Daily Crypto News | 16.12.2020
1- Bitcoin price sees another all time high, hitting a historical milestone of $20K.
2- Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) announced that they will be launching ethereum futures contracts.
3- The Daily Beast reports that president Donald Trump in considering to pardon darknet marketplace Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.
4- Today it was confirmed that Ruffer Investment’s total exposure to Bitcoin is a little over $744M.
5- Kraken Exchange announced that they will be integrating Blockstream’s Lightning Network in the first half of 2021.
6- Cryptocurrency service provider companies based in UK who filed registration with Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) had been granted temporary licenses to continue operating for six months.
7- Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange FTX lists tokenized stock offerings of five cannabis businesses.
8- French fashion brand True Tribe partners with SUKU to track clothes made of ocean plastic.
9- According to Wall Street Journal’s report, Massachusetts Securities Division is preparing to file a lawsuit against Robinhood, alleging that they are violating state laws and regulations by illegally targeting inexperienced investors with their marketing activities.
10- Person behind Nexus Mutual CEO Hugh Karp’s wallet hack is now demanding 4.5K in $ETH which is worth approximately $2.66M. He also messaged Hugh Karp the following statement: “Hello Hugh. I will not sell wNXM any more until wNXM recovers his value or you send me 4.5k ETH.
If you need any negotiation with me, send msg to my eth address. Following are your addresses. You are rich, Hugh.”
11- TrueUSD will be launching on Turkish Cornell University professor Emin Gün Sirer’s Avalanche blockchain in the first quarter of 2021.
12- German government passed the new legislation, allowing blockchain technology to be used for recording electronic securities.
13- Bitcoin is up 6.4% at $20,759.
14- UMA Project (UMA) is the highest gainer in top 100 list with a 28.6% daily profit.
15- Bancor Network Token (BNT) is the highest loser in top 100 list with a 9.6% daily loss.
