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⁠Ethereum killers and layer-2 tokens rally despite 5% Bitcoin price drop Altcoins offering layer-2 solutions pushed higher while profit-taking resulted in Bitcoin price pulling back to the $45,000 level.

On Feb 5th the Cointelegraph Markets Pro VORTECS™ Score identified bullish conditions for the Avalanche token, AVAX. Over the next four days, AVAX rallied from $16 to over $50 while the score remained extremely high. Wan…

⁠BadgerDAO partners with Yearn.Finance to build sustainable Bitcoin vaults Bitcoin in DeFi gets a promising boost as two major yield vault projects join forces

⁠3 reasons why Binance Coin (BNB) hit a new all-time high at $148 Record high trading volume and new offerings from Binance are a few of the factors behind Binance Coin hitting a new all-time high at $148.

⁠"We don't plan to invest in Bitcoin," says CEO of company that made the Pontiac Aztek General Motors once had a chance to dominate electric vehicle sales — but it killed the EV1 instead. Will its dismissal of Bitcoin co…

⁠Price analysis 2/10: BTC, ETH, ADA, XRP, DOT, BNB, LTC, LINK, DOGE, BCH Bitcoin and select altcoins are witnessing profit-booking at higher levels, a signal that a short phase of consolidation could occur over the next…

⁠Youngest HODLer ever? Elon Musk buys DOGE for his 9-month-old son "Toddler HODLer" may soon become a new meme in the crypto space.

⁠Don’t expect large firms to follow Tesla’s Bitcoin move, JPMorgan says While the crypto community expects more large firms to emulate Tesla’s Bitcoin purchase, JPMorgan’s strategists don't think it will happen.

⁠Bitcoin is a 'masterpiece of monetary engineering' Michael Saylor tells Austin Davis Michael Saylor, CEO of MicroStrategy, applies his training in thermodynamics to Bitcoin in an exclusive interview with Bitcoin pioneer…

⁠Jack Dorsey commits $1M to Coin Center on top of Grayscale's $2M donation The D.C.-based advocacy group just raised millions for its ongoing research and lobbying efforts. Here’s how the numbers broke down.

⁠Twitter looking into Bitcoin payments for employees, says CFO "We’ve done a lot of the upfront thinking to consider how we might pay employees should they ask to be paid in Bitcoin," said Ned Segal.

⁠Covid-19 has pushed Bank of Canada toward 'digital looney' The Canadian central bank would be a better steward of financial data than private stablecoin issuers, according to one deputy governor.

⁠Following V2 plans, Balancer raises $5 million from Three Arrows & DeFiance Two of the largest crypto funds join Pantera Capital and Alameda Research in contributing to Balancer's $12 millions series A funding round

⁠Bitcoin ignores Lindsay Lohan's 'To the moon' tweet as BTC price dips 7.6% Words of encouragement from the star fail to get Bitcoin closer to $50,000, with BTC/USD erasing this week's gains instead.

⁠Bitcoin core non-profit gets approved for tax exemption, perks for donors 501(3)(c) status boosts the project's legitimacy as well as its efficiency in using donations.

⁠Coincidence? Company stocks rise after they buy Bitcoin as a reserve The market caps of most companies that bought Bitcoin have increased recently, but is that solely thanks to BTC?

⁠Baidu reportedly aims to address chip shortage plaguing gaming, crypto and cars Baidu is reportedly planning to commercialize its chip technology by setting up a dedicated subsidiary backed by crypto-friendly venture ca…

⁠Grayscale CEO: Firms race to buy Bitcoin as mood shifts from ‘why’ to ‘why not?’ Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein told CNBC that more tech leaders and institutional investors could follow Elon Musk into Bitcoin after T…

⁠Bitcoin's 'Elon Musk pump' rally to $48K was exclusively driven by whales Bitcoin whales drove the rally to $48,000 and are aggressively buying, Binance exchange data shows.

⁠Total value locked in DeFi marks new all-time high close to $40B Total value locked in decentralized finance has hit another milestone, but DeFi proponents would do well to look beyond the effects of the bull market on…

⁠Too late for Tether 'FUD' as Bitcoin price poised to hit $63K, says trader filbfilb Accusations around Tether bringing down Bitcoin at a later date are dead in the water, the analyst argues in the wake of S&P500 adoptio…

⁠Cryptocurrency market cap hits $1.4T and surpasses Google stock Total crypto market cap overtook Google stock days after Tesla announced a $1.5 billion Bitcoin investment.

⁠Avoid hosted crypto wallets 'at all costs,' warns Elon Musk One crypto wallet provider’s marketing interaction with Elon Musk has backfired with the Tesla CEO roundly criticizing the company.

⁠Premier League football club enters VR partnership with crypto betting site The Southampton FC matchday rights acquired by Sportsbet could be put to use even amid the COVID-19 lockdown — with the help of Bitcoin and vir…

⁠Monero community wants Elon Musk to add XMR as Tesla payment option The Monero community has raised $150,000 as part of a proposal to add XMR as a payment option on the Tesla website.

⁠Chainlink hits new highs, but is LINK about to pull another 150% parabolic move? LINK is in price discovery mode but one chart suggests it’s about to explode by 154%.

⁠Russia has imported its largest Bitcoin miner batch An unknown client in Russia has stacked 20,000 Bitcoin miners at one of BitRiver’s locations in Siberia.

⁠UN report says North Korea behind $281M exchange hack to fund nukes A preliminary report from a United Nations inquiry suggests North Korea is using the proceeds from crypto hacks to funds its weapons programs.

⁠Nervos launches $5M fund to support DeFi projects Chinese blockchain network Nervos has announced a $5 million fund to back emerging DeFi projects

⁠Bitcoin mempool clogs up with 125K transactions waiting While the number of Bitcoin transactions that can fit in a block remains the same, demand on the network is leading to rising transaction costs.