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With BTC unchanged and a look at Bloomberg’s $400K price prediction, 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 and bybit.com. Today's stories: Inflation Has Gone K-Shaped in the Pandemic Like Everything Else (Bloomberg) Caruso Properties to Accept Bitcoin for Rent, Allocates 1% of Treasury to the Asset After Pandemic, Shrinking Need for Office Space Could Crush Landlords (NYT) PayPal Co-Founder and Bitcoin Investor Peter Thiel Says Bitcoin Could Be Chinese ‘Weapon’ Bloomberg Foresees Bitcoin Rallying to $400K This Year Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com. InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.

With BTC dropping below $57K and a look at Coinbase’s first-quarter results as it prepares to go public, 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 bybit.com. Today's stories: Stock Futures Wobble Ahead of Fed Minutes (WSJ) Q1 2021: Institutional Crypto Growth Slows Down, Retail Picks Up IMF proposes ‘solidarity’ tax on pandemic winners and wealthy (FT) Bitcoin Drops 6% in Korea, Shrinking the so-called 'Kimchi Premium' Riding Bitcoin Surge, Coinbase Active Users Grew by 117% in Q1 2021; Revenue Tops $1.8B Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.

With BTC and ETH trading near all-time highs and a look at the anniversary of infamous executive order 6102, 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 and bybit.com. Today's stories: China Creates Its Own Digital Currency, a First for Major Economy (WSJ) Stocks Climb to Record After Strong Economic Data: (Bloomberg) Pandemic will leave little lingering damage for advanced economies, says IMF (FT) Credit Suisse Takes a $4.7 Billion Hit on Archegos Meltdown (WSJ) Sotheby's vs Christie's: Billionaire Art Auction Houses Just Love NFTs (Bloomberg) Singapore’s Central Bank Warns Crypto ‘Certainly Not Suitable for Retail Investors’ Coinbase and Bakkt Are Behind Paul Tudor Jones’ Bitcoin Bets, SEC Documents Show 'Satoshi's Birthday': April 5 Is a Day to Be Thankful for Bitcoin Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com. InterPop is redefining the future of NFTs and fandom. Learn more at interpop.io.

With BTC failing to break $60K and ether reaching a new all-time high, 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 and bybit.com. Today's stories: U.S. Stock Futures Rise After Strong Jobs Report (WSJ) World Economy Risks ‘Dangerously Diverging’ Even as Growth Booms (Bloomberg) GameStop to Sell Stock After Social-Media Fueled Trading Frenzy (WSJ) Coinbase Independent Directors Have Close Company Ties - WSJ Bitcoin Outflows Aren’t the Bullish Signal You Think They Are MicroStrategy Buys $15M More of Bitcoin Bank Of Japan Starts Central Bank Digital Currency Experiments Central Bank 'Money Drops' With Digital Currencies Could Fuel Inflation: Bank of America Drop in Bitcoin's Volatility May Boost Appeal, $130K Possible: JPMorgan Introducing Bybit's newly launched BTCUSD Futures Contracts! Be part of our mega $250,000 Futures giveaway where the more you trade, the more rewards you'll get. Campaign ends on April 13. Start trading now by visiting Bybit.com.

With BTC kicking off April near all-time highs and a look at Chipotle’s surprisingly nuanced bitcoin-burrito giveaway, 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. Today's stories: Filecoin Surges 42%, Replaces Litecoin as the 9th Largest Cryptocurrency Crypto Exchange Luno Hires CFO of Digital Banking Giant Monzo Crypto Entrepreneurs Plan London IPO for NFT Investment Firm (Bloomberg) Chipotle Bitcoin Giveaway Offers $200K in Burritos and BTC

