Crypto Market Sentiment Improves Further, XRP Leads
8.2.2021
The beginning of February brought some much-anticipated optimism in terms of crypto market sentiment, as nearly all major coins have improved their moving 7-day average sentiment score (sentscore). In turn, the combined moving 7-day average sentscore for 10 major coins, increased from 5.8 last week...
Tesla Has $1.5 Billion Worth of Bitcoin on Its Balance Sheet, Plans to Accept BTC for Products
8.2.2021
The publicly listed firm Tesla has announced in a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Form 10-k filing that the company has purchased $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. When the news broke, the price of the leading crypto asset jumped well over 15%, touching a new all-time price high at $44,899...
Hardware Wallet Maker Ledger Adds DeFi Support to Mobile App
8.2.2021
Ledger's mobile app now allows users to connect to decentralized apps via an integration with open-source protocol WalletConnect
Introducing CoinDesk TV: Industry-Leading Crypto News, Now in Living Color
8.2.2021
Amid turbulence in markets, economy and society, there's no better time or purpose to launch CoinDesk TV, writes Executive Producer Joanne Po
What Bloomberg Gets Wrong About Bitcoin’s Climate Footprint
8.2.2021
The outlet compared Bitcoin and Visa's energy use, reaching several highly misleading conclusions, our columnist says
Peter Schiff thinks Dogecoin could disrupt Bitcoin
8.2.2021
Anthony Pompliano, a renowned entrepreneur and a host of a popular bitcoin podcast, jokingly remarked in his recent tweet that the vocal bitcoin hater Peter Schiff claims that Dogecoin (a popular cryptocurrency) is going to disrupt the first decentralized crypto Bitcoin. Following his tweet,...
Canadian Crypto Lender Ledn Raises $2.7M for Emerging Markets Expansion
8.2.2021
After growing in Latin America, the firm wants to bring its micro-loans and stablecoin savings features to other emerging markets
Bitcoin Hits New ATH, Ethereum and Altcoins Start Fresh Rally
8.2.2021
Bitcoin price remained stable above USD 38,000, and it gained pace above USD 38,500. BTC even surged above USD 40,000 and traded to a new all-time high near USD 43,400. It is currently (13:00 UTC) trading nicely above USD 42,000 and it is likely to continue higher.
Similarly, most other major...
A turn for the worse? India’s crypto plan unsettling to local industry
8.2.2021
The Indian crypto industry sees a brief panic over the government’s plans to ban “private cryptocurrencies” and explore the need for a CBDC
Tesla expects to begin accepting Bitcoin for payment
8.2.2021
Tesla is now able to hold Bitcoin in reserves, thus accepting Bitcoin as payment for its cars without necessarily converting it
Tesla Buys USD 1.5B Worth of Bitcoin, To Accept BTC as Payment
8.2.2021
Tesla confirmed it invested an aggregate USD 1.50bn in bitcoin (BTC) and may acquire and hold digital assets from time to time or long-term.
"Moreover, we expect to begin accepting bitcoin as a form of payment for our products in the near future, subject to applicable laws and initially on...
Bitcoin Hits New Record High Over $43K on Tesla News
8.2.2021
The largest cryptocurrency surged at least 11% to surpass the previous peak price of $41,962 reached in early January