Crypto Roundup, March 1, 2021 – Cardano bucks the trend as crypto market pulls back

Bitcoin falls alongside stocks after tagging $58K The Bitcoin rally hit a speed bump last week, pushing prices down to $43K as the stock market dropped and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed the leading cryptoasset is “extremely inefficient for transactions.” Yet as the market moved lower, institutional investors kept buying. MicroStrategy and Square completed […]

Kraken Daily Market Report for February 28 2021

Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.82 billion, down from the 30-day average of $2.06 billion. Total futures notional at $594.6 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Tether, and Polkadot. Most coins had losses, but Storj ended +1.9% over USD. February 28, 2021  $1.82B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD  XBT $44187. ↓4.0% $675.3M ETH $1337.0 ↓8.0% $357.2M ADA $1.2216 ↓7.1% $266.9M USDT $1.0003 ↓0.06% $159.7M DOT $30.816 ↓7.7% $76.2M USDC $1.0000 ↑0.0% $26.0M LTC $158.32 ↓7.7% $24.1M […]

Miami Mayor responds to Yellen saying Bitcoin is worth studying

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez addressed Treasury Secretary Yellen’s recent Bitcoin snub, saying he isn’t surprised she is hostile towards the leading cryptocurrency. Expanding further, he said Bitcoin’s separation from the state is why investors flock to it in the first place. And when asked about his apparent tolerance for high-risk, Suarez replied by saying all […]

Grant Blaisdell on why he is creating an NFT marketplace for digital space assets, his biggest crypto horror story, and more

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Grant Blaisdell, the founder and CEO of Copernic Space, a marketplace for “digital space assets and companies.” Grant has been creating ventures at the intersection of new technologies and media in the US and Central Europe since his late teens. An early innovator in applying blockchain technology […]