Bitcoin Price Move Past $6.5K Would Boost Upside Potential

Bitcoin's price is in uncharted territory while its volatility remains high.CoinDesk Bitcoin Price IndexFeb 17, 2021 at 9:40 p.m. UTCMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Rallies On After Passing $50K Psychological Level to $52KBitcoin broke above $52,000 Wednesday, with a market capitalization nearing $1 trillion.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $52,231.69 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Gaining 7.16%…

Dec 13, 2019 at 20:00 UTCUpdated Dec 13, 2019 at 20:13 UTCWhy the ECB Is Getting in on the Stablecoin GameWelcome to The Breakdown with Nathaniel Whittemore. Starting off this episode we discuss European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde’s comments on stablecoins that inflamed Crypto Twitter yesterday. She said projects in the space indicated…

Ethena Labs’ stablecoin has pocketed $4 million for its treasury with high yields derived from ether-future funding rates and staking ether to a validator.The project has seen early success with a controversial concept, increasing its treasury to over $16 million and becoming the third-largest revenue generator in the crypto market.Stablecoin project Ethena Labs has bagged

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Bitcoin Ordinals project Taproot Wizards delayed the mint of its 'Quantum Cats' collection for a second time, after halting the process mid-sale on Monday amidst persistent technical issues.The sale is now set to resume Feb. 1. Initially the project had said it would resume the process on Tuesday.The planned sale of around 3,000 digital cats

Nov 10, 2020 at 9:45 p.m. UTCBitcoins mined and tokenized per month since Jan. 2020Nearly $360M in Bitcoin Moved to Ethereum in October Despite DeFi Cool OffEthereum is still the most popular off-chain destination for bitcoins (BTC) as the total supply of tokenized BTC reached 150,000 BTC ($2.05 billion) at the end of October, up…

Dec 29, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTC(Original portrait by Trevor Jones)The Fight for Consumer Adoption Is Just BeginningFor the past three years, crypto developers have been fighting a shared enemy, a three-headed beast known as the blockchain trilemma. For every gain made on one front – security or decentralization – territory was ceded on another,…

The hackers allegedly stole over $1.3 billion overall through various schemes. Feb 17, 2021 at 4:54 p.m. UTCUpdated Feb 17, 2021 at 5:29 p.m. UTCDOJ Charges 3 North Korean Hackers With Stealing $100M+ From Crypto FirmsThe U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged three North Korean computer programmers with theft and extortion on various allegations,…

Tech journalist and author Kara Swisher downplayed crypto's transformative potential, comparing it to a minor eruption versus the internet's major explosion.Swisher criticized crypto's hype and "scammery," predicting digital assets will settle as a niche within the broader tech landscape.AI is now the focus, attracting major tech interest and investment, though it faces its own inflated