World economic forum announces global consortium for digital currency governance — link

10d $BTC realised vol

BitMEX open interest ~$900m & 104k $BTC, more volatility to come.

21 - January CME $BTC COT report
Open Interest: 5,139 (down -4.8%)

previous report

French central banker says digital currency cannot be private — link

Ukraine to oversee crypto transactions above $1,200 — link

IEOs are dead. The average return of IEOs approaches 0% in 200 days.

In other words, nearly no one wants to hold IEOs long term — link

Bitcoin is too volatile to be a reliable store of value — Deutsche Bank

Financial stability was a key factor in the Bank of England's decision to hold stablecoin payment systems — link

Payment startup raises $80 million in funding from SBI Group, Visa and other investors — link

Correlation between bitcoin and gold is rebounding in 2020 — bloomberg

New Singapore law allows global crypto firms to expand locally — link

A U.K. court has ordered Bitfinex to freeze $860,000 in Bitcoin linked to ransomware payout — link

Gemini hires chief compliance officer as it expands into UK and Europe — link

Another all-time-high for Bitcoin mining difficulty

New difficulty: 15,466,098,935,555 (+4.67%)

BitMEX OI approaching $1bn, historically OI tends to get rejected over 1bn & 100k $BTC

LocalBitcoins suspending long-time users accounts without warning — link

IBM has received a U.S. patent for a type of "self-aware token" that can record its own transaction data — link

Bakkt delivery increased with over 1,600% in January — link

Bitcoin(dot)com will not now support the controversial bitcoin cash development fund proposal — link

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