⏱ Countdown to Bitcoin ETF Approval Begins
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019
An SEC commissioner stated earlier this week that bitcoin ETF would be approved “eventually“. In the wake of this announcement, NYSE Arca and Bitwise Asset Management filed a bitcoin ETF rule change proposal for review. Today, the SEC has published the filing in the Federal Register and the countdown begins.
SOURCE: COINDESK
🍕 Ordering Delivery? Use Bitcoin
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Pizza: the great people equalizer. Domino’s US customers can now easily order pizza using the Lightning Network. This week, over 150 people have already placed orders through the web-based portal set up by cryptocurrency payment startup, Fold.
SOURCE: THE DAILY HODL
🛎 JP Morgan introduces “JPM Coin”: 1st US bank-backed cryptocurrency
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019
JP Morgan created big buzz in both the financial and crypto markets by announcing the “JPM Coin”. Despite CEO, Jamie Dimon’s past public criticisms towards bitcoin, JP Morgan will be launching the first major US bank-backed cryptocurrency to settle payments for its clients in the wholesale payments sector.
SOURCE: CNBC
📈 Nasdaq Adds Bitcoin & Ethereum to Indices
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2019
NASDAQ announced it will be adding bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum (ETH) indices effective Monday, February 25, 2019: details here. BTC index will be calculated back to 2010 while ETH back to 2014.
SOURCE: NASDAQ
🇨🇦 Quadriga Loses Another 103 BTC, By Mistake
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Vancouver cryptocurrency exchange, Quadriga, inadvertently transferred 103 BTC, valued at $354,300 USD, to an inaccessible cold wallets. Ernst & Young, the appointed monitor, reported that this transfer took place February 6, 2019.
SOURCE: COINTELEGRAPH
