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MicroStrategy to Buy More Bitcoin, Crypto Adoption Signs, Zero-Fee Trading + More News
29.1.2021
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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US-based business intelligence company MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor said the company will keep buying bitcoin (BTC), telling...
SEC is looking into Robinhood's handling of Gamestop trading
29.1.2021
Fearing that recent delistings and volatility "undermine market confidence," the U.S. securities regulator says it is looking into the Robinhood fiasco
Robinhood Now Limits Crypto Trading Too
29.1.2021
Popular trading app Robinhood confirmed that it is now limiting crypto trading due to "extraordinary market conditions."
"Due to extraordinary market conditions, we’ve temporarily turned off Instant buying power for crypto. Customers can still use settled funds to buy crypto,"...
Portfolio App Blockfolio Adds Crypto, Stock Trading to Capitalize on GameStop Drama
29.1.2021
The app offers trading of crypto assets as well as tokenized stocks listed on derivatives exchange FTX
Robinhood suspends instant deposits for crypto purchases over DOGE spike
29.1.2021
Market mayhem continues as WallStreetBets takes on crypto
Dogecoin trading volume hits $5B surpassing Bitcoin's for the first time ever
29.1.2021
As the price of DOGE surged eight-fold within a day, the volume of Dogecoin surpassed Bitcoin's on Binance
Robinhood Limits Cryptocurrency Trading Citing ‘Extraordinary Market Conditions’
29.1.2021
Users still have some crypto trading functionality, per a Friday report from CNBC
YFX.Com – DEX That Offers 100x Trading Leverage on Perpetual Contracts
29.1.2021
PRESS RELEASE. YFX, the first DEX that offers 100x trading leverage on perpetual contracts has just launched, adding an important piece to the DeFi money legos, and creating a direct competition against CEX on derivatives trading. The most traded Bitcoin product in centralized exchanges is Bitcoin...
Google reportedly scraps thousands of negative Robinhood reviews
29.1.2021
Google removed over 120,000 of negative Robinhood reviews citing violations related to rating manipulation, the firm reportedly said
Financial ties between Robinhood and funds shorting GME fall under scrutiny
28.1.2021
The trading platform's decision to shut Redditors out from buying GameStop continues to raise eyebrows
Rob from the poor and give to the rich? Robinhood prompts furious backlash after restricting trades
28.1.2021
"Robinhood’s entire business model is to cater to the exact people they are now trying to f--- with and scare into selling," said Dave Portnoy
Who Let the DOGE Out? Meme-Based Cryptocurrency Soars 250% to Record High
28.1.2021
A large chunk of the gains had retraced by mid morning, however
Prime Trust, tZERO Partner on Digital Asset Custody, Trading
28.1.2021
The integration will enable Prime Trust to manage the custody of digital securities and cryptocurrencies for its customers using tZERO for trading
Hard-Hit Argentinian Farmers May Get Boost From Trading Platform for Tokenized Produce
28.1.2021
Farm assets like soybeans will be tokenized on a platform from CoreLedger for trading against other assets like cattle or fiat currency
GameStop short squeeze highlights the power of decentralization
28.1.2021
What do the traders on r/WallStreetBets have in common with cryptocurrency traders? Both are using technological breakthroughs to skirt processes inherent in traditional financial systems
Privacy-Centric Messaging App Signal Experiments With Stellar-Based Mobilecoin Project
28.1.2021
One of the most popular privacy-centric messaging applications Signal has seen explosive growth during the last two months over things like the Whatsapp acquisition and the recent Big Tech censorship. According to a number of reports, the company has been experimenting with monetization and more...
Massive Gamestop Short Squeeze Highlights the Fragility of Today’s Financial System
27.1.2021
The bigwigs trading stocks on Wall Street have been upset this week as billion-dollar hedge funds have been crippled by Redditors and memes. Not too long ago, the firm Gamestop’s shares were plummeting, and Wall Street veterans lined up a mountain of short bets against the company’s...
GameStop-Style Revolts Spread, Prompting Halt by TD Ameritrade, Nasdaq Monitoring
27.1.2021
Nasdaq and TD Ameritrade are taking a mob of Reddit traders head on
As Bitcoin price sees sub-$30K, do bears control the BTC market now?
27.1.2021
The price of Bitcoin dropped below $30,000 in a quick swoop on the third retest in two weeks of the support area
Major payments firm SIA to launch DLT-based secondary credit marketplace
27.1.2021
Italian financial services firm SIA plans to launch an Ethereum-based platform for secondary credit trading in the second half of 2021