CME Launches Regulated Bitcoin Options

Former CFTC Chair Creates Nonprofit to Promote Digital Dollar Creation

World Economic Forum Announces Mission to Focus on Innovation & Governance of Stablecoins

Genesis Capital Announces $3.1bn In Crypto Loans in 2019

WisdomTree Leads $18m Series A for Security Token Platform Securrency

WisdomTree Announces Plans to Launch Regulated US Stablecoin

SEC Highlights Crypto Priorities For 2020

Libra Forms Five Member Technical Committee to Oversee Development

Square Awarded Patent For Fiat-To-Crypto Payments Network

Telegram Refuses to Show Bank Records in Case Against SEC

Qatar Bans Crypto Trading

Bitcoin Price Has “Golden Cross”

Fed Chair Powell Testifies to Congress About CBDCs and Libra

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Testifies to Senate That FinCEN Is Rolling Out Crypto Regulations Soon

Swedish Central Bank Begins Tests Blockchain-based Digital Currency

Shopify Joins Libra Project

SEC Commissioner Peirce Proposes 3-Year Safe Harbor for Token Sales

Bitcoin Lender BlockFi Raises $30m Series B

Coronavirus Delays Launch of China’s Digital Currency DCEP

JPMorgan in Talks to Merge Blockchain Business with Consensys

Facebook Revamps Libra, Conceding to Regulators

India’s Top Court Strikes Down Laws That Outlawed Cryptocurrencies

South Korea Parliament Votes to Enact New Crypto Regulation

Bitmex Experiences “Black Thursday”, Nearly Collapsing

U.S. Comptroller Names Former Coinbase Exec As COO

Fiscal Stimulus Bill Includes and Then Removes Digital Dollar Language

SEC Calls Telegram A Likely Security Issuance, Halts Token Issuance

A16Z Crypto Raises $515mm Second Fund

Renaissance Technologies Begins Trading CME Bitcoin Futures

China Rolls Out Testing of DCEP App

Facebook Further Redefines Libra, Releasing New Whitepaper

Congress Introduces 32 Bills Relating to Cryptocurrency & Blockchain

Binance Acquires CoinMarketCap for $300-$400mm

Paul Tudor Jones Takes Significant Bitcoin Position, Publishes Thesis

JPMorgan Extends Banking Services to Coinbase and Gemini Trust

Square’s Cash App Bitcoin Q/Q Volume Grows To $306mm from $178mm

Genesis Acquires Custodian To Launch Prime Brokerage Business

Genesis Loan Book Increases $2bn in Q1

BitGo Launches Prime Brokerage Business

Coinbase Acquires Tagomi for $70-$100mm

Coinbase Custody Begins Accepting Tether

ErisX Launches First CFTC Regulated ETH Future

FTX Launches US Exchange

Facebook Rebrands Libra Wallet from Calibra To Novi

Telegram ICO Cancels Project & Returns Funds to Investors

PayPal, Venmo to Roll Out Crypto Buying and Selling

NYDFS Proposes New Rules Making BitLicenses Easier to Apply For

SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce Is Nominated for Second Term

Bloomberg Senior Commodity Strategist Calls For $20,000 in 2020

Former CFTC Chair Testifies to Congress on Digital Dollar

Three Arrows Capital Files 13G – Owns >6% of GBTC  

Bitcoin Bank River Financial Raises $5.7mm

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Allowing Banks to Custody Crypto

Bitcoin Deemed Money in Federal Court Under Money Transmitters Act

Mastercard Expands Program to Allow More Crypto Firms to Issue Cards

VISA Unveils Roadmap to Further Integration with Bitcoin and Other Crypto

Paypal Chooses Paxos Exchange For Crypto Trading Business

Chinese Police Arrest 27 Alleged Masterminds Behind Plus Token Scam

Massive Twitter Back-end Hack Utilizes Simplistic Bitcoin Scam

MicroStrategy Buys $250mm of Bitcoin, First Public Company to Do So 

SEC Confirms “Crypto Mom” Hester Peirce As Commissioner Through 2025

FTX Acquires Blockfolio for $150mm

Square Reports Record $858mm of BTC Purchased in Q2 Via Cash App

Grayscale Reports Record $751mm of Inflows into GBTC in Q2

Coinbase Begins the Process of A Direct Listing IPO

Digital Currency Group Commits $100mm for North America Bitcoin Mining

IRS Releases Memo Saying Crypto Payments for Microtasking Is Taxable

Tether Daily Value Transfer Tops Paypal

Coinbase to Offer Bitcoin-Backed Loans to US Customers

Fed Partners with MIT to Develop “Hypothetical Digital Currency”

Goldman Hires New Head of Digital Assets, Contemplates Stablecoin Plans

USPS Files Patent for Blockchain-Based Secure Voting System

BitMEX Charged by CFTC and DoJ For Illegal Trading Operations and AML Violations

MicroStrategy Buys $175mm More Bitcoin, Brings Total to $425mm 

Bermuda Stock Exchange Approves Listing of World’s First Bitcoin ETF

US State Bank Regulators Agree to Blanket Set of Rules for Money Transmitter Licenses

