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Crypto greed index hits highest level since Bitcoin’s $69K ATH

The last time the Crypto Fear and Greed Index scored 79 was in mid-November 2021 when Bitcoin was on track to hit $69,000.

CoinShares declares $108M revenue in 2023 earnings report

In its fourth-quarter report for 2023, CoinShares highlighted that its total assets under management as of Dec. 31, 2023, was $3.81 billion.

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund bought $200M BTC, ETH before institutions dived into Bitcoin ETFs

Institutional investors are beginning to experience soaring demand for Bitcoin as spot exchange-traded funds open up the asset class to the wider financial system.

South Korea rocked by alleged celebrity crypto scandal

Most accused celebrities denied links to the fraudulent schemes, while a few involved have ceased all relationships with the accused firm.

S. Korean regulator will expel ‘unfit’ crypto exchanges from the market starting this year

The South Korean Financial Intelligence Unit publicly announced the tightening of scrutiny over crypto exchanges in the country.

SafeMoon CEO is out on bail but could lose his lawyers

SafeMoon CEO Braden John Karony is out on a $3 million bond, but his lawyers want to exit, claiming he hasn’t paid his legal bills.

Bitcoin ETFs are sucking up 10X more BTC than miners can produce

Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows have outpaced the amount of production from miners by over ten times over the past two trading days.

Coinbase latest ad argues blockchain could make pennies ‘useful’ again

A new one-minute spot from Coinbase features an animated former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on a penny pleading to be converted into digital form.

Bitcoin trades above $50K again — but its very different this time

Bitcoin last traded above $50,000 in December 2021 — more than two years ago. The crypto market looks very different this time around.

Watch out ERC-404, there’s another hybrid NFT standard in town

DN404, another experimental hybrid token and NFT standard was launched by a group of developers that claim they’ve fixed the inefficiencies of ERC-404.

Binance founder CZ’s sentencing date postponed to late April

Binance’s former CEO Changpeng Zhao was originally due to be sentenced on Feb. 23. He faces 18 months of prison over money laundering charges.

Institutions double down on AI in trading — JPMorgan survey

AI is regarded as the most impactful technology shaping the future of trading, according to 61% of 4,010 institutional traders surveyed by JPMorgan.

Best weekly close since 2021 — 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week

BTC price action impresses with a seven-day winning streak, but major resistance now stands in the way of Bitcoin bulls.

Crypto.com says big money Formula 1, UFC deals paying off as user base expands

Major advertising partnerships with Formula 1 and the UFC have helped Crypto.com reach broad audiences and drive its growth.

Franklin Templeton joins the spot Ethereum ETF race

Franklin Templeton wants to incorporate staking into its Ether ETF, enabling shareholders to earn additional income.

Bitcoin miners, MicroStrategy stock rally as BTC price hits $50.3K

BTC mining stocks and MicroStrategy notch double-digit gains as Bitcoin price hits a 2-year high.

Microsoft is teaching GPT-4 how to use Android autonomously

The researchers increased success rates by as much as 27% with simple prompt engineering.

Gary Gensler responds to US lawmakers over SEC’s false spot Bitcoin ETF tweet

The SEC chair penned a letter to four members of the U.S. House of Representatives breaking down the timeline of the commission’s Jan. 9 SIM swap attack.

Why is Ether (ETH) price up today?

Ethereum price is up today. Cointelegraph explains why.

Deutsche Börse-owned Crypto Finance gets German licenses, parent readies exchange launch

Crypto Finance was bought by Deutsche Börse in 2021. Now it is likely to play a role in its planned institutional crypto exchange.

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