MicroStrategy is unfazed by the ongoing crypto market dump as it adds more bitcoin (BTC) to its balance sheet. MicroStrategy Continues to Stockpile BTC Despite the crypto markets erasing more than $300 billion in market cap in the past week, U.S.-based publicly traded business intelligence continues to hoard the premier...

Goldman Sachs, on June 18, set a new path for banking institutions by beginning to exchange Bitcoin futures with Mike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital network. Galaxy Digital announced the partnership, as Goldman Sachs aims to invest in the crypto world.  Galaxy Digital as The Liquidity Provider The move by Goldman Sachs...

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Colorado have greenlighted a bill that seeks to empower Universities to study the potential use case of blockchain and other new technologies in water management, according to reports on June 20, 2021. Colorado Tackles Impending Water Shortage  According to the United States Bureau of...

China’s blockchain adoption drive is set for another use case with the government looking to utilize the novel technology in improving security protocols for electronic delivering platforms tasked with managing imported containers. Several state agencies in the country have released detailed decentralized ledger technology (DLT) utilization plans even as China’s...

Recently, BTCManager got the opportunity to interview Mr. Emmanuel Goldstein, DeFi Scientist and Founder of Railgun, a privacy system built directly on Ethereum that enables users to interact directly with decentralized exchanges (DEXs), and other decentralized finance (DeFi) applications without having to worry about being spied on by anyone. In...

McLaren Racing has inked a partnership deal with the Tezos (XTZ) blockchain project in a bid to mint its super unique non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the network. The team says the multi-year deal makes Tezos its official blockchain partner across Formula 1, INDYCAR, and esports, according to a press release...

France's central bank stated that it completed a new central bank digital currency (CBDC) experiment in collaboration with Switzerland-based cryptocurrency bank, SEBA.  Banque de France Partners with SEBA for CBDC Experiment  Banque de France made the announcement via a press release on Monday (June 21, 2021). According to the central...

European Central Bank (ECB) executive, Fabio Panetta has argued that the creation of a digital euro would help the apex bank protect its monetary sovereignty against threats from competing cryptocurrencies, while also offering users better privacy protection, according to a Financial Times report on June 21, 2021. Panetta Makes Case...

 The total crypto market cap erased $309 billion from its value for the last seven days and now stands at $1,305 billion. The top 10 coins were all in red for the same time period with all of them posting double-digit losses. Dogecoin (DOGE) and Polkadot (DOT) were the worst performers...

The total crypto market cap added $17 billion to its value for the last seven days and now stands at $1,687 billion. The top 10 coins were mostly in red for the same time period with some of them posting double-digit losses. Bitcoin (BTC) was the only gainer with a 9.5...

The price of Ether (ETH) plunged to below $2k. At the time of writing, the exact value of Ether was $1.95k, and the charts showed an almost 5% drop in prices in 24 hours. Ethereum's Price Volatility On the 1st of January, the price of Ether was hovering at around...

Vitalik Buterin has hinted that he is very bullish on Eth2 development. The Russian-Canadian programmer says a successful launch of the much-anticipated Eth2 will significantly boost Ethereum adoption by businesses globally.  Buterin Bullish on Eth2 Development  The Ethereum development community has been making significant progress in the journey towards Ethereum...