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Think Stablecoins Are Solid? Remember the Financial Crisis
8.2.2021
USD stablecoins are created largely outside the dollar system and lack federal deposit guarantees. Investors should be careful
Cardano, Polkadot Market Caps Surpass XRP as Some Bet on Alternatives to Ethereum
8.2.2021
The price of gas continues to rise on Ethereum, squeezing smaller retail traders using DEXs
Tesla’s Buying of Bitcoin Briefly Made Bitcoin More Valuable Than Tesla
8.2.2021
The cryptocurrency was more valuable than all but seven of the world's publicly traded companies
Price analysis 2/8: BTC, ETH, ADA, XRP, DOT, BNB, LTC, DOGE, LINK, BCH
8.2.2021
Strong institutional demand has propelled Bitcoin and many altcoins to new all-time highs
Bitcoin Price Surpasses $44k Handle, ETH Futures Launch, Tesla’s Balance Sheet BTC Praised
8.2.2021
The price of bitcoin touched a new all-time high on Monday after the community discovered that Elon Musk’s firm Tesla added $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin to the company’s balance sheet. At press time, bitcoin is meandering over the $43k handle and has an overall market capitalization...
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
First Mover: Tesla Sends Bitcoin Mooning Past $44K as Snoop Wins #dogebowl
8.2.2021
Electric-vehicle entrepreneur Elon Musk follows through with a $1.5 billion purchase after adding "#bitcoin" to his Twitter profile late last month
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
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 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
Ethereum Futures Are Now Trading on CME
8.2.2021
The Chicago exchange has now traded 77 ETH contracts after going live on Sunday
CME Ethereum futures go live, Bitcoin caps its best week ever: 5 things to watch this week
8.2.2021
With its best-ever weekly close in the bag, Bitcoin is set to vie with Ether and the new "altseason" for supremacy this week
Asset Manager Stone Ridge’s NYDIG Sees Wall of Money Coming Into Bitcoin — Institutions Grow Beyond Owning BTC
8.2.2021
The founder of Stone Ridge Asset Management and the New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) sees a “wall of money” coming into bitcoin based on his firm’s order book. The executive believes that institutions are just getting started and we will see an explosion...
Crypto Long & Short: Could Scalable Payments for Bitcoin Undermine Its Value?
7.2.2021
A stream of crypto payments services coming to market give new life to the debate around whether bitcoin can be both a store of value and a payments token
Top 5 cryptocurrencies to watch this week: BTC, DOT, LINK, XLM, THETA
7.2.2021
Bitcoin is facing rejection above $40,000, but if the bulls do not give up much ground, several altcoins could resume their uptrend
Dogecoin Rises More Than 36% After Snoop Dogg Becomes Snoop DOGE
7.2.2021
The Twitter-based DOGE show culminated in a Lion King-inspired meme photo of Musk holding up Simmons who is shown holding up Snoop Dogg, who in turn is holding up a Shiba Ina
DOGE and XRP rally as pump and dumps sneak back into crypto markets
7.2.2021
Amid the r/Wallstreetbets revolution, several altcoins are falling prey to pump-and-dump schemes
WallStreetBets Is Disrupting Financial Markets — Possibly Permanently
7.2.2021
Pierre-Yann Dolbec, Assistant professor in marketing and Research Chair in Complexity and Markets, Concordia University.
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If the financial world follows the pattern seen a decade or so ago in other markets, such as fashion and music, Reddit’s WallStreetBets (r/wallstreetbets) phenomenon might...
Bit.com’s Daily Volume for Bitcoin Cash Options Doubled Every Day Since Launch
7.2.2021
At the end of January, the Matrixport subsidiary and leading derivatives exchange Bit.com announced the introduction of bitcoin cash perpetual swaps and options. Following the launch, the daily 24-hour volume has exceeded expectations doubling every day ever since. During the last few years...
Whales profit as high Ethereum gas fees sideline retail DeFi investors
7.2.2021
High gas fees on the Ethereum network are making it nearly impossible for retail investors to interact with DeFi protocols but the same doesn’t apply to whales