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⁠3 reasons why IOST price has risen 650% in 2021 IOST price has increased by 650% in 2021 propelled by DeFi integrations, NFT functionality and staking support from major exchanges.

⁠Bitcoin ETF approval more likely under new SEC leadership, says Ark Invest CEO "I think the probability of an ETF has gone up," said Cathie Wood

⁠Async programmable art platform secures over $2M in seed funding Async Art is looking to lead the programmable art movement with a new funding round.

⁠BlackRock has started to 'dabble' in crypto, says CIO “Holding some portion of what you hold in cash in things like crypto seems to make some sense to me," said Rick Rieder.

⁠Price analysis 2/17: BTC, ETH, DOT, ADA, XRP, BNB, LTC, BCH, LINK, XLM Bitcoin price has posted all-time high today and that may pull select altcoins higher.

⁠Tesla, Bitcoin and the crypto space: The show Musk go on? Experts answer Here’s what crypto and blockchain industry experts think about Tesla’s recent $1.5 billion investment into Bitcoin.

⁠US charges three North Korean hackers over crypto attacks and WannaCry ransomware The Department of Justice has indicted three hackers affiliated with the infamous Lazarus Group.

⁠MicroStrategy raising $600M…. no, $900M to buy more bitcoin Should the purchase go as planned, the business intelligence firm would hold more than $3.5 billion in Bitcoin as a reserve asset.

⁠Bitcoin mania 'not a fad,' says Wedbush analyst Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities’ managing director, believes BTC is on the cusp of a much bigger adoption story.

⁠Bitcoin price eyes $63K next as rising BTC dominance puts altcoins at risk The price of Bitcoin keeps climbing higher but one key support level must hold for the rally to continue.

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⁠Blockchain.com raises $120M funding round to grow institutional business Blockchain.com is continuing its institutional pivot with the new cash injection.

⁠What are privacy coins and how do they differ from Bitcoin? Bitcoin is not as private as people might think, but multiple other assets that come with anonymity-boosting features do exist.

⁠Chinese bank tests biometric hardware wallet for digital yuan payments Another Chinese banking institution has created a hardware wallet for the country’s central bank digital currency.

⁠The Bahamas gets a card for its sand dollar national digital currency The Central Bank of The Bahamas partnered with Mastercard and digital payment startup Island Pay to launch a card for its central bank digital curren…

⁠Mainframe-rebrand HiFi launches fixed-rate lending protocol The new entrant into DeFi lending hopes to stand out with unique collateral types and features

⁠Bitcoin buys more gold than ever with one ounce now costing under 0.035 BTC One analyst says Bitcoin is "eating" the precious metal as gold bugs scramble to find support amid repeated new all-time highs.

⁠Sweden extends digital krona digital currency pilot until 2022 Sweden's exploration into CBDCs will continue until 2022, as the nation's central bank seeks to construct a digital version of the krona.

⁠Bitcoin volatility lower than 2017 levels as price smashes $51K Bitcoin volatility is not at the same level seen during the 2017 bull run but analysts still say lower price swings are necessary to maintain upward moment…

⁠Banks increasingly interested in Bitcoin, says Elliptic co-founder Several financial institutions in the U.S. are “are seriously considering launching some type of cryptocurrency service,” an Elliptic co-founder said.

⁠Bitcoin selling at 36% premium in Nigeria In the wake of the recent ban on Nigerian banks' servicing of crypto exchanges, Bitcoin's price in the country has seemingly spun out of control.

⁠German cannabis company hedges with Bitcoin in case euro crashes SynBiotic SE cites "legitimate concern" about a "massive devaluation of fiat money."

⁠GPU hardware firm riles gaming community by flirting with crypto miners Hungry for coin? A computing hardware firm has angered gamers after apparently marketing the already scarce Nvidia RTX 30 series to cryptocurrency…

⁠Microsoft has no plans to make Tesla-like move into Bitcoin, says president Microsoft president Brad Smith did not exclude the possibility of the company putting Bitcoin on its balance sheet one day.

⁠‘Fair Launch’ tokens outshine the average coin's performance Data from Messari shows the top 20 “Fair Launch tokens” are outperforming both the top 1,000 crypto assets and Ethereum-based assets on average this year so f…

⁠Over $100M in crypto collectible NFTs sold in last 30 days From NBA TopShots to Hashmasks to CryptoPunks, collectible NFTs are selling like hotcakes.

⁠YouTuber regrets spending 37 BTC — now worth $1.8M — on used Hondas One enthusiast paid $1.8 million in BTC at today's prices for a couple of secondhand Honda sports cars.

⁠Top bidder at Ultraviolet NFT auction can collaborate with 3LAU on new music Crypto influencer and DJ 3LAU has announced an upcoming series of NFTs to commemorate the third anniversary of his 2018 album, Ultraviolet.

⁠Crypto criminals got away with $5B less in 2020 as scam revenue falls The proceeds of crypto crime fell by more than $5 billion in 2020, due to increasing regulatory compliance by crypto exchanges and declining scams.

⁠Survey finds 5% of corporate CFOs plan to buy Bitcoin in 2021 More than 70% of financial executives surveyed are closely watching what everyone else is doing with Bitcoin before they decide on investing their companies’…