Bitcoin prices are near all-time high, while its one-month implied volatility metric has jumped to four-month highs. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/first-mover-bitcoin-near-record-highs-volatile-week

Decentralizing the financial sector and putting trust in distributed ledgers means less reliance on the continent’s corrupt intermediaries. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/latin-americas-big-blockchain-opportunity

Schulman spoke the fall of cash, the rise of bitcoin, and the institutional traders taking note. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/paypal-dan-schulman-bitcoin

Blockchain analytics company Coinfirm said authorities are “ignoring” criminals’ stockpiles of cryptocurrencies that forked from bitcoin. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/law-enforcement-agencies-are-missing-forked-cryptos-in-criminal-seizures-research

The bitcoin perpetual futures “funding rate” has shot up, suggesting the market may be overleveraged to the bullish side. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-faces-volatility-rise-as-futures-market-shows-signs-of-overheating

CipherTrace has filed two patent applications it claims offer technologies that could help authorities in tracking monero transactions. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/ciphertrace-monero-cryptocurrency-payments-tracing-dhs

The “Big Four” Chinese bank has suspended the listing of a $3 billion bond issuance that was intended to be tradable for bitcoin and U.S. dollars. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/china-construction-bank-pulls-planned-listing-of-bitcoin-tradable-bond

A lottery in Suzhou will additionally trial the offline feature of the digital yuan, per a Monday report. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/china-to-hold-second-lottery-trial-of-the-digital-yuan

Sean Ono Lennon praised bitcoin for its ability to help individuals transcend politics and world events. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/john-lennons-son-says-bitcoin-empowers-people-like-never-before

The current bitcoin bull run is indeed different from three years ago, though that doesn’t mean we won’t see another peak-and-trough cycle. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-rally-2020-vs-2017