With BTC struggling to break past $60K and a look at how the Indian public views bitcoin, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Biden’s Set to Unveil $2 Trillion dollar Infrastructure Plan (WSJ) After NFT Surge, Traders Worry Reopening Will Stifle Rally (WSJ) Apple backs a start-up called UnitedMasters which is aiming to disrupt music labels (FT) Deliveroo Sinks 31% After IPO as Funds Shun Gig-Worker Model (Bloomberg) ECB’s Christine Lagarde Says Digital Euro Should Launch Opinion: Indians Want Bitcoin Despite Government Stance - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC near $60K and a look at PayPal’s latest support for the cryptocurrency, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: S&P 500 Futures Edge Down as Investors Sell Bonds, Tech Stocks (WSJ) PayPal to Start Letting US Customers to Use Their Crypto at Checkout: Report US Government Sues Decentralized Content Platform LBRY Over $11M in Token Sales Civil Liberties Group Calls FinCEN Crypto Wallet Rule ‘Unconstitutional’ Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Limit Losses With Fast Sale of Archegos Assets (WSJ) - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC back above $58K and a look at how buying a Tesla with bitcoin might leave a sour taste, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Stock Futures Tick Down as Banks Warn of Losses (WSJ) Visa Uses Anchorage to Settle USDC Transaction on Ethereum in a Further Crypto Push Cosmos Investors Vote to Approve Inter-Blockchain Communication SPACs Are the Stock Market’s Hottest Trend (WSJ) Miami Mayor Wants City to Become Bitcoin Mining Hub Skit Uses Kate McKinnon as Janet Yellen and Slim Shady to Explain NFTs JP Koning: You're a Lemon If You Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With the price of BTC stagnant and one regulator’s take on what the crypto industry can learn from the existing financial system, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Want to Buy a Tesla With Bitcoin? It Ain't Easy Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price Slides in Sign of Retail Interest Stall (Bloomberg) Your NFT Tax Questions, Answered WeWork Agrees to SPAC Deal That Would Take Startup Public (WSJ) Shark Tank’s O’Leary Says a Made in China Label on Bitcoin Keeps Some Funds Away New Zealand Fund Manager Says It’s Put 5% of Retirement Plan’s Assets Into Bitcoin Rick McDonell: Crypto Must Apply Lessons of Existing System - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC down and a look at the reaction to Beeple redeeming his crypto for cash, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Powell Says Now Is Not the Time to Focus on Reducing Federal Debt Tesla’s Bitcoin Adventure Promises an Even Wilder Ride Fidelity-Affiliated Fund Files for Bitcoin ETF Jobless Claims Expected to Signal Improving Economy Goldman Files to Offer Notes Linked to an ARK ETF That May Have Bitcoin Exposure IBM Ventures Further Into Crypto Custody With METACO, Deutsche Bank Tie-Ups Daniel Kuhn: Beeple Sold Out. So What? - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With the price of BTC up and a look at the controversial new project known as "BitClout," 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Stock Futures Tick Higher Ahead of Economic Data Microsoft Said to Discuss Discord Bid for Over $10 Billion Ethereum Rollup Hermez Network, to Be Used by Tether, Goes Live Crypto.com Launches NFT Platform With Content From Snoop Dogg, Lionel Ritchie and More The fuss about BitClout - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC dropping more than $5K before rebounding to $55K plus a look at bitcoin adoption in Morocco, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Stock Futures Slip Ahead of Powell’s Testimony Crypto Exchange OKEx Korea to Close as New AML Rules Come Into Force Crypto Windfalls Are in the Tokens Driving the Digital Art Boon John McAfee’s Security Guard Pleads Not Guilty to Crypto Fraud Charges Crypto Is Banned in Morocco, but Bitcoin Buys Are Soaring - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC steady at $58K and a look at what the spike in bitcoin-related searches in Turkey could mean for the nation, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: U.S. Stock Futures Point to Gains for Tech (WSJ) Nigeria's Central Bank says: We Didn't Ban Crypto Trading Brazil Becomes Second Country in the Americas to Approve a Bitcoin ETF Biden Determined to Tax Rich After Windfalls During Crisis (Bloomberg) On Covering the Non-Fungible Token Hype - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC's range narrowing and a look at real employment in the growing metaverse, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Economy Revs Up as Americans Spend on Flights and Dining Out (WSJ) China to Restrict Tesla Use by Military and State Personnel (WSJ) Tony Hawk Skates His Last Ollie 540, and Puts the NFT of It up for Auction SEC Starts Decision Clock on VanEck's Bitcoin ETF Application Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Bribe Worker With Bitcoin in Would-Be Extortion Attempt This Casino in Decentraland Is Hiring (for Real) - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC back near its all-time high and a look at what may be the first NFT art heist, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Federal Reserve Keeps Rates Near Zero Worker Filings for Unemployment Claims Approach Pandemic Low Point Investopedia Survey Suggests Investor Concerns of Bitcoin Bubble, Says Editor-in-Chief Thai Central Bank Warns Against ‘Illegal’ Use of Baht-Denominated Stablecoin issued on a Korean stablecoin platform. Lessons From the Nifty Gateway NFT Heist: Not Your Keys... Nexo.io, lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in late-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC dropping below $55K and a look at the bitcoin energy debate, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Coinbase Registers 114.9M Shares for Public Listing Stock Futures Signal a Pause Ahead of Fed Meeting (WSJ) Janine Yorio: What NFT Sales Mean for Digital Real Estate Stellar Development Foundation Invests $750K in Nigeria Remittance Platform Ben Schiller: 'Green' Bitcoin Is the Price of Mass Adoption Nexo.io, lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With the price of BTC taking a dip and a look at inflation historically, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Stock Futures Point to Gains for the Tech Sector (WSJ) BitMEX Founder Ben Delo Surrenders to US Authorities Preston Byrne has an opinion piece out on CoinDesk examining 5 important Legal Considerations When Dealing in NFTs Texas Securities Regulator Issues Emergency Order Against Binance Impersonator The Brooklyn Bridge Is Actually for Sale, an NFT of It Anyway Nobody Saw Inflation Coming in the 1960s, but It Could Be Back: Economist Nexo.io, lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC breaking new records on Sunday and a look at how NFTs are letting people value, speculate and sell "feelings," 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange. Today's stories: Biden Eyes First Major Tax Hike Since 1993 in Next Economic Plan (Bloomberg) Indian Government Officials Give Mixed Signals Over Planned Crypto Legislation OSL, Hong Kong’s First Regulated Crypto Exchange, Commences Live Trading China’s Economic Activity Soars but Jobless Rate Hits a Ceiling Set by Beijing (WSJ) Now Robots Are Making Digital Art NFTs What NFT 'Markets for Emotion' Say About Tech Business Models Nexo.io, lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC hovering just below $58K and a look at how blockchains are about to make a lot of things effectively free, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange Today's stories: Binance Investigated by US Over Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price Trading (Bloomberg) Stock Futures Pull Back After Record-Setting Rally (WSJ) Ripple Executives have asked a Court to Block SEC Requests for their Personal Financial Records NFT Art Craze Spreads to China Australia’s Government Allocates $6.9 Million Aussie dollars for Blockchain Pilot Projects Blockchain Gets its First Mention in China's 5-Year Policy Plan Paul Brody: The Future of Everything Is Free Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC back near all-time highs plus a look at why some think we won't see 2020 prices again, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange Today's stories: Bitcoin Winning Streak Now at 7 Days as Fresh Stimulus Keeps Inflation Bet Alive JPMorgan’s New Crypto Bond is QUOTE ‘Not for the Faint of Heart,’ ECB plans to Speed Up Bond Purchases (WSJ) Goldman Sachs Says Client Demand for Bitcoin is ‘Rising’ US Lawmakers Make a Third Attempt to Bring Legal Clarity to Cryptocurrencies Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With bitcoin continuing to trade higher and a look at how inflation rates affect the cryptocurrency, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange Today's stories: U.S. Stimulus Set to Turbocharge World Economy as Europe Lags (Bloomberg) Grayscale, The Firm Behind the Leading Bitcoin Trust, Is Hiring ETF Specialists Nigeria Is Now Rewarding Citizens for Using Licensed Money Senders, Not Crypto Multiple Crypto-Related Twitter Accounts Have Been Suspended India’s Internet and Mobile Association Calls for Crypto Regulation, Not Ban Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC back above $54K and a look at asset class performance so far this year, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange Today's stories: How the NFT Boom Explains Square’s Tidal Buy Coinbase’s Valuation Nears $100B Ahead of a planned March Nasdaq Listing PayPal Confirms an earlier CoinDesk scoop: It's Buying Crypto Security Firm Curv Bitcoin Has Zero Intrinsic Value. Some People Are OK With That (Bloomberg) Stock Futures Rise, Pointing to Tech’s Rebound (WSJ) Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With BTC back above $50K and a look at the ballooning market for token collectibles, 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 Nexo.io, Casper and The Sun Exchange Today's stories: Soaring Prices for Enjin, FLOW and Rarible Reveal Risks of 'NFT Marketplace' Tokens Bidding Reaches $2.5M as Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey offers for sale an NFT Version of his First-Ever Tweet GameStop Frenzy Emboldens Supporters of Stock-Trading Tax (WSJ) Goldman Economists See 4.1% Unemployment in U.S. by End of Year (Bloomberg) JPMorgan Posted 34 Blockchain Jobs as It Beefs Up JPM Coin India Needs to Assess Crypto Risks Before Deciding Whether to Ban, Minister Says Goldman Digital Asset Lead Sees Mergers Ahead for Crypto Infrastructure Providers Ripple Investor’s Request to Reclaim Its $175M Investment has been Rejected by a Court Is Ether Coming to Corporate Balance Sheets? Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network. - The Sun Exchange is offering Markets Daily listeners a free solar cell with your first purchase and automatically lease them to power businesses in sunny, emerging markets.

