Gaming blockchain Ronin records 2M daily active users: Token Terminal

Online purchases using Bitcoin (BTC), Visa, and some retail apps are down for the first quarter of 2020, spanning cryptocurrency and fiat currency transactions.With many around the world self-quarantining or otherwise recommended to stay inside to prevent the spread of COVID-19, one might assume there would be an increase in online purchases and deliveries. Yet…

French fintech companies Ingenico and Worldline are set to merge, according to a Feb. 3 press release. The €7.8 billion ($8.6 billion) buyout deal was accepted by shareholders of the companies, both of which had previous exposure to crypto.The merger and significance for shareholdersAs part of the agreement, Worldline will offer Ingenico shareholders a mixed…

South Korean investors panic sell on altcoin delisting rumors, Binance to reward faithful BNB hodlers, Australian Bitcoin ETFs. Asia Express

The ETF will allow U.S. investors to bet against BTC using futures contracts given the cryptocurrency’s performance in a single day, as measured by the CME Bitcoin Futures Index. 687 Total views 9 Total shares The firm behind one of the first Bitcoin futures-linked exchange-traded funds in the United States will give investors a new…

Qatar’s central bank governor believes that the framework will bring opportunities to the country’s financial sector. 

MicroStrategy has outperformed Nasdaq since buying BTC. Now it's doubling down. MicroStrategy’s board of directors elected to make Bitcoin (BTC) the company’s primary reserve asset. The SEC disclosure stated that this may lead to the future expansion of the company's cryptocurrency holdings beyond the original purchase of 21,454 BTC, equivalent to $250 million:“Bitcoin serving as the…

BlackRock’s head of digital assets, Robbie Mitchnick, described the firm’s Ether (ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) as a “tremendous success” but acknowledged a key limitation. Speaking on March 20 at the Digital Asset Summit, he noted that the ETF is “less perfect” without staking, highlighting a crucial feature absent from the current offering. “A staking yield