China’s Blockchain Infrastructure Services Provider BSN Adds Casper to Network
8.2.2021
Casper is an Ethereum competitor that aims to launch in the first quarter of 2021
Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 8, 2021
8.2.2021
With BTC setting new all-time high prices, ether futures launching and Elon Musk announcing Tesla's purchase of $1.5B worth of bitcoin, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup
Tesla allocates 7.7% of gross cash to Bitcoin
8.2.2021
Breaking down Tesla’s Bitcoin purchase reveals the emergence of a new corporate whale
Cardano Token Pips Dot Into Fifth Place After Price Surges by 85% —Elon Musk Endorsed Dogecoin Sets New All Time High
8.2.2021
The Cardano network token has toppled Dot to become the crypto-asset with the fourth-highest market capitalization. This new Cardano position comes after its price surged by more than 85% from $0.35 on February 1 to $0.68 on February 7. With the new price, the token’s market capitalization...
South Korean Central Bank: Build Legal Boundary Between CBDCs & Crypto
8.2.2021
Source: Adobe/Снежана Кудрявцева
The South Korean central bank – the Bank of Korea (BOK) – wants Seoul to draw a line between central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and cryptoassets, and hopes the government will make an eleventh-hour adjustment to a key crypto law that promulgates next month.
The...
Binance Drops Defamation Lawsuit Against Forbes Over ‘Tai Chi’ Document
8.2.2021
The exchange did not say in its latest filing why it withdrew the case, at least for now
Top Crypto Exchanges Experience Difficulties as Tesla News Prompts Trading Frenzy
8.2.2021
Binance, Coinbase, Gemini and Kraken are all having technical difficulties under heavy trading load
Major exchanges struggle as Bitcoin pumps on $1.5B Tesla investment
8.2.2021
As usual, when Bitcoin pumps and traders need stable exchanges more than ever, some are almost guaranteed to go down
Ex-OCC Chief Brooks Calls Tesla’s Bitcoin Buy a Bit ‘Scary News’ for Rest of World
8.2.2021
Brooks noted that the U.S. money supply will have risen 40% over the last 12 months once the most recent round of stimulus is done
DeFi snowball will turn into a Web 3.0 avalanche
8.2.2021
We are at a pivotal moment in the history of the internet. And DeFi is a symptom of the real shift from centralized services to decentralized
Bank of Korea: CBDCs Are Fiat Currency Not Virtual Assets
8.2.2021
Some legal changes would be needed before a potential central bank digital currency launch in South Korea, research indicates
Cardano and Binance Founders Take Aim At Ethereum as ADA & BNB Rally
8.2.2021
While Ethereum (ETH) maximalists are hard at work trying to compete for attention and investments Bitcoin (BTC) is getting, their competitors are now focusing on ETH's weaknesses.
First, Cardano (ADA) Founder Charles Hoskinson has criticized Ethereum 2.0 and its scaling model, while ADA almost...