Daily Crypto News | 15.12.2020
1- Mt. Gox trustee Nobuaki Kobayashi announced their filing of the draft rehabilitation plan.
2- Nasdaq listed Riot Blockchain is testing their new liquid cooling technology for mining equipment.
3- Japanese SBI has acquired crypto trading platform B2C2.
4- Cboe Global Markets is planning to launch crypto indexes in 2021.
5- JPMorgan Chase’s former executive Sandie O’Connor joins Ripple’s board of directors.
6- Quontic Bank becomes first FDIC backed US institution to offer debit card with Bitcoin rewards.
7- In 2020, Estonia has revoked more than 1,000 licences from crypto currency service providers, still leaving 400 companies licensed.
8- Cardano and Nervos partner to launch a research initiative focusing on improving smart contracts security.
9- World Economic Forum and seven major mining companies have launched the “Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative”, completing the initial phase to track carbon emissions throughout the mining operations cycle.
10- SatoshiPay becomes the first customer of 266 year old German Bankhaus von der Heydt’s euro backed stablecoin $EURB.
11- Grayscale Investments’ crypto assets under management has reached $13B.
12- Crypto wallet provider Conio raised $14M from investment raund led by the Italian Banca Generali.
13- Sean Lennon, the son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, sells his artwork for $3K on NFT marketplace Rarible.
14- Fidelity backed BC Group member OSL receives licence from the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to offer regulated brokerage and automated trading services for cryptocurrencies.
15- “Rich Dad Poor Dad” author Robert Kiyosaki says Bitcoin is headed towards $50K in 2021.
16- Binance Visa cards shipments to EU customers have started.
17- Mike Winkelmann a.k.a. Beeple auctions NFT artwork for $3.5M on NFT marketplace Nifty Gateway.
18- UniSwap surpasses $50B in all time trading volume.
19- Decentralized exchange Bonfida raised $4.5M in investment round led by CMS Holdings.
20- 35% of Nexus Mutual founder Hugh Karp’s stolen money from his hacked wallet was cashed out.
21- ethereum 2.0 staking service provider Lido Finance raised $2M in investment round.
22- Monero.org sees 2 year high.
23- Venezuela and Colombia account for P2P marketplace LocalBitcoins.com’s 23% of total volume.
24- Bitcoin was mentioned in Chinese broadcasting company CCTV, quoted from China Securities Journal, saying “Bitcoin bull market can outshine gold.”
25- Paypal’s stock prices see all time high.
26- US stimulus bill is trimmed from $908B to $758B.
27- Bitcoin is up 1.1% at $19,410.
28- Bancor Network Token (BNT) is the highest gainer in top 100 list with a 44.2% daily profit.
39- VITAE TOKEN (VITAE) is the highest loser in top 100 list with a 8.2% daily loss.
