MicroStrategy Buys $175M More in Bitcoin, Upping BTC Holdings to $425M

Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse and NFTs.Brandy covers crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. Featured SpeakerYat SiuCo-Founder and Executive ChairmanAnimoca BrandsWhere is Web3 headed? Take a look to the future with this pioneering investor in the metaverse…

Everybody's doing it – launching new layer-2 blockchains atop Ethereum to provide a venue for cheap and easy transactions. This week brought the news (thanks to this scoop from our Margaux Nijkerk) that the crypto exchange Kraken may be considering its own layer-2 network, just months after rival Coinbase launched a layer-2, Base. Details below.We're

Two years ago, Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) captivated the world with skyrocketing prices and mainstream attention, but then the market snapped back and many said that NFTs were “dead.” They spoke too soon. This technology continues to proliferate on a global scale, reshaping entire industries. Even with the NFT market reaching sales volumes of nearly 200,000

Nov 29, 2019 at 15:16 UTCUpdated Nov 29, 2019 at 15:22 UTCHuobi Russia Announces Ruble Gateway and Initial Exchange Offering ServiceHuobi Russia, a Moscow-based franchise of the Singapore-based crypto exchange, has launched Russian ruble deposits and will soon have its own exchange token launchpad.Starting Thursday, users of Huobi Russia have an option to deposit Russian…

Jan 8, 2021 at 11:05 a.m. UTCUpdated Jan 8, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. UTCBitcoin price for the last 12 hours(CoinDesk20)Over $41,000: Bitcoin Continues to Forge New HighsAnother day, another record high for bitcoin’s price. The top cryptocurrency printed a new peak price of $41,478 [updated 11:28 UTC] Friday, surpassing the lifetime high of $40,123 reached…

24H Low$26.2624H High$28.36PriceMarket Stats24H Average Transaction Feen/aAbout ChainlinkChainlink is a tokenized oracle network that provides price and events data collected from on-chain and real-world sources. Launched in 2017 by Sergey Nazarov, Chainlink aims to offer a solution to the “oracle problem,” or the ability to get the off-chain data needed to operate many blockchain-based smart…

news Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, is asking tough questions of Facebook over its proposed leap into cryptocurrency. The questions include whether Libra will be an open platform for commerce, what currencies will be accepted and whether organizations or individuals who use the currency will get “a special advantage.” The comments were made…

Platinium Group, the leading ticket issuer for Formula 1, is releasing non-fungible token (NFT) race tickets – starting with the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend.Platinium Group has teamed up with blockchain infrastructure company Elemint and Web3 agency Bary to help create, mint and sell the NFT tickets.According to a press release, the tickets will be…

markets View Bitcoin is struggling to produce a stronger price bounce, despite the defense of the 4-hour chart’s 200-candle moving average – a sign of buyer exhaustion. A bear flag breakdown on the 4-hour chart, if confirmed, would open the doors to levels below $7,000. The daily chart continues to call a move lower to…