Entities can receive U.S. dollars or Bitcoin by issuing debt bonds via this platform. An increasing number of mainstream financial activities have become blockchain integrated in line with the growing crypto segment. Now tokenized debt markets are entering the space as well. “CoinFLEX has created a new market for short-term commercial paper, enabling private companies […]
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The CFTC’s fintech wing has published its fourth primer, this time on digital assets. LabCFTC, the fintech-focused office of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has published a new intro to digital assets. The “Digital Assets Primer” is dated Dec. 15 but was announced Dec. 17. It includes basic definitions and overviews of digital asset markets, […]
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Early BTC miners with the foresight to hodl have now become millionaires. Bitcoin’s (BTC) parabolic run has turned early miners into millionaires at a pace rarely seen before. Data from Glassnode shows that the number of Bitcoin addresses holding at least $1 million has skyrocketed to 66,540 this week — an increase of 150%. The […]
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CB Insights and Blockdata release their first “Blockchain 50” list, highlighting interesting findings behind innovative blockchain companies. Research firm CB Insights and Blockdata, the data company acquired by CB Insights in September of this year, have unveiled their first-ever annual “Blockchain 50” list, which consists of 50 private companies applying or analyzing blockchain technology to […]
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Cardano is the next blockchain to integrate with the world’s largest answer engine in 2021. Wolfram Alpha, a major computational knowledge engine providing technology for major services like Apple’s Siri assistant, is integrating data from Cardano blockchain. According to a Dec. 17 announcement, Wolfram Blockchain Labs, or WBL, a subsidiary of Wolfram Research, has partnered […]
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Open interest for Bitcoin options almost touched $6 billion. Amid an ongoing bull run of Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin options are hitting a new historical milestone. Bitcoin options are derivative contracts that grant the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell BTC at a predetermined price. According to data from Skew, Bitcoin […]
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More people use Bitcoin now, but transaction fees are much lower than during the 2017 bull run. As Bitcoin (BTC) keeps hitting new all-time highs past $20,000, its network fundamentals paint a different picture compared to the previous 2017 bull run. Three years ago, on this very day, Bitcoin reached its first major all-time high […]
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Newly launched DeFi derivatives platform Perpetual Protocol crosses open interest milestone in barely 24 hours. Perpetual Protocol, a new DeFi derivatives exchange, revealed that the platform had already crossed its $500,000 open interest (OI) cap for decentralized perpetual contracts. The announcement is coming less than 24 hours after the mainnet launch of the service on Wednesday. Following […]
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Bitcoin’s trajectory towards $100,000 is more real than ever, data shows, while one naysayer warns that the market is $11,000 overvalued. Bitcoin (BTC) is following price predictions exactly and not making investors wait longer for gains this bull cycle, says famous quant analyst PlanB. In a tweet on Dec. 17, the creator of the stock-to-flow […]
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The price of Bitcoin has cut through another critical resistance range putting $100,000 in play, on-chain data suggests. The Bitcoin price (BTC) has surpassed the $21,000–$22,000 resistance range to rise above a new high of $23,000 on Dec. 17. Meanwhile, on-chain analyst Willy Woo now says $100,000 is a “ridiculously low” target. BTC/USD weekly chart […]
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