Kraken Wins Bank Charter in Wyoming, First Ever for Crypto Company

OCC Allows Federally Chartered Banks to Custody Stablecoin Reserve Accounts

Gemini Announces Support for Shielded Zcash Withdrawals

BitMEX and Binance Both Update Trading Operations To Prevent Spoofing

Asian Crypto Exchange KuCoin Hacked for $150mm in Crypto

Libra Co-Founder Morgan Beller Leaves Libra to Join VC Fund

PayPal & Venmo Introduce Cryptocurrency Buying, Selling & Shopping

Public Company Square Buys $50mm of Bitcoin on Balance Sheet

Singapore’s Largest Bank DBS Announces Crypto Exchange & Custody

PayPal Rumored To Be Acquiring Leading Custodian BitGo

JPMorgan Launches Digital Asset Business Unit, Rumored to Buy Custodian

Franklin Templeton Invests in Series A Round of Crypto Custodian Curv

Stone Ridge’s NYDIG Raises $50mm, Announces 10,000 BTC in Custody

Chairman Powell Says CBDC Could Improve US Payments

CFTC Chairman Makes Highly Positive Public Remarks About Ethereum

US Attorney General Releases Cryptocurrency Enforcement Framework

US National Security Council Names DLT As One of Twenty Focus Areas

FCA Bans Sale of Crypto Derivatives to UK Retail Customers

OKex Founder Arrested by Chinese Government, Withdrawals Suspended

BitMEX Implements Strict KYC Regulations After CFTC & DoJ Charges

FinCEN Fines Bitcoin Mixing Operator Helix $60mm

Iran Government to Use Iranian-Mined Bitcoin For Payments

2017 $257mm ICO Filecoin Launches   

Stanley Druckenmiller Announces Bitcoin Position

Bill Miller Strongly Recommends Bitcoin

Citigroup Research Publishes YE 2021 BTC Price Target as High as $318k

Blackrock Fixed Income CIO Rick Rieder Says Bitcoin Could Replace Gold

Guggenheim Files to Buy Up to 10% GBTC Position in $5.3bn Macro Fund

BTIG Research Publishes YE 2021 BTC Price Target of $50k

AllianceBernstein Recommends Allocation to Crypto

Skybridge Files SEC Amendment to Invest in Bitcoin with $3.6bn Fund

Ray Dalio Says He “Might Be Missing Something” With Bitcoin

Niall Ferguson Writes Bloomberg Opinion “Bitcoin Is Winning the Covid-19 Monetary Revolution”

Square Reports Q3 Bitcoin Revenue and Gross Profit +11x & 15x YoY

Wyoming Elects Bitcoin Bull Cynthia Lummis As US Senator

Jay Clayton Steps Down as SEC Chairman

Alameda Research & FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Donates $5mm To Biden Campaign

OCC’s Brian Brooks Testifies to Senate on Importance of Crypto

China Construction Bank to Issue $3bn in Bonds on a Blockchain, Tradeable for Bitcoin and Dollars

OKex Exchange Resumes Withdrawals After More Than A Month Frozen

MicroStrategy Announces $400mm Convert to Buy Bitcoin; Upsizes to $550mm; Closes $650mm

MicroStrategy Buys $650mm Bitcoin at $21,925

MassMutual Buys $100mm of Bitcoin and Minority Stake in NYDIG

$27bn AUM Hedge Fund Ruffer Announces $740mm Bitcoin Position

One River Asset Management Announces $600mm Bitcoin Purchase, Commitment to $1bn

MicroStrategy Buys $50mm of Bitcoin at $19,427 Average Price

JPMorgan Estimates A 1% Allocation to BTC From Pensions and Insurance Companies Would Require $600bn of Buying

Guggenheim CIO Scott Miners Says Bitcoin Fundamental Value Is $400,000

NFL Player Russell Okung To Receive Half of $13mm Salary in Bitcoin

Coinbase Files S-1

CME Announces Ethereum Futures Product to Launch February 2021

Bitwise 10 Becomes First Publicly Traded Crypto Index

JPMorgan Says Gold Will Suffer for Years Because of Bitcoin

Fidelity Digital to Hold Bitcoin as Collateral for Cash Loans

Jefferies Head of Global Equity Strategy Cuts Gold Exposure for Bitcoin

SkyBridge Capital Registers Fund to Buy Bitcoin and Buys $182mm

Standard Chartered bank to Launch Crypto Trading

BBVA To Launch Crypto Services

Visa Partners with USDC and Adds 60 Million Merchants

S&P Dow Jones To Launch Crypto Indexes in 2021

Spotify Hiring for Crypto Payments Project Leader

SBI Financial Services Acquires Crypto Trading Firm B2C2

American Express Ventures Invests in Crypto Trading Platform FalconX

Bitso Raises $62mm to Expand Crypto Footprint in Brazil

Tether Surpasses $20bn Market Cap

Bitcoin Chart Tops 3.4mm Views on TradingView in November, +80% Since October

Warren Davidson and Three Other Congressmen Write Public Letter to Mnuchin in Protest of Heavy-Handed Legislation

FinCEN Releases More Stringent KYC Regulation for Crypto Exchanges

SEC Files Suit Against Ripple for Sale of Unregistered Securities

Coinbase, Bitstamp, Binance US and Other Exchanges Announce XRP De-listing

Ledger Hacked; Exposes Email Addresses and Mailing Addresses