Michael Bellusci

Author, writer, poet, blogger, avid reader and book reviews. Crypto reporter for @coindesk | prev @bloomberg | alum @UBC

[miracle271 @Ahmetblgc665571]

JUST IN: Gaestop to launch its NFT marketplace in the next few months

- Coindesk (@mikeybellusci)

[Tracy Stephens @tracysteph_]

3 Charts from @CoinDesk Indices for 2/27/2024 …

Uniswap $UNI (+38%) surged this week amid a governance proposal to distribute protocol fees to token holders.

UNI currently leads the CoinDesk 20 week-on-week and is just outside the top 10 by market cap among the CD20.

[Tracy Stephens @tracysteph_]

CoinDesk 20 above 2K ... All time high! 📈

[Tracy Stephens @tracysteph_]

3 Charts from @CoinDesk Indices for 2/23/2024 …

Only three assets in the CoinDesk 20 moved higher this week.

Filecoin continues its 3-week long uptrend $FIL (+35%), and Polygon $MATIC (+4.1%) and Ethereum $ETH (+3.4%) are also up.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

The U.S. government sanctioned 10 crypto addresses tied to the LockBit ransomware gang a day after international authorities seized LockBit's sites and infrastructure. @nikhileshde reports

https://t.co/QpEzq7s5cs

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Galaxy Digital gets some sell-side love with a buy initiation at Canaccord Genuity. $GLXY.TO

@Ledesmalyllah reports
https://t.co/6zalm4BATX

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

.@Mastercard's new crypto loyalty rewards scheme aims to plug the global gaps left by Google Pay. By @IanAllison123.
https://t.co/mjWciK9SAF

[Tracy Stephens @tracysteph_]

3 Charts from @CoinDesk Indices for 2/20/2024 …

Filecoin $FIL (+37%), which recently announced integration with the Solana network, leads the CoinDesk 20 week-on-week.

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Identity-focused blockchain @Humanityprot, relying on palm recognition, emerges from stealth backed by @animocabrands, @0xPolygon. PLUS @COTInetwork's "garbled circuits" and @QEDProtocol gets $3M for DeFi on Bitcoin - in Protocol Village by @liqquidity
https://t.co/I1URX3jBGE

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

After a quiet weekend (3 days in the U.S.) of price action, $BTC and $ETH both moved higher Tuesday morning, with ETH rising above $3K for the first time since April 2022. BTC neared $53K.

@Ledesmalyllah reports
https://t.co/KiAG8QmdyI

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

As many as 25% of Australians view $BTC more favorably after the approval of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S., but the nation's economic uncertainty is countering that positive momentum, the Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index has revealed. By @amitoj.

https://t.co/zRJ6VnXeLH

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Liquid restaking projects like Puffer and https://t.co/bjT4eOgcft have piggybacked off the rise of EigenLayer to attract billions of dollars' worth of new deposits, igniting a resurgence for Ethereum DeFi.

What's behind the hype?

@skesslr explains
https://t.co/oxgefaOa6C

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Decentralized finance platform @ethena attracted massive inflows on its first day amid some criticism around the model it uses to generate an annualized 27% yield for holders of its $USDe tokens. By @shauryamalwa

https://t.co/BnGDTjjuky

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

U.K. Economic Secretary to the Treasury @BimAfolami has said the government was "pushing very hard" to bring legislation for stablecoins and crypto staking services within six months, according to a Bloomberg report. By @amitoj.

https://t.co/JthcNt5oek

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[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

.@TrustWallet launches SWIFT smart-contract wallet, leveraging @biconomy 's Paymaster and Bundler infrastructure - in Protocol Village by @liqquidity
https://t.co/JaldV2jF6C

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Citi Bank used layer 1 Avalanche’s Spruce Subnet to explore the tokenization of private equity funds to re-architect capital markets.
https://t.co/9sKfKQXwI5

[CoinDesk Podcast Network @CoinDeskPodcast]

💼 Nearly 22% of the $STRK airdrop went to #Ethereum solo stakers. On @Unchained_pod, Starkware CEO @EliBenSasson explains why.

Listen and subscribe to the full episode 👇
Spotify 🎧 https://t.co/TkK07b5e1t
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🔗 https://t.co/TiamPLFsfD

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

Soaring demand for $BTC ETFs spurred a record $2.5 billion inflows to crypto funds, led by BlackRock's #bitcoinetf $IBIT, CoinShares reported.

https://t.co/efaSgeczbp