Bitcoin News Roundup for June 17, 2021

With BTC lounging around $38K and a look at how banks could be big players in Ethereum's next incarnation, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup. Add Markets Daily to your Alexa Flash Briefing here. This episode is sponsored by hellointerpop.io, Unique One Network and elliptic.co. Today's Stories: Biden to Sign Bill Making Juneteenth a Holiday in Thursday Event World Bank Denies El Salvador's Request for Technical Assistance on Bitcoin Race for a Global Tax Revolution Faces Hurdles in Final Stretch Bitcoin Hashrate at 6.5-Month Low as China Cracks Down. Cristiano Ronaldo snub wipes billions off Coca-Cola’s market value China’s Campaign to Control Commodities Goes Into Overdrive UK Regulator Finds 2.3 Million Adults Now Hold Crypto Federal Reserve Officials Raise 2021 Core Inflation Projection Panama to Present Crypto-Related Bill in July Banks Edge Closer to Ethereum 2.0 Staking - CoinDesk - InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io. - Unique One Network is an interoperable Platform for DeFi enabled NFT Marketplaces, in a variety of sectors, built on Polkadot Parity Substrate. Unique One Network’s crosschain NFT hub facilitates transfers between a variety of blockchains and ecosystems, unleashing the power of NFTs with myriad innovative capabilities. Find out more at Unique One Network. - Elliptic works with the world’s leading crypto businesses and financial institutions just like yours, to understand, manage, and act on crypto exposure risk. With Elliptic you can grow with confidence. Visit Elliptic.co for all your crypto compliance and AML monitoring needs.

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