December 2017, saw #CME launch its cash-settled #BTCFutures. this was followed by the Chicago Board Options Exchange, or #CBOE, launching similar cash-settled #BTCFutures. CME BTCFutures have surpassed $100 billion in total notional value traded since their launch in 2017

The activation of #BTCTaprootUpgrade is moving forward. It allows #BTCscripts to support complicated features, like #timelocks and #multiSignature requirements and removes need to publish entire script, and only shows the condition that was triggered. No enhancement of privacy.

#MIT claims payment channel networks #PCN will reduce time in #blockchainTransaction. Users can route payments through escrow accounts of PCN users forming a network, only pinging the blockchain to establish and close the accounts, which will speeds things up dramatically.

Investment platform #CurioInvest and Seychelles-based digital asset exchange #MERJExchangeLtd. will jointly begin offering a #CarToken #CT1, pegged to the value of #collectibleCars giving more people a chance to have a fraction of an asset.

#IBM is developing a #blockchainProduct that will automate reconciliation of #casualLaborContractst i.e consultants, freelancers, temps. IBM’s system will automate tracking of #timeSheets and #purchaseOrders, while mediating between approved parties involved in invoicing process

Happily for the bulls, #BTC touched #USD10000 level on Feb. 9, suggesting a #cryptoMarketRally was on. Analysts figure that this is on account of rise in #investorActivity. Sceptics believe that it is on account of manipulation by #whales.

Research shows that #ETH had been the highest #correlatedCryptocurrency to #BTC for two years, with an average correlation coefficient of 0.9. Also #Binance reported that ETH was the highest correlated asset in 2019.

#BTC hit a local high of #USD10495 on Wednesday. Even now , BTC is trading at #USD10272. If the price breaches the resistance of USD10,400, it will go up further otherwise it is likely to pull back

A joint venture between #CanadaStablecorp, #3iQ and #Mavennet, #QCAD is the latest CAD-based #stablecoin was launched on Feb. 11. Based on #Ethereum #blockchain, QCAD implements popular token standard #ERC20.

#Hedera, a #distributedLedger technology project rooted in the enterprise world, is set to use #GoogleCloud to host its public testnets and Hedera Consensus Service ecosystem. It uses #hashgraph-based consensus #algorithm to allow for multiple branches of blocks.

#Valentine day, since 2015 (except 2018) has been a harbinger of good tidings for #BTC. Today, the price of BTC is #USD10169. a similar uptick is seen in the price of #ETH and #XRP.

Sunday saw the #BTC price tumble below #USD10000 and bounce off resistance level of USD9600. However, #FearAndGreedIndex dropped only a little from 64 to 59, suggesting a market sentiment of 'greed' despite the fall. Possibility of an upward correction cannot be ruled out.

#NationalCongress of #Brazil is working on regulations for coutntry’s crypto industry. Till then, all exchanges fall within ambit of Instruction No. 1888 of #DepartmentOfFederalRevenue that requires reporting of transactions ranging from 500 BRD to 1500 BRD, or 120 to 360 USD.

While #cryptoCommunity is speculating on #twitter whether Bitcoin could have been the answer to the spread of the virus through banknotes, a Coronavirus based #ERC20 #coronaCoin (NCOV) has been launched according to a #Reddit post which aims at spreading awareness about outbreak.

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$3.2 trillion in U.S. stocks wiped out in U.S. on worries over #corona #pandemic. #Bitcoin was not immune to the fears and more than 13% with BTC trading at #USD8637.

The #SupremeCourtofIndia scrapped the #RBI circular lifting defacto #ban on trading in #bitcoin and other #cryptocurrencies/other such instruments.

#BTC is trading at #USD5832, down by 7 percent with conrona fears dogging its receding heels. Attemprs to bring it above the resistance level of USD6400, failed miserably. Monday's color seems to be an unrelenting red. 4-hour timeframe, shows BTC below the ascending trendline.

The data index of #Chinese ##SearchEngine #Baidu, shows a 183% increase of #BTC/Cryptocurrency searches in the last 30 days. #Google searches in #US also touched a record high on 13 March. Interest comes hard on the heels of an expected global meltdown, where BTC is seen as hedge

#GalaxyDigital founder #MikeNovogratz believes 2020 will be a make-or-break year for #cryptocurrency. In a tweet, after the US Congress failed to approve $2 trillion economic support package, he said :"This will be and needs to be BTC’s year.”