Binance Adds Additional Trading Pairs for STRAT and AION — link

Binance Futures Will Launch QTUM/USDT Perpetual Contract With Up to 50x Leverage — link

Coinbase becomes the first pure-play cryptocurrency company to receive Visa membership — link

BitGo acquires digital securities platform Harbor — link

The IRS is inviting crypto firms to a ‘summit’ in DC next month — link | bloomberg tax

Binance will remove and cease trading on the following trading pairs at 2020/02/20 8:00 AM (UTC):

BAT/PAX, BNB/USDS, BTC/USDS, ONT/PAX, VIA/BNB — link

Samsung newly launched Galaxy smartphone will come with the same crypto storage facilities — link

130mil $ARPA were transferred from Binance to MXC_Exchange
in the past 48hrs through an unknown address, without our knowledge. We communicated with the exchange and here are the details about what happened. — link

CME Group bitcoin futures are starting to heat up again

Yesterday traded volumes crossed $1 billion, and 7-day rolling open interest and volume is at +6 month highs. YTD open interest is up 60%, volume +260%

CFTC futures reports offer some clues to who's driving volumes higher — link

$1.1bln bitcoin futures traded yesterday at CME after the long weekend - only third time we record > $1bln — link

ICO Issuer Settles SEC Registration Charges, Agrees to Return Funds and Register Tokens As Securities — link

Binance Futures Will Launch IOST/USDT Perpetual Contract With Up to 50x Leverage — link

Cardano forks in anticipation of mainnet launch — link

💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 💵 300,000,000 #USDT (300,321,318 USD) minted at Tether Treasury — link

Tradesatoshi is closing down.
Read the announcement for details.

Please make sure all withdrawals are completed before March 1 2020 00:00 UTC.

Please do not deposit! Deposits will no longer be processed.

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Sweden starts testing world's first central bank digital currency — link

Nasdaq-listed Riot Blockchain plans to sell its cryptocurrency exchange RiotX while doubling down on its bitcoin mining businesses — link

Norwegian Air, one of the largest airlines in Europe, will soon be able to pay for flights using cryptocurrency — link

Brazil's central bank to launch instant, QR code-enabled payments system this year — link

Similar trend can be observed for BitMEX. The volume there is still more than 6 times higher than on FTX. BitMEX's daily avg volume is up about 33% in February — link