BTC price dropped on Jan 18th from ~$9k at 10am → ~$8.5k at 11am (all times in UTC).

The only significant txn that preceded this move was a 400 BTC outflow from Deribit at 9am

All other exchanges have peaks in outflow at ~11am UTC — link

Hyperledger has announced a new working group at Davos that will explore how blockchain can help the world meet climate goals set out in the Paris Agreement. — link

Bitcoin mining pools earned an average of over $4.28 million from bitcoin transaction fees in 2019, with BTC.com making the most, more than $26.22 million — link

Bitfinex enables creation of multiple trading accounts within one Master account — link

$BCH implementing a 12.5% miner's tax is hilarious and anyone not donating will have their blocks orphaned.

Literally a centralized totalitarian regime with a 51% attack threat.
"A Hong Kong corporation has been set up to legally accept and disperse funds" — link

Grayscale digital asset investment report 2019 — link

Announcing the new XRPUSD Swap and Delisting BitMEX UP & BitMEX DOWN Contracts — link

Pornhub adds $USDT as payment method — link

What European cryptocurrency exchanges need to know about 5AMLD — link

Sellers of short dated puts ahead of the Chinese new year putting pressure on implied volatility

Dealers expect a quiet market due to the holiday

Spot market is telling a different story & trades down a couple of % today

Tether Gold XAU₮, the digital asset pegged to physical gold is officially live — link

Former CFTC Chair releases first formal remarks about his Digital Dollar Project at Davos — link

28 digital assets are already trading on BinanceUS

New report finds that 72% of crypto-investors hold #Bitcoin in their crypto portfolio.

Percentage of crypto-investors holding these tokens:
- $BTC 72%
- $ETH 55%
- $BNB 40%
- $XRP 39%
- $LTC 38%
- $XLM 32%
- $EOS 27%
- $ADA 26%
- $BCH 25%
- $XMR 21%

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There is high chance we will not see #btc below $5000 ever again. — link

World economic forum announces global consortium for digital currency governance — link

Payment startup raises $80 million in funding from SBI Group, Visa and other investors — link

Financial stability was a key factor in the Bank of England's decision to hold stablecoin payment systems — link

New Singapore law allows global crypto firms to expand locally — link