Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 11, 2020
11.2.2020
With bitcoin dropping below recent highs of $10,000, Markets Daily is back with a slow-day news round-up
Second-Best Month For Bitcoin Futures on CME + More News
11.2.2020
Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
Exchanges news
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME Group), a major financial derivatives marketplace, said today that January 2020...
Bought the Dip? Bitcoin Price Rebounds Strongly With $11,000 in Sight
11.2.2020
Bitcoin dip doesn’t last long as BTC price shoots to new 2020 highs
Hacking Group Outlaw Upgrades Malware for Illicit Income Sources: Report
11.2.2020
Outlaw has been updating its toolkit to steal enterprise data for nearly half a year at this point
Bitcoin Is Back Above $10k
11.2.2020
After flirting with the $10k price mark all weekend, BTC is trading above this milestone price
Crypto Exchange CEO Given Suspended Jail Term after Appeal Fails
11.2.2020
An appeals court in South Korea has upheld a guilty verdict for the CEO of crypto exchange CoinNest. He and two executives were handed a suspended jail sentence.
The exchange, once the country’s third-largest, shut down last year after its Kim Ik-hwan and two senior executives identified only...
ConsenSys and Skale Kick Off New Token Issuing Platform
11.2.2020
Activate focuses on gathering true users, instead of price speculators
ConsenSys Project Launches ‘Proof-of-Use’ Network to Discourage Speculation
11.2.2020
The Activate network requires tokens to reach maturity within three years of the first token sale
Trump Views Crypto a Threat, Proposes Countermeasures in New Budget
11.2.2020
The White House released the Budget of the U.S. Government on Monday, outlining some proposals to increase cryptocurrency oversight which President Donald Trump views as priorities. The budget proposes giving the Treasury more power over crypto and requests funding for FinCEN to expand its efforts...
BitPay Launches In-Store Crypto Payments With New POS Partnership
11.2.2020
The crypto payments provider is now taking its service into bricks-and-mortar stores with a new point-of-sale partnership
Dell Among Founding Members of New IOTA Working Group
11.2.2020
Tangle can prepare Dell for a future where users can earn revenue by selling their data
See You in Denver This Week
11.2.2020
CoinDesk will be on location at ETHDenver this Thursday