- BitGo to launch Bitcoin custody platforms in Switzerland and Germany(news)
(businesswire.com) - Bakkt to acquire crypto payments platform Bridge2 with plans to bring BTC payments mainstream(opinion)(news)(businesswire.com)
- BTC transactions are at record breaking highs, hitting 500M this week, & 368k on Feb 5th, 2020(news)(bitinfocharts.com)
- Major central banks plan meeting to discuss digital currencies and international transactions(opinion)(news)(asia.nikkei.com)
- Hong Kong based crypto lending firm PawnHub receives 1st license from HK gov. for crypto lending(opinion)(news)(prnewswire.com)
- US Federal Reserve bank studies issuing “FEDCOIN” digital currency(news)(federalreserve.gov)
- Bitcoin address connected to Mt. Gox hack still has over 79,000 BTC unmoved(news)(bitinfocharts.com)
- Blockchain startup Clear raises $13M from Fidelity to build “settlement, transaction, & clearing” system(news)(opinion)(techcrunch.com)
- Lightning Labs raises $10M & launches beta “Loop” allowing trading off-chain LN BTC for on-chain BTC(news)(blog.lightning.engineering)
- Jack Dorsey’s Square and Pantera fund $14M for “real-time” crypto settlement network startup(news)(opinion)(coindesk.com)
- BitGo enables “cold storage trading” via SettleBit API(opinion)(news)(financemagnates.com)
- TradingView’s 3 million users can now buy Bitcoin & Litecoin through Gemini partnership(news)(tradingview.com)
- US Feds auctioning 4,040 Bitcoin ($40M) in 2 weeks(news)(usmarshals.gov)
- Handshake blockchain project aims to allow simplifying & customizing Bitcoin addresses(news)(opinion)(namebase.io)
- Chainalysis reports 1.1% of all crypto activity in 2019 was cybercrime related(opinion)(news)(go.chainalysis.com)
- Cambodia to launch central bank-backed digital currency(news)(phnompenhpost.com)
- US Congress reviews "Payment of choice" law(news)(forbes.com)
- Large Japanese consulting firm launches Crypto Index(news)(mvis-indices.com)
- Another Swiss town now accepts Bitcoin for tax payments(news)(decrypt.co)