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⁠Tesla's $1.5B Bitcoin buy throws the cat amongst institutional pigeons Elon Musk is either the hero or the villian of the year after Tesla's Bitcoin purchase polarized opinion among institutional investors.

⁠AC Milan fans to use blockchain tokens to vote on soccer club motto European football giant AC Milan debuts its ACM fan token with a vote on the club motto for the rest of the playing season.

⁠ECB's Lagarde says central banks holding Bitcoin is 'out of the question' The ECB President gives the impression that central banks will avoided copying institutions in hoarding cryptocurrency.

⁠Finance Redefined: Is this the escape from Ethereum? Feb. 3–10 Everyone’s trying to jump ship from Ethereum’s layer one, apparently.

⁠Crypto investors should consider buying gold, Newcrest Mining CEO says Gold should help crypto investors hedge against the risks of highly unstable prices of cryptos like Bitcoin, the CEO of Newcrest Mining said.

⁠Ethereum-based social media project shuts down as ETH fees approach new highs Ether transaction fees increased by over 35,000% in the past year, forcing one social media tokenization project to close down.

⁠Thai finance minister critical of current crypto speculative surge Thailand’s finance minister is not a fan of the retail crypto mania that saw monthly trading volume triple in January.

⁠Bitcoin whale clusters pinpoint $44,214 as the key near-term price level Whale clusters show Bitcoin needs to defend $44,214 to see a continuation of the rally.

⁠US Treasury Secretary Yellen says crypto misuse is a growing problem The private sector invests enormous resources to help the government combat crypto crimes, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.

⁠Traffic to Binance surges to record highs, site goes down for maintenance Binance suffered an outage today after announcing consecutive new all-time highs for web traffic.

⁠Lightning Network node count hits record high, TVL tops $42M Will Bitcoin’s premier layer-two solution finally graduate from experiment to everyday utility, following its adoption by major exchanges?

⁠Perceived centralization could kill PoS networks: ShapeShift report ShapeShift believes the public perception of a network’s centralization could make or break the current generation of smart contract platforms.

⁠Porn shop: Stripchat says crypto payments increased 400% in a year Adult webcam streaming websites are getting a boost from pandemic lockdowns.

⁠Lawyers warn Elon Musk’s Bitcoin pumping tweets could attract SEC’s ire Elon Musk’s rampant Twitter activity could get him into hot water with the SEC according to lawyers.

⁠MasterCard announces support for crypto on its network MasterCard will allow its almost one billion users to spend cryptocurrencies at more 30 million merchants, although it hasn’t specified which coins will be supporte…

⁠88% of all BTC transfers are overpaying transaction fees Three and a half years after the activation of SegWit, adoption of the space-saving transaction format is still far from ideal.

⁠Avalanche (AVAX), Matic and Celo rally while Bitcoin price pulls back Ethereum network competitors like Avalanche, Matic and Celo are seeing substantial gains as high gas fees push users to search for cheaper alternativ…

⁠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