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Uniswap trading volume $100 B

Trading Volume of UniSwap Passed $100 B

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On February 15, the entire volume of UniSwap's transactions surged above $100 B. The founder of the DEX, Hayden Adams posted the news on Twitter. 🦄 @Uniswap just became the first decentralized trading platform to process over $100b in volume - an exciting milestone for DeFi 🚀...

Venus Protocol adds Cardano

Binance Smart Chain Will Provide Cardano Liquidity Mining

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Venus Protocol, running on Binance Smart Chain will allow Cardano’s native coin ADA owners to perform liquidity mining through its network. Venus is a decentralized money market with a $2 million total value locked. As reported in a roadmap published on February 14, the market would add ADA and...

BTC new record of $49.500

Bitcoin Sets New All-Time High of $49.500

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On Valentine's Day Bitcoin's price hit $49500 surpassing its previous record of $48.000 reached on February 9. At the moment, the leading cryptocurrency trades at around $47.300. Despite price ups and downs, the bullish trend continues for BTC. On February 8, Tesla Inc. announced investing $1.5...

Reddit WallStreetBets token

WallStreetBets Reddit Forum to Launch Its Own Cryptocurrency

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Popular Reddit group SatoshiStreetBets is aiming to issue its crypto asset to members. The forum describes itself as the crypto version of WallStreetBets. It will use the created SatoshiSwap (SAS) tokens as a means of governance. Members will receive them as a reward for Reddit posts. Besides, SAS...

ETH Link new highs

Ether surpassed $1870, and Link $32

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The price of Ethereumn has grown by a 5.5% in a day reaching a new all-time high of $1871. Altcoins have been showing rapid growth recently. The total sum of the market stands at above 1.4 Trillion at the moment. Institutional investments in the token are highly trending. Recently digital asset...

Grayscale YFI

GrayScale Applies to List Trust for Yearn Finance

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The world's largest digital management Grayscale has filed to list a crypto trust for YFI. The firm applied on February 10. The document shows Grayscale views YFI as a future offering. Anyway, it doesn't mean that the trust will be launched soon, but it is highly possible. The registration was made...

BTC ETF approved in Canada

The Purpose Bitcoin ETF Allowed by Canada

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The monetary regulatory executive of Canada's most populated province Ontario has given its approval to a Bitcoin ETF (exchange-traded fund). ETF is a security category that involves a combination of securities—such as stocks. However, they can invest in numerous industry fields or use different...

Amazon to launch Digital currency project

Amazon to Bring Out "Digital Currency" Project in Mexico

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Washington-based massive online retailer Amazon is planning to build a "Digital Currency" project in Mexico. Details aren't known yet as the community learned about the news by the company's job announcements. Apparently, Amazon is looking for developers to deploy a payments system...

Master card crypto support

Master Card to Support Some Crypto Assets on the Network

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On Wednesday, multinational financial services corporation Master Card announced that people will be allowed to buy cryptocurrencies via its network. The service will be available later this year. The firm told about the news in a blog post. It mentioned that regardless of different approaches...

Ethereum 2.0 3 million Ether

Over 3 M Eth Deposited in the Eth 2.0 Contract

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Presently, there is over 3 million ether valued at around $5.3 B in the Ethereum 2.0 staking contract. The interest in the contract is rather high. The number of people staking Ethereum blockchain's native token has been growing. Two months ago the number of deposited tokens was only 1 million. ...

Crypto market cap over  $1.413 trillion

Crypto Market Cap Got Ahead of Google Stock With $1.4T

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Crypto market cap has made a great advancement recently. The first time ever it has surpassed Alphabet’s GOOG and GOOGL in terms of market capitalization. Today the indicator hit $1.413 trillion. At the moment, the market cap of GOOGL and GOOG stands at $1.39 trillion, while the one of crypto...

Ethereum above $1800

Ethereum Went up to $1800 Due to Institutional Investments

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The price of the Ethereum blockchain's native token hit a new all-time of $1800 today. Currently, Eth trades at around $1770. Earlier BTC soared to $48.000. These two coins own 75% of the entire crypto market which is over $1.3 trillion 80% of the last week's crypto inflows belonged to Etherum. The...

BTC over $48.000

BTC Price Surged $48.000 After Tesla's Purchase

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On Monday, Tesla Inc. announced buying $1.5 B in Bitcoin. The company wrote about the purchase in its 2020 annual report. Within a few hours, the price of the cryptocurrency grew by 22%, setting a new all-time high. Bitcoin is getting more and more closer to $50.000. At the moment, it trades above...

Salinas adding BTC to bio

Mexico's 3rd Richest Man Included Bitcoin in His Twitter Bio

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Mexican entrepreneur Ricardo BenjamĂ­n Salinas Pliego added BTC to his Twitter account. Salinas ranks third among Mexico's wealthiest person with over $13 B estimated net value. He is the creator and director of Grupo Salinas, which provides retail and financial services. Following the tweet, the...

Doge market cap surge

Doge Is in the Top 10 Crypto Coins by Market Cap Again

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The attraction to the crypto industry continues to remain high, with the market setting new records. At the moment, the total market cap of cryptocurrencies stands at $1.21 trillion. This growth is connected mainly to the BTC price, which reached $41000 on Friday. The leading cryptocurrency now...

CBN crypto

Nigeria's Central Bank Ordered to Shut Crypto Accounts

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Nigerian financial authority, the country's Central Bank published a letter on February 5, in which commended regulated financial establishments to shutter accounts engaged in cryptocurrency-involved activities. In the paper, CBN informed that financial institutions will identify individuals and...

Ethereum bullish 2.6.2021

Ethereum Surged to $1750. Miners' Profits Also Went Up

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Today the price of Ethereum reached a new all-time high of $1750. Within a week, the cryptocurrency has gained over 25%. Three days ago, CME Ether Futures was launched. It is now a part of cryptocurrency risk management solutions available at derivatives marketplace CME (Chicago Mercantile...

Stablecoin on-chain volume January

On-chain Volume of Stablecoins Surged $300 B in January

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January was a successful month for stablecoins. Data shows that their on-chain volume went up to $308.7 billion compared to December when it was $178 billion. The largest share, about $199 billion belongs to Tether (USDT). It is a stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar and operates across...

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