​​Public Mint announced new public sale date on Polkastarter: February 26th. Earlier Public Mint has postponed its IDO due to high Ethereum fees. The startup will be raising $0.25M during public round and will enter the market with $1.6M initial market cap.

​​Some of the recent private fundraising events among blockchain startups you should know about.

​​Mask Network (MASK) will get listed on KuCoin on February 24. MASK/USDT trading pair will go live as soon as token will become transferable. Mask is having a sale through Balancer Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool today. The startup will enter the market with 9M MASK initial circulating supply.

​​Oxygen Protocol (OXY) will have a public auction on BitMax on March 11. This will be followed by IEO on FTX. BitMax will offer 1.7M OXY in standard auction (850 slots) with $0.15 max price per token and 300k OXY in uncapped auction(170 slots). In order to participate in standard auction users are required to hold 10k BTMX or to have $30k trading volume during 30d. There are no holding requirements for uncapped auction. OXY will get listed on Mar 16 with around $38M initial market cap.

​​CME bitcoin futures daily volume hits a record high of $7.3b

​​Square reports $4.57 billion in bitcoin sales for 2020 via Cash App.

Square also announced that it has purchased approximately 3,318 bitcoins at an aggregate purchase price of $170 million.

​​📈Market Overview

Another wave of selling pressure hit the cryptocurrency market as Bitcoin struggles to reclaim the $49,000 level.

Bitcoin fell under intense pressure and this pushed the price of BTC as low as $44,927 before buyers arrived to stop the descent.

All the top cryptocurrencies are in the red zone. Ripple fell by -9.5%, Litecoin -7% and Bitcoin Cash -6.8%

Market capitalization: $1.56T (-1.07%)
The BTC dominance: 59.39% (-1.01%)
Fear & Greed Index: 76 (Extreme Greed)

​​The Latest Breaking News 📣

#1 Square doubles down on Bitcoin, investing another $170M — link

#2 North America’s first Bitcoin ETF sees explosive debut with $564M in assets — link

#3 Kraken CEO says Ether flash crash down to trading, not system glitch — link

#4 Fundstrat's Tom Lee puts $100,000 target on bitcoin amid violent crash — link

#5 Thailand to target cryptocurrency holders in plan to revive tourism sector — link

​​Oxygen Protocol has raised $40M in private fundraising round. Alameda Research, Multicoin, Genesis Capital and CMS are among participants.
Oxygen aims to build DeFi prime brokerage protocol and cross chain decentralized wallet on Solana.

​​Alameda Research invests $35M into Fantom Foundation. Alameda Research has acquired a $35 million stake in the Fantom ecosystem through the purchase of FTM. Alameda Research will be collaborating with the Fantom Core team on integration of Solana, Serum, Raydium, and other cross-chain products.

​​Mask Network (MASK) will get listed on Huobi. Trading pairs and time TBA. Mask is having a sale through Balancer Liquidity Bootstrapping Pool today. The startup will enter the market with 9M MASK initial circulating supply.

​​Coinlist has officially released details of Casper (CSPR) token sale. CSPR token will be offered in 3 different options with different prices and release schedules. The sale will start on March 23. Registration is already live. Users can apply for several options.

​​Gold advocate Peter Schiff Tweets About Bitcoin More Than Gold

Gold advocate Peter Schiff and major Bitcoin critic tweeted about Bitcoin 56 times in the last 7 days more than he did about his favorite asset, gold.

In one tweet, he supported Jim Bullard stance on the fact that Bitcoin is not a threat to the U.S dollar. In another tweet, he said bitcoin traders should have taken profits instead of just focusing on $100,000 target.

Also, he asked to know when to take Profits.

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​​Playcent integrates DefiDollar to bring first stablecoin to its ecosystem. Playcent will enable DUSD as a primary stablecoin in its gaming and dApp platform. DefiDollar is a stable asset backed by an index of stablecoins.

​​DeFi Wizard has raised $0.75M during private fundraising round. X21 Digital, AU21 Capital, TRG Capital, DeