Daily Crypto News | 11.02.2021

1- Bitcoin sees a new all-time high, topping above $48,207.
2- US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Said, “I see the promise of these new technologies, but I also see the reality: Cryptocurrencies have been used to launder the profits of online drug traffickers; they’ve been a tool to finance terrorism…”
3- Crypto mining farms equipped with the newest Nvidia RTX 30 graphic cards are being spotted.
4- Amazon is preparing for a digital currency project in Mexico.
5- NYSE-listed, America’s first bank and world’s largest custodian bank BNY Mellon with $41T assets will be offering crypto custody services.
6- Former HSBC innovation executive Diana Biggs joins Valour as the new CEO.
7- Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that they are considering crypto for payments but not for their balance sheets.
8- Mexico City-based Bitso has bought the Gibraltar-based Crypto Derivatives Platform Quedex.
9- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissioner Hester Peirce known as the “crypto mom” said that the market is ready for a Bitcoin ETP.
10- Alabama Man Joseph Chase Oaks is being charged over the SIM swap hack that stole $150K in cryptocurrencies.
11- Paypal’s crypto product will be available in the UK in the coming months.
12- Mastercard has announced its support for crypto on their network.
13- Lightning Network node count sees a new all-time high, TVL is now above $42M.
14- Binance traffic sees a new all-time high, goes under maintenance.
15- Thailand’s minister of finance Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said “Cryptocurrencies have enormous risk. Risk awareness will help those investors in avoiding excessive speculation on those assets.”
16- AC Milan debuts their ACM fan token.
17- Radix, Chainlink, Aave, Messari and other other blockchain & cryptocurrency companies have launched the “GoodFi crypto alliance”, focusing on education and research for DeFi.
18- Grayscale might offer $YFI.
20- University of Calgary, University of Toronto, York University and McGill University has submitted CBDC proposal to the Bank of Canada.
21- The U.S. state of Iowa has introduced a bill that will utilize smart contracts and recordkeeping.
22- Robinhood, Melvin Capital and Citadel executives will be testifying before the US House Financial Services Committee.
23- dogecoin’s lead maintainer Ross Nicoll has once more started started to code after a 2 year break, as the price surged.
24- $BTC = $BTC | 1 Satoshi is 1 Satoshi.