Daily Crypto News | 02.02.2021
1- Jeff Bezos stepped down from his CEO post at Amazon, Andy Jassy will be replacing him.
2- Google searches for “Buy crypto” see an all-time high.
3- Cash App halts buying of stocks related to WS shorts for more than four hours.
4- ethereum sees an all-time high topping above $1,500.
5- $USDC is now live on Stellar blockchain.
6- Mark Cuban predicted that in the future stocks will be on the blockchain.
7- Brave Browser’s active user count hits 25M per month.
8- OKEx will be integrating Lightning Network.
9- Manta Network raises $1.1M in a funding round led by Polychain Capital, to bring a fully private DEX on the Polkadot ecosystem.
10- ConsenSys partners with Securosys to launch a new, more secure solution to stake ethereum 2.0.
11- Algorand has selected 11 startups for its accelerator program.
12- Gemini exchange now allows its users to earn interest on 26 different crypto assets.
13- Robinhood reportedly halts their plans for their IPO.
14- Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev to reportedly testify before the US House Financial Services Committee over the GameStop incident.
15- 21Shares’s ETP basket has replaced Bitcoin Cash with Polkadot.
16- 22.3M Bitcoin addresses were active in January 2021.
17- US Senator Cynthia Lummins will be launching her Financial Innovation Caucus to inform other senators on blockchain and digital assets.
18- Bitcoin mining revenue rose 62% in January.
20- Yearns Finance voted to inflate token supply by 20%.
21- Ethereum mining revenue rose 120% in January.
22- Debt collection company Corporate Intelligence Services announced that they are now accepting Bitcoin.
23- Bitwise has filed with the US FINRA to publicly trade its Bitcoin Fund.
24- Indian Minister Rajya Sabha said, “The government does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender or coins and will take all measures to eliminate the use of these crypto-assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system.”
25- MicroStrategy acquired $10M worth of more Bitcoin
26- Gemini partners with Genesis to offer its customers a 7.4% yield on deposits.
27- NYSE listed Chinese lottery company 500.com may purchase 10,000 more miners.
28- $BTC = $BTC | 1 Satoshi is 1 Satoshi.