With bitcoin and U.S. stock futures in the red plus a poke in the eye to Binance founder CZ, 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 Nexo.io and Casper. Today's stories: S&P 500 on Track for Third Week of Declines, Led by Tech (WSJ) 40% of Goldman Sachs Clients Reported Exposure to Crypto: Survey US Economy Added 379,000 Jobs in February (WSJ) Crypto Exchanges Discussed XRP’s Status With SEC Ahead of Listings, Ripple Says Bitcoin Price at Risk in Anti Money-Laundering Push Dapps Don't Care About Your Feelings - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network.

With BTC hovering just below $50K and expectations around U.S. monetary policy, 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 Nexo.io and Casper. Today's stories: Goldman Says Market Overpricing Odds of Fed Rate Hike, a Relief for Bitcoin Bulls Bitcoin Hovers Below $50K as Traders Await Fed's Take on Bond Yields Square to Buy Jay-Z's Music Service Tidal (Bloomberg) Jobless Claims Expected to Gain Despite Signs of Recovery (WSJ) Stock Futures Drop Ahead of Powell’s Comments (WSJ) - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network.

With BTC again above $50K and a look at MicroStrategy's shares in the cryptocurrency, 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 Nexo.io and Casper. Today's stories: Iran Should Mine Crypto to Skirt Sanctions, Says President-Linked Think Tank For a Sense of Gensler’s (Genns-slers) SEC, See His CFTC Stocks Turn Jittery as Bond Yields Jump (WSJ) - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network.

With some traders betting on even higher prices for bitcoin and a look at a billboard-powered BTC treasure hunt, 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 Nexo.io and Casper. Today's stories: Bitcoin Options Traders Are Taking Bullish Bets on $75K and Higher By Summer Institutions are loading up on bull call spreads in anticipation of a continued bitcoin price rally. Artist Concludes Billboard Exhibit With Bitcoin Art Puzzle Mining Bitcoin for Heat, Strawberries and Chickens Aston Martin Formula One Team Adds Crypto.com to Partner Roster Four-Day Work Week Gains Popularity Around the World (Bloomberg) Dogecoin Bounds Onto 1,800 ATMs in the US Hey Citi, your bitcoin report is embarrassingly bad (FT) Thai SEC Backtracks on Unpopular Proposal for New Crypto Investor Qualifications Fan Token Platform Chiliz Plans to Splash $50M on an Expansion Into US Sports Leagues - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network.

As BTC climbs back above $49K and ignores bearish chart patterns, 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 Nexo.io and Casper. Today's stories: 3 US Regulators Probing Robinhood’s Actions Amid GameStop Trading Craze MIT’s Digital Currency Initiative Raises $4M for Effort to ‘Harden’ Bitcoin Crypto Long & Short: How Coinbase Going Public Is Reshaping Trust in Markets Google Finance Adds Crypto Data Tab India’s Central Bank Sees Pros and Cons With National Digital Currency Citi: Bitcoin at ‘Tipping Point’ as Institutions Come on Board Banks in Germany Tell Customers to Take Deposits Elsewhere (WSJ) Bitcoin (BTC USD) Cryptocurrency Price Rises as China Region Objects to Mining (Bloomberg) - Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 5.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 75+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io. - Launching in mid-March, Casper is the future-proof blockchain protocol that finally address the blockchain trilemma. Learn more at Casper.Network.

With bitcoin dipping below $45K overnight and new insights as Coinbase prepares to go public, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: Robinhood Average Monthly Crypto Signups Jump to 3 million Amid the GameStop Saga UK Must Act Quickly to Ensure Fintech Lead, Encourage Crypto: Treasury Report Urges Spacs target UK tech companies for US listings (FT) Nasdaq Heads for the Worst Week Since March as Futures Fluctuate (Bloomberg) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC creeping back above $50K and a new look at China’s “Tether Premium,” 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: Bitcoin Outflows From Coinbase Suggest Institutions Are Buying the Dip Big money continues to chase bitcoin on dips, blockchain data shows. Planning to Short Bitcoin? Better Check China’s ‘Tether Premium’ First Bitcoin analysts say this week's quick market rebound might be due to Chinese retail buyers buying the dip, using the stablecoin tether. Facebook Builds Out in NYC, Betting on In-Person Future (WSJ) Coinbase’s Financials Are Now Public Ahead of Stock Market Listing Federal Reserve Explains ‘Preconditions’ for a Digital Dollar Nvidia Estimates Ethereum Miners Contributed 2%-6% of Q4 Revenue Coinbase Has Held Crypto Assets Like Bitcoin on Its Balance Sheet Since 2012 Bitcoin ‘Too Volatile’ to Be Global Medium of Exchange, Says Berkshire’s Charlie Munger Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC back up near $50K and new investment announcements from the likes of Square and MicroStrategy, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: Bitcoin Retakes $50K as Powell Eases Market Jitters, Bond Yields Drop "The economic recovery remains uneven and far from complete, and the path ahead is highly uncertain," the Fed chairman said. Facebook pledges to pay $1bn for news (FT) Ghana becomes first country to receive free Covax vaccines (FT) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

As BTC drops below $49K and Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: India’s Largest Bank Joins JPMorgan’s Blockchain Payments Network NY AG’s $850M Probe of Bitfinex, Tether Ends in an $18.5M Settlement ECB Wants to Be Able to Veto Stablecoins Like Diem in the EU Hannah Akuiyibo: Nigeria's Crypto Ban Fuels Mistrust US Healthcare Provider Gets Bitcoin Donations Totaling $800K From Single Benefactor Bottlepay, a Payments Startup That Lets You Send Bitcoin on Social Media, Raises $15M. Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With the price of BTC falling and a new report from JPMorgan on how big banks could push back against cryptocurrencies, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Laser Eyes Can't Stop Correction as Bitcoin Tumbles to $53K The news flow still looks bullish on bitcoin, but the market appears to have gone too far, too fast. Travel’s Covid-19 Blues Are Likely Here to Stay—‘People Will Go Out of Business’ (WSJ) Even skeptics may need to consider crypto exposure, according to the Wall Street Journal's Heard on the Street column.

With the market cap of bitcoin breaking above $1T for the first time plus a look at the emerging asset class known as NFTs, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Bitcoin Meets 'Torrent' as Lowly Binance Coin Gets $40B Valuation Cryptocurrency exchange Binance's in-house BNB tokens have shot to a $40 billion valuation, ranking them third among digital assets behind bitcoin and Ethereum's ether. What Are NFTs and How Do They Work? NFTs are unique assets that grant gamers and collectors full ownership over their digital items. Uber Drivers Are Entitled to Worker Benefits, a British Court Rules (NYT) Bitcoin ($BTC) and Cryptocurrencies: Prices Surge But Understanding Is Limited (Bloomberg) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With the both of the top two cryptocurrencies setting new record high prices plus a look at what dogecoin says about our world, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Who ISN’T Dabbling as Bitcoin Passes $52K, Ether Tops $1,900 The $8.7 trillion-asset BlackRock is "dabbling" in cryptocurrencies – becoming the norm as bitcoin and ether rally to all-time high prices. Emily Parker: Why We Should Take Dogecoin Seriously Dogecoin's rise reflects the power of collective belief and a longing for a more ideal form of crypto. Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC surpassing $51K and analysts remaining bullish on the price, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: What's Next After Bitcoin Hits $50K? Another $1K Gain Analysts are still mostly bullish on the cryptocurrency's price, even at lofty levels compared with those just a few months ago. U.S. Retail Sales Rose Strongly on Stimulus in January (WSJ) Ford Going Almost Fully Electric by End of Decade in Europe (Bloomberg) New York State Sues Amazon Over Worker Treatment During Covid-19 Pandemic (WSJ) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC briefly breaching $50K as the industry's market cap passes $1.5T, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $50K and Crypto's Nouveau Riche Move In Break of psychological threshold pushes largest cryptocurrency's year-to-date return to 70%, as a new breed of upstart tokens pushes industry market cap past $1.5T. SEC Signals a More Aggressive Stance Toward Wall Street (WSJ) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With bitcoin slipping after hitting a new all-time high around $49K and Canadian regulators approving a bitcoin ETF, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: A Bullish ($1 Million) Bitcoin Forecast as Year of Ox Begins ByteTree's Charlie Morris shows how bitcoin's price gets to $1 million by 2032. PLUS: JPMorgan hounded by own traders over absence in bitcoin market. JPMorgan employees have hounded senior trading-division management during internal "town hall" meetings over when the largest U.S. bank might get into bitcoin, CNBC reported. CFOs Hesitate to Invest in, Handle Bitcoin Due to Volatility (WSJ) Sheila Bair Says Don’t Buy Bitcoin, It’s at ‘Nosebleed Levels’ (Bloomberg) Intent On Ban, India To Give Transition Time To Crypto Investors — BQ Exclusive (Bloomberg) EU sinks UK hopes of overturning shellfish ban (FT) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC setting a new record above $48K and Mastercard implementing crypto payments, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Bitcoin at Center Stage (and Record High) as Mastercard, BNY Go Crypto Bitcoin's price hits new all-time high over $48,000 despite U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's warning that cryptocurrencies are prone to illicit uses.

With the top two cryptos down on the day and a bitcoin supply squeeze seemingly in the cards, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: As Wall Street Fixates on Inflation Hedges, Good Luck Finding Bitcoin A wave of new bitcoin buyers is arriving just as easily obtained supplies of the cryptocurrency fall to their lowest levels in more than three years. Markets Don’t Think Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Is Too Much (WSJ) The end of the "Petrodollar" era could loosen the dollar's domination as the global reserve currency, according to a Reuters column by Mike Dolan. Collateral locked in decentralized-finance protocols closes in on $40 billion, up from just $1 billion a year ago, according to DeFi Pulse. Battered European Banks Signal Worst of Pandemic Woes Are Over (Bloomberg) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With the top two cryptocurrencies setting new all-time highs and analysts grappling with what Tesla's big buy really means, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Elon Musk’s #bitcoin Bet Pays Off With $270M Gain on First Day Tesla has forged a path that other corporate treasurers might follow into bitcoin. PLUS: Ether hits new record price above $1,800 as CME futures debut. Reddit Value Hits $6 Billion After Users Fueled a Stock Frenzy (Bloomberg) CME saw nearly 400 ETH futures contracts traded on first full market day (The Block) Stocks Tick Lower After S&P 500’s Record Close (WSJ) Blockfolio Apologizes After Racist Terms Posted in Portfolio App (CoinDesk) Diamond Prices Regain Their Sparkle (WSJ) Cardano, Polkadot Market Caps Surpass XRP as Some Bet on Alternatives to Ethereum (CoinDesk) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC setting new all-time high prices, ether futures launching and Elon Musk announcing Tesla's purchase of $1.5B worth of bitcoin, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Tesla Sends Bitcoin Mooning Past $44K as Snoop Wins #dogebowl Electric-vehicle entrepreneur Elon Musk follows through with a $1.5 billion purchase after adding "#bitcoin" to his Twitter profile late last month. Robinhood Traders Bash the App But Just Can’t Leave It. (Bloomberg) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

Is Bitcoin digital gold? In this episode of ‘On Purpose, With Tyrone Ross’, we dig into bitcoin narratives as financial advisors see them and explore the concept of bitcoin as a store of value. “Saying ‘Internet Money’… What else in my portfolio is like Internet Money? Hmmm…." said independent investment advisor and 'On Purpose' host Tyrone Ross, "but when you say 'Digital Gold', alright... Clients can wrap their heads around the digital part, they can wrap their heads around the gold part. They probably own gold in a portfolio already, and then you can get into asymmetric returns and uncorrelated to other assets in the portfolio… Bitcoin is mined and there’s gold mining…. You can start these basic frameworks for the advisor to understand and also make it accessible to clients.” A message from Tyrone: The greatest number of people living in poverty are children, we need to change that. If you can, get involved and give back to NoKidHungry.org. Love and Light. I appreciate you!

With BTC looking for a breakout as ether notches another all-time high, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: It’s ‘Dorsey’s Node’ as Bitcoin Marches Higher, DOGE Chokes Bitcoin breaks out, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sets up a bitcoin node and Bank of England warns on negative rates. Meanwhile, it's DeFi that's mooning. Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With ether breaching another all-time high and payments giant Visa expanding its digital currency roadmap, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Ethereum, DOGE on Own Journeys as Inflation Bets Fuel Bitcoin Altcoins like Chainlink get a big boost from DeFi growth on Ethereum, while inflation bets boost bitcoin and dogecoin gets (Elon Musk) moonshot. Visa Signals Further Crypto Ambitions With API Pilot for Bank Customers to Buy Bitcoin Visa is working with Anchorage to allow customers at traditional banks to "buy and sell digital assets." Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC trading in its recent range and a look at DeFi in a post-WallStreetBets world, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: Crypto Bulls Are Back as Ether Hits All-Time High, Bitcoiners Hoard GameStop comedown shows appeal of social media-fueled trading. Dogecoin chatter in Reddit reveals cryptocurrency analogue. Bitwise Asset Management said Tuesday it's seeking U.S. regulatory approval to publicly trade shares of its bitcoin fund on the over-the-counter marketplace OTCQX. “There is significant growth in interest from professional investors in accessing bitcoin as a tool to hedge their portfolios against rising inflationary risk,” says Matt Hougan Bitwise’s chief investment officer. Grayscale Investments reopened its Ethereum Trust earlier this week to accredited investors. (NOTE: Grayscale is a unit of Digital Currency Group, which also owns CoinDesk.) Switzerland's 21Shares (formerly known as Amun) is launching the world's first exchange-traded product for the cryptocurrency polkadot (DOT), to be traded on the Swiss SIX Exchange under the ticker symbol PDOT. Prices for DOT have doubled this year, for a market capitalization of about $15 billion. The investment firm Accelerate Financial Technologies is seeking approval from Canadian securities regulators to list a bitcoin exchange-traded fund on the Toronto Stock Exchange, CoinDesk's Tanzeel Akhtar reported Wednesday. Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC rising and a look at what could happen in a post-COVID economy, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: Federal Reserve Soup Now Includes Bitcoin, DeFi, Silver, GameStop Market news from crypto to Wall Street is all over the place. "It's pretty obvious that the WSB traders are applying the same principles of the digital/CryptoAsset world to the stock market and they are loving the fact that the old schoolers are hating it," billionaire Mark Cuban writes in blog post. (CoinDesk) Coinbase has reportedly tapped Nasdaq for its planned direct listing, according to The Block. Winklevosses' Gemini crypto exchange inks partnership with crypto lender Genesis to give customers option to earn up to 7.4% annual interest on holding, CoinDesk OKEx announces plans to integrate Lightning Network in Q1. (OKEx via Twitter) Robinhood has raised $3.4 billion from investors over the past several days, (CoinDesk) Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is expected to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives' financial-services committee on Feb. 18, (CoinDesk) Even before the pandemic hit, global debt was at a far higher level than before the financial crisis of 2008, according to the International Monetary Fund. The figure reached $197 trillion at the end of 2019, for a debt-to-GDP ratio of 226%, according to an IMF blog post on Monday. Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC stalling and the price of silver soaring to eight-year highs, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: Silver Is the New GameStop as Musk's #Bitcoin Stalls As bitcoin trades in a range, traders are studying the "Grayscale premium" and watching traditional markets for clues to the next market move. The hedge fund Greylock is known for making bets on the government debt of troubled nations like Argentina, Lebanon and Venezuela. Now, according to Bloomberg, Greylock, led by and CEO Hans Humes, has filed for bankruptcy protection, apparently seeking the court's help to wriggle out of its own liabilities. The proceedings reportedly will allow Greylock to terminate its $100,000-a-month office lease in Manhattan. (Bloomberg) Reddit user "DeepF—Value" who helped direct WallStreetBets campaign on is a 34-year-old former insurance-marketing executive who has just made $20M from gains on GameStop shares and options (WSJ) "Fundamentals have never mattered less" as GameStop saga "makes a mockery of the idea that markets provide an efficient form of capital allocation in the economy," James Mackintosh writes in column (WSJ) For public companies, there are benefits to having no supply caps: Data show a rise in "shelf" registrations for potential securities sales, as CEO prepare to take advantage of buoyant market conditions (WSJ) One of the biggest questions facing the crypto industry over the past year has been whether the companies and their new-tech platforms could "Zoom" – where suddenly everyone starts using the product. Last week showed there's plenty of progress still to be made on that front. The industry groaned under the newfound attention from ready customers, some of them ostensibly fleeing the trading platform Robinhood following a series of anger-inducing trading suspensions. Outages were reported at crypto trading venues including Coinbase, Kraken, Binance and Voyager. New York Department of Financial Services Superintendent Linda Lacewell tweeted that, as the state's virtual-currency regulator, she was "actively monitoring market volatility." Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With BTC shooting back up above $37K and a look into the aftermath of the GameStop moment, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: First Mover: Elon Musk #Bitcoin Moment Adds to Dogecoin, GameStop Wackiness The GameStop-galvanized "bear raid" by retail stock traders appears to have terrified Wall Street, but crypto-industry marketeers are salivating over the prospect of new customer leads, and more demand. Coinbase says in Web post it plans to become publicly traded company via a direct listing (CoinDesk) Iran tightens grip on crypto miners while looking to them as a potential source of revenue as international sanctions crimp economy (CoinDesk) Cathie Wood’s ARK estimates bitcoin could climb to $400K if the cryptocurrency were to replace 10% of the cash on corporate balance sheets: Silver surges as GameStop day traders move into other assets (WSJ) Retail traders sue Robinhood over restrictions on meme stocks GameStop, AMC Theaters and Blackberry (CoinDesk) Private-equity firm Silver Lake converts $600M of AMC convertible notes into equity after retail-fueled stock-price pump (WSJ) U.S. Congress plans hearings on GameStop market pumps (CoinDesk) American Airlines, Southwest Airlines post record losses for 2020 after coronavirus-related travel downturn (WSJ) Emerging-market borrowing boom – $847B in 2020, with another $100B of bonds sold so far in January – sparks concerns over debt loads (WSJ) European Central Bank’s head of banking supervision worries that lenders in the region might not be setting aside enough money for loan-loss reserves (WSJ) “Investors have been continuously conditioned to buy the dip, regardless of its cause. FOMO (fear of missing out) and TINA (there is no alternative to risk assets) have turbocharged this behavior,” Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed el-Erian writes in column (Bloomberg Opinion) Although the U.S. economy shrank last year by the most since 1946, consumers have increased their spending on goods faster than before the coronavirus hit, as “resilient wages, buoyant stocks, low interest rates and stimulus gave most households ample spending power” while the pandemic limited payments for services, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Thursday (WSJ) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.

With digital-market traders taking GameStop’s stock gyrations as a moment for self-reflection, 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 Nexo.io. Today's stories: What does GameStop mean for cryptocurrencies? Digital-market traders found amusement in the GameStop saga. They also saw an opportunity for self-reflection. Here's what Niall Ferguson, Caitlin Long, Mati Greenspan and Jonathan Mohan said. “Gotta admit it’s really something to see Wall Streeters with a long history of treating our economy as a casino complain about a message board of posters also treating the market as a casino. Anyways, Tax the Rich,” U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez writes. (Twitter) Guggenheim CIO Minerd, who has predicted a bitcoin price of $400K, tells Bloomberg TV the base of institutional buyers is “just not there” to push bitcoin’s price above $35,000 (CoinDesk) Blockstream buys $25M of bitcoin mining machines from MicroBT (CoinDesk) Crypto’s young believers stoke craze for penny stocks in companies with exposure to bitcoin (Bloomberg) Riding on the coattails of crypto’s bull run, DeFi token UNI from Uniswap breaks $15 on Coinbase exchange, has nearly doubled in past seven days (CoinDesk) GameStop backlash could lead to curbs on “memetic disturbances,” or even “the squeezening,” Preston Byrne writes in op-ed (CoinDesk Opinion) Market chaos fueled by bands of retail traders reportedly leads to counter-measures from Wall Street firms TD Ameritrade and Wells Fargo, as a spokeswoman for U.S. President Joe Biden says the new administration is “monitoring” the GameStop situation (CoinDesk) U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission “actively monitoring the ongoing market volatility in the options and equities markets” (SEC) “What seems to be unfolding here is a crypto-esque farce combining volatile trading and chatroom-driven tips reminiscent of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and penny stocks, all in a market juiced by pandemic stimulus,” Lionel Laurent writes in column (Bloomberg Opinion) Goldman Sachs strategist joins chorus saying “buy the dip” in stocks (Bloomberg) Earn up to 12% APY on Bitcoin, Ethereum, USD, EUR, GBP, Stablecoins & more. Get started at nexo.io.