Purpose Bitcoin ETF Now Holds Over $500M in BTC Days After Debut
With $564 million assets under management (AUM), Purpose Bitcoin ETF, the world’s first Bitcoin Exchange-Traded…
Month: February 2021
Canadian bank plans to launch dollar-backed digital currency ‘in the coming months’
Stablecorp CEO Jean Desgagne said VersaBank’s digital currency was intended to provide an alternative to…
ETH mining still highly profitable despite upcoming Eth2 upgrade
Miners weigh in on lucrative ETH mining payouts as the blockchain eyes a transition away…
Chainlink rolls out OCR system upgrade, reducing gas costs tenfold
The Off-Chain Reporting upgrade changes how oracles aggregate data, easing the burden on the blockchains….
Sam Bankman-Fried: The crypto whale who wants to give billions away
“The brutal or inspiring truth… is that the more you put in, the more you…
The Fed Is Carefully Examining Digital Dollar — Chairman Jerome Powell Says ‘Very High Priority Project for Us’
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has provided an update on the progress of a digital…
Microstrategy Buys $1 Billion More Bitcoin — Company Now Holds Over 90,000 BTC
Microstrategy has purchased an additional $1.026 billion worth of bitcoin, raising the total number of…
xSigma Passes Security Audit and Prepares to Launch Stablecoin DEX With LP Rewards
PRESS RELEASE. February 24, 2021 – xSigma, a decentralized exchange for stablecoin swaps, has announced…
India’s Warren Buffett Wants Regulators to Ban Bitcoin and Focus on Digital Rupee
Indian billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, sometimes referred to as the Warren Buffett of India, says that…
‘Cryptocurrency is not legitimate money,’ says Nigeria’s central bank governor
Nigeria’s central bank is doubling down on its anti-cryptocurrency stance. Godwin Emefiele, governor of the…
Tokenization of assets is not taking off, but it really should
For years, tokenization has been hyped to be one of the most interesting use cases…
DeFi exchange protocol DFX raises $5M in seed funding led by Polychain Capital
Polychain Capital has bet on a new DeFi exchange protocol looking to boost the adoption…
Crypto on-ramp hits Opera browser following Simplex integration
Integration with payment processor Simplex means Opera browser users now have another route from fiat…
Bezos Knocks Musk Off Top of Billionaires List as Tesla and Bitcoin Craters
Tesla’s Elon Musk has lost his spot as the richest man in the world. This…
Hedera makes inroads in Africa as Standard Bank Group becomes node operator
Standard Bank Group has become the first African node operator on the Hedera network. Standard…
