Day: February 12, 2021

MicroStrategy Begins Hiring for Bitcoin Data Product

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MicroStrategy is moving to assemble a blockchain analytics team. It would be the first bitcoin-related software product from a company best known for CEO Michael Saylor’s whopping bet on BTC as a reserve asset. The firm, based in Tysons Corner, Va., put out calls on LinkedIn Friday for a Blockchain Data Analyst and Blockchain Data Engineer, explaining in job postings they will join a team “building an analytics platform with advanced metrics and insights for Bitcoin.” MicroStrategy hinted last November its interest in building blockchain data products and even stated…

BitPay integration brings crypto payments to Apple Pay’s 380 million users

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The string of major payments companies allowing crypto features continues as BitPay announced today that BitPay card users can now connect to Apple Wallet and pay for goods and services using Apple Pay.  “We have thousands of BitPay Wallet app customers using the BitPay Card who are always looking for new places and ways to spend their crypto,” said BitPay CEO Stephen Pair in a press release. “Adding Apple Pay and soon Google and Samsung Pay makes it easy and convenient to use the BitPay Card in more places from…

Bitcoin price enters consolidation, but is a rally past $50K now inevitable?

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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) achieved a new all-time high on Feb. 11 as it surpassed $48,500 across major exchanges. Since then, the dominant cryptocurrency has been consolidating, showing no real momentum to break out of the record-high in the near future. But analysts are not fazed by the consolidation after breaking past a new peak. Generally, market commentators say that when an asset moves slowly or consolidates after an explosive move upward, it is a sign of a healthy market. For Bitcoin, stabilizing following a strong impulse rally to…

Stablecoin adoption and pivot to DeFi drive Algorand (ALGO) price higher

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In the past few months cryptocurrencies have become a frequent topic of discussion among the mainstream media and traditional investors partially because of the Bitcoin evangelism of well-known influencers like Elon Musk, Mark Cuban and Michael Saylor.  One platform that has benefited from increased attention on the cryptocurrency sector is Algorand (ALGO), a scalable, secure, and decentralized digital currency platform. Since the start of 2021, ALGO price has steadily grown from $0.33 on Jan. 1 to $1.84 on Feb.12, its highest level since July 2019. Its trading volume also increased…

HUGE Crypto Pump Coming? Bitcoin $50k and Ethereum $2k Soon 👀

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Top Exchanges Scramble to List Algorand Assets, OKEx and KuCoin the Latest Entrants

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Leading cryptocurrency exchanges are rushing to add support for assets based on the Algorand blockchain. The recent additions will allow users to deposit and withdraw assets such as Tether (USDT) and USDC using the Algorand protocol. Users will also be able to trade those assets for other cryptocurrencies in a seamless manner. Assets built on the Algorand network are denoted with the suffix, ASA, to differentiate them from those on other blockchains such as ERC20 for Ethereum and TRC for Tron based tokens. ASA is an acronym for Algorand Standard…

Coinbase Lists The Graph (GRT)

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▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Arguably the most influential cryptocurrency exchange in the world, Coinbase, has listed The Graph (GRT), sparking major interest. #thegraph #GRT #toptentoken ▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io Youtube version

DeFi aggregator 1inch stages new ‘vampire airdrop’ to Uniswap users

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The 1inch.exchange protocol, a platform that aggregates decentralized exchanges and provides its own automated market maker, is airdropping a new stash of its 1INCH tokens. The airdrop follows the initial generation of the new tokens on Christmas, which were distributed to past users of the aggregator. A common point of contention for the initial airdrop was the exclusion of Mooniswap users and liquidity providers, as the project’s AMM platform was superseded by an integrated 1inch Liquidity Protocol. The new airdrop, which was already delivered at 5 PM UTC, retroactively distributes…

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Says ‘the Misuse of Cryptocurrencies Is a Growing Problem’ – Regulation Bitcoin News

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Janet Yellen, the new U.S. Treasury Secretary, has warned about “a growing problem” from “the misuse of cryptocurrencies.” She emphasized that “cryptocurrencies have been used to launder the profits of online drug traffickers; they’ve been a tool to finance terrorism.” Janet Yellen Warns of Cryptocurrency Risks The U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted its inaugural Financial Sector Innovation Policy Roundtable on Feb. 9 and 10. “The Roundtable brought together policymakers and regulators with experts from the private sector to exchange views for collaborating on policy issues and innovative technologies,” the…

Canada Approves Bitcoin ETF, Options Markets Not Pricing for $100K BTC

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Editor’s Note: Welcome to the year of the Ox. Blockchain Bites will not publish on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 15. Three stories Bull market buzz The first bitcoin exchange-traded fund in North America has been approved by Canada’s securities regulator, a move some commenters see as opening the door for the U.S. to follow. The U.S. government has been hesitant to approve a bitcoin ETF product, which tracks the price of bitcoin and is traded on a stock exchange, due to bitcoin’s supposedly shallow liquidity and risks the asset could…