CPI Report Tuesday Could Provide Next Bitcoin Catalyst

news Overstock.com’s tZERO subsidiary has been hired by private equity firm GSR Capital to develop a token for trading cobalt. The engagement could lead to the tokenization of up to $200 million worth of this rare metal, which is used to make electric vehicle batteries, in 2019 alone, Overstock said Monday. However, it has also delayed…

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Nov 24, 2020 at 9:23 p.m. UTCCoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price IndexMarket Wrap: Bitcoin Pushes Past $19.4K; Deribit Ether Options Volume SpikesHow high can bitcoin’s price go? Analysts say the higher the price, the more investors will plow in. Meanwhile, increasing ether options volume on Deribit is likely making derivatives more expensive.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $18,987…

CryptoKitties (CryptoKitties/Medium)Dapper Labs, the team behind popular non-fungible token (NFT) game CryptoKitties, announced Tuesday it will release two cat characters inspired by the rock band Muse under its partnership with the Warner Music Group.  According to a press statement emailed to CoinDesk, the two digital cats, one of which will be signed by band members,…

Jun 15, 2020 at 18:07 UTCUpdated Jun 15, 2020 at 18:09 UTCRevolut CEO Nikolay Nikolay Storonsky (Stephen McCarthy/Web Summit via Sportsfile/Flickr)UK Fintech Bank Revolut Will Give Customers ‘Legal’ Ownership Over Cryptos – But With a CaveatFintech bank Revolut will give its users legal control of their cryptocurrencies on July 27, but the U.K.-based bank is…

Franklin Templeton has applied for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF), a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shows.The asset manager joins BlackRock, Fidelity, Ark and 21Shares, Grayscale, VanEck, Invesco and Galaxy, and Hashdex, who have all submitted applications in recent months.The filing comes roughly four weeks after Franklin, among nine other issuers

Aug 27, 2020 at 13:00 UTCUpdated Aug 27, 2020 at 13:23 UTCBlockFi CEO Zac Prince (CoinDesk archives)Crypto lender BlockFi is partnering with an independent crypto pricing provider to value customer deposits and collateral. CF Benchmarks will price customers’ assets based on data it has sourced from five crypto exchanges that have passed the criteria in…

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