CryptoCurrency News: Kakao to Record Private Securities on Its Own Blockchain as NFTs

The move will aid South Korea's OTC securities market.

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CryptoCurrency News: Japan’s SBI Investing ‘Eight-Figure’ Sum in Swiss Crypto Bank Sygnum

SBI's digital assets subsidiary will lead a round that will have raised around $30 million for the Swiss firm over six months.

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CryptoCurrency News: Tesla’s Bitcoin Buy May Lead to Widespread Corporate Adoption – Eventually: Wedbush

The firm called the leading cryptocurrency "the start of a new age on the digital currency front."

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CryptoCurrency News: Digital Asset Manager Grayscale Expands Leadership Team with Trio of C-Suite Hires

The digital currency asset manager's new executives bring with them experience at firms such as Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and Ripple Labs.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 16, 2021

With BTC briefly breaching $50K as the industry's market cap passes $1.5T, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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CryptoCurrency News: State of Crypto: Will 2021 Finally Be the Year of the Bitcoin ETF?

The market has matured since 2018, when bitcoin ETF applications last hit a peak. It's unclear whether that's enough to see one approved.

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CryptoCurrency News: Cloudflare Teams With Unstoppable Domains to Bring .Crypto Addresses to Web Browsers

The new integration means web users can directly access decentralized websites form any browser.

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CryptoCurrency News: Mining Machine Maker Canaan Rises 20% as Bitcoin Reaches a New All-Time High

Canaan shares have gained 230% so far in February.

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CryptoCurrency News: NYDIG Files for Bitcoin ETF, Adding to Firms Hoping 2021 Is When SEC Finally Says ‘Yes’

The filing comes on the same day as bitcoin hit $50,000 for the first time ever.

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CryptoCurrency News: Diem Stablecoin Prepares for Liftoff With Fireblocks Custody Partnership

The rebranded Libra network aims to come out with a live initial product around the end of this quarter, with help from Fireblocks and First Digital Assets.

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CryptoCurrency News: Osprey Fund’s Bitcoin Trust Is Now Available to Retail Investors via OTC

The fund is structured similarly to the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, but aims to compete with lower fees.

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CryptoCurrency News: DeFi Insurer Nexus Mutual Raises $2.7M in NXM Token Sale

The firm aims to sell over $1 billion worth of cover in 2021 spread across at least 30 protocols.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $50K and Crypto’s Nouveau Riche Move In

Break of psychological threshold pushes largest cryptocurrency's year-to-date return to 70%, as a new breed of upstart tokens pushes industry market cap past $1.5T.

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CryptoCurrency News: What Really Happened When Robinhood Suspended GameStop Trading

The byzantine world of the public U.S. securities market killed the GameStop pump (sort of).

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CryptoCurrency News: Chinese Lottery Firm 500.com Acquires Crypto Mining Pool BTC.com

BTC.com is currently owned by Bitdeer Technologies and former Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu.

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CryptoCurrency News: MicroStrategy Files to Offer $600M in Notes in Order to Buy Yet More Bitcoin

MicroStrategy, a business intelligence firm that is best known for the cryptocurrency it purchases rather than for any product it sells, is buying even more bitcoin. This story is developing and will be updated.

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CryptoCurrency News: ING Bank-Backed Crypto Trade Platform Pyctor Is Raising Money

The digital assets post-trade collaboration also involves Citi, State Street, UBS and others.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Sets Fresh Record Above $50K Pushing Yearly Gains to 69%

The cryptocurrency's latest pop pushes 2021 gains to 69%.

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CryptoCurrency News: Russia’s Lower House to Consider Bill on Crypto Taxation This Week

If passed the bill would amend tax laws to recognize digital currencies as a form of property.

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CryptoCurrency News: Celsius Network, Argo Blockchain Back Pre-Seed Round for Bitcoin Mining Startup

Luxor Technologies will use the funds to expand its hashrate and hire more engineers.

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CryptoCurrency News: Russian Mobile Operators Eye Payments Services, Wallets for Digital Ruble

Some telcos are looking at developing a digital wallet that would link the digital currency to users' mobile phone numbers.

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CryptoCurrency News: ‘Long Tech’ Retakes Most Crowded Trade Crown from Bitcoin: Bank of America Survey

Bitcoin had been most-crowded trade in January as prices rose to a $40,000 record.

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CryptoCurrency News: Ripple, SEC Say Settlement Unlikely Before Trial Over Alleged Securities Fraud

The SEC's case over allegedly unlawful sales of XRP by Ripple to retail investors is entering the discovery phase.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Recovers From Dip to Set New Record High Close to $50K

Analysts say more spot buying is needed to bring bitcoin over the $50,000 mark.

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