The leading cryptocurrency hit a new-all time high of $38,286.65, before settling down to $36,004.99, up 5.93% over the last 24 hours.
Quick Take
- No surprise, digital asset investors have never been more bullish as crypto clears $1 trillion in total value for the first time ever
Decentralized finance (DeFi) aggregator Furucombo has raised $1.85 million in seed funding.
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Quick Take
- The Facebook-backed Diem Association hopes to launch its stablecoin payment project sometime this year, awaiting regulatory approval
- Diem has made a spree of strategic executive hires to emphasize the Diem Association’s independence from Facebook.
- The Block has mapped out the Diem Association’s organizational structure and has highlighted the leadership of each of these compartments, including past work experience.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange now tops the list of the biggest bitcoin futures trading platforms, accounting for nearly 20% of all open interest.
Peaking implied volatility spreads suggest the emphasis in the markets will shift to ether and other alternative currencies in the short term.
The medical certification app was developed by VeChain and I-Dante last May.
The first actively managed crypto ETP, the BTCA was launched in Switzerland last July.
South Korean gaming giant Nexon is reportedly preparing to acquire Bithumb, the country’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, for nearly $460 million.
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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday banning the Alipay payment platform and seven other apps with links to the Chinese, saying the apps can access private information from their users. Separately, U.S. officials are considering banning U.S. citizens from investing in Alibaba Group, an affiliate of Alipay’s parent, and Tencent Holdings, […]
