BTC broke above $44,000 for the first time since Jan. 12, the day after the spot ETF debuts. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/07/bitcoin-tops-44k-with-whale-accumulation-suggesting-conviction-in-more-price-gains/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/consensus-magazine/2024/02/07/defi-shouldnt-have-to-worry-about-the-secs-expanded-broker-rule/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Even in a slow week ahead of the Chinese New Year, there’s a lot of crypto news to cover. Here’s this week’s The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly newsletter devoted to …

All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like …

“Tokenization” — the biggest buzzword in crypto markets currently — means not just bringing new digital assets on-chains, but, in the future, originating and settling them on-chain as well. …

Former CEO Jamie Leverton is succeeded by president Asher Genoot. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/07/bitcoin-miner-hut-8-shares-slide-as-ceo-departs-weeks-after-short-seller-report/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Friendzone was built by early team members from Band Protocol, Synthetix and Koinly and targets the social application space. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/07/social-app-friendzone-launches-on-polygon-network/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Periodic observations and market musings from Todd Groth, Head of Research, CoinDesk Indices. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/07/vibe-check-coiling-the-spring-coindesk-indices-todd-groth/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The latest price moves in bitcoin and crypto markets in context for Feb. 7, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto …

The test simulated “proto-danksharding,” a technical feature aimed at reducing the cost of transactions for rollups as well as making data availability cheaper. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/07/ethereums-dencun-upgrade-reaches-final-holesky-testnet-starting-countdown-to-data-blobs/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines