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Options trading desks saw heavy buying activity for BTC calls with June expiry.BTC "ready to squeeze higher" with some $1.5 billion worth of shorts concentrated around the $72,000 that can be liquidated, Matrixport noted.Bitcoin (BTC) options traders are increasingly positioning for the asset to hit fresh record prices this month, market data suggests."Our desk saw

One thing that has distinguished traditional banking from crypto, in the eyes of many financial experts, is stability. There's a strong belief that most people who put money into an account at a prominent bank will generally leave it there, indefinitely – whether due to comfort, satisfaction, relationships, laziness, lots of things.

news Facebook hired two Coinbase veterans to work in compliance this month, and at least one of them is involved with the social media giant’s blockchain effort. Jeff Cartwright left Coinbase in March after nearly five years at the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange in various compliance roles. He joined Facebook as a policy and compliance manager…

Dec 14, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC(happyphoton/iStock via Getty Images Plus)JPMorgan Discusses $600B in Potential New Bitcoin DemandMassMutual’s $100M BTC investment has the potential to open a massive new investment category, according to analysts.For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox,…

news New York State is officially launching a cryptocurrency task force aimed at helping the state understand cryptocurrencies and their underlying blockchain technology. Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill last month creating the task force to study cryptocurrencies, other forms of digital currency and blockchain technology, according to a press release issued Wednesday by the bill’s…

Feb 20, 2020 at 20:00 UTCUpdated Feb 20, 2020 at 20:25 UTCEnterprise blockchains, central bank digital currencies, digital collectibles, DeFi and bitcoin. How much do they really have to do with one another? For early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica,…

news A brief outage Tuesday morning at 10:00AM Eastern took down a number of crypto information and trading sites including Coinbase and CoinMarketCap. The issues cleared up around 10:18AM and most sites seem to be running again. Cloudflare, a CDN provider, first noticed the outage at 1:52PM UTC/9:52 AM Eastern and the impacted sites went…

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Blockchain.com said the institutional backing will power an increasingly institutional-minded business.CEO Peter Smith(CoinDesk archives)Feb 17, 2021 at 1:55 p.m. UTCCrypto Wallet Startup Blockchain.com Raises $120M From Investors Including Google VenturesBlockchain.com on Wednesday disclosed $120 million in fresh funding from a lineup of “macro investors” seeking to power the wallet startup’s growing institutional markets business through…