly above 125,000 today. This represents the equivalent of roughly 149 megabytes worth of data waiting to be added to the blockchain,...

08/02/2021     Tesla Invests $1.5B in Bitcoin, Plans to Accept Crypto Payments

Tesla also expects to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for its products "in the near future." The announcement that much of the crypto world has been hoping for is here: Tesla has invested in bitcoin. The electric vehicle maker said Monday in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it has put...

06/02/2021     Ethereum Transaction Fees Hit Record Highs as Ether, DeFi Coins Soar

Fees for transacting on the Ethereum network breached previous records, passing above $20 for the first time Thursday. As of 05:45 UTC (12:45 a.m. ET), the average and median transaction fee on Ethereum reached as high as $23.43 and $11.77, respectively, data from Blockchair indicates. Ethereum last broke its transaction fee record a month ago on Jan. 11, hitting an...

03/02/2021     Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises to $35.8K, Ether Hits New High and DeFi Crosses $28B Locked

The last time bitcoin’s closing price was under $30,000 was Jan. 1, according to CoinDesk 20 data. Bitcoin reversed several days of sideways trading to head higher, ether broke $1,500 for the first time and DeFi’s ecosystem has a record amount of value locked in dollar terms. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $35,824 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining...

02/02/2021     A decentralized Reddit forum called WallStreetBets is causing chaos on Wall Street.

The group “r/Wallstreetbets” (aka WSB) is a longstanding subreddit channel where over 3.5 million Reddit users discuss highly speculative trading ideas and strategies. Described as “like 4chan found a Bloomberg Terminal,” the community has caused huge disruption to financial markets this week. On Sept. 19, 2020, a Redditor with the handle Player896 published a post in the channel entitled “Bankrupting...

29/01/2021     Coinbase to Become Publicly Traded, Announces Proposed Direct Listing of Shares

Coinbase announced last month it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement with the SEC. Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global said it intends to become a publicly traded company pursuant to a proposed direct listing of its Class A common stock. On Dec. 17, 2020, Coinbase announced it had confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the...

27/01/2021     Bitcoin Falls as Miners Sell, Institutions Watch Yellen

Bitcoin’s price dropped as much as 10% during early trading hours on Tuesday as bitcoin miners started selling a large amount of the cryptocurrency for the first time since October. There is not enough demand to absorb the additional coins on the market because institutions want an idea of how the new Biden Administration will view bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies....

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