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⁠Firm in Portugal to accept Bitcoin for electricity bills Some Portuguese residents will reportedly be able to pay for electricity in Bitcoin starting from February.

⁠Binance Coin becomes the third-largest crypto following parabolic rally Binance Coin overtakes Tether to become the third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after Bitcoin and Ether.

⁠Akoin rolled out in $2B medical metropolis in Kenya Akon’s Akoin cryptocurrency is set to become the exclusive cryptocurrency of the Mwale Medical and Technology City in Kenya.

⁠Elon Musk: 'Only a fool' wouldn't seek non-fiat investments With real interest rates trending negative, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk believes “only a fool” would ignore alternative investment opportunities.

⁠Gene Simmons says he’s added $300K of Cardano to his bags Kiss bassist Gene Simmons has again taken to Twitter to shill his crypto holdings, claiming to have now invested in Cardano.

⁠Thailand tourism board targets wealthy Japanese crypto holders Well-heeled Japanese crypto holders are being targeted by Thailand’s tourism industry.

⁠99Bitcoins breathes new life into Dead Coins project The Dead Coins project has been given new lease of life by BTC education portal 99Bitcoins.

⁠BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes returns with calls for a boycott of legacy finance Former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes has called on all legacy traders to “opt-out” of legacy trading platforms and embrace the “Crypto Capital Markets.”

⁠Poll finds four in 10 Brits believe the stock market is as risky as crypto A new poll has found that 42% of Brits believe it is now safe to invest in cryptocurrency.

⁠DeFi Money Market closure after SEC probe could set rocky precedent What started with the unexpected closure of an investment platform may have ramifications for U.S. DeFi projects say critics.

⁠Altcoins breakout to new highs while Bitcoin price retests a key support Ethereum takes aim at $2,000 while Bitcoin price retraces slightly to retest underlying support.

⁠Stablecoin RAI launches, a pure, decentralized alternative for DeFi The RAI stablecoin will attempt to bring stability to DeFi markets with the long-term goal of becoming a stable global reserve asset not tied to any na…

⁠Venus (XVS) rallies 900%, TVL hits $3.54B after Binance Smart Chain launch Venus protocol becomes the top-ranked DeFi platform on the Binance Smart Chain as XVS price and the total value locked in the platform reach new…

⁠Congress is blaming Robinhood, not Reddit We didn't learn much new in today's hearing, but the spotlight was definitely on the gamified trading app, rather than the traders on r/WallStreetBets.

⁠Riot Blockchain stock plunges 20% following parabolic rally The crypto mining company has been on an absolute tear this month. On Thursday, the stock corrected sharply lower.

⁠Key Ethereum price metric signals pro traders are skeptical about $2K ETH Data suggest retail traders are over-optimistically using leverage to long Ethereum, whereas pro traders remain skeptical about ETH’s short-term…

⁠Bobby Lee standing by prediction for massive BTC peak in December The Ballet CEO predicted a Bitcoin price between $200,000-$250,000 before 2022.

⁠Debut Canadian Bitcoin ETF nears $100 million in volume in first few hours of trading Investors are signaling clear demand for the first Bitcoin ETF in Canada, but an American product remains far out on the horizon.

⁠Harmony (ONE) gains 230% after Ethereum network integration Harmony price surged in February after adding a trustless Ethereum bridge to avoid high gas fees.

⁠Nvidia’s GeForce limits hash rate to divert crypto miners to new CMP line The California chipmaker says GeForce RTX 360 is for gamers, not cryptocurrency miners. The latter camp will get its own CMP mining infrastructur…

⁠Gemini launches crypto education platform featuring ‘Expert Network’ Cryptopedia is a free educational resource that provides an introduction to digital-asset investing.

⁠Bitcoin trader explains why BTC outperforming Ethereum is just 'simple math' Bitcoin has been outperforming Ethereum in the past few days as one popular trader says this is a result of "simple math."

⁠The Graph adds support for Polkadot, NEAR, Solana and Celo The global network of open APIs is expanding to support new layer 1 blockchains.

⁠Algorithmic stablecoins aren’t really stable, but can the concept redeem itself? Amid much fanfare, many algorithmic stablecoins have not been stable. Is the problem intractable, or it's the just the algorithms that are…

​​How Aloha is using NFTs to build its governance system | AMA by Aloha Aloha allows people to earn rewards by sharing their WiFi hotspot with others — and now, it’s entering the DeFi era. Tune in to hear about the proje…

⁠Another crypto firm hit with fines for violating U.S. sanctions BitPay apparently screened merchants but not customers.

​​A-listers flock to launch non-fungible tokens through top marketplace The NFTs sector is thriving right now — and this marketplace says trading card packs launched by A-listers have sold out in just nine minutes. #Spon…

⁠ 'I've taken a neutral view' on Bitcoin, says Bill Gates "Bitcoin can go up and down just based on the mania or whatever the views are," said the Microsoft co-founder.

​​High-frequency blockchain to offer social network, DeFi and NFTs Users, creators and advertisers are all demanding change from tech giants — and now, a new blockchain is going to be home to a decentralized social netwo…

⁠As faith in audits falter, the DeFi community ponders security alternatives Can new code review models solve DeFi's audit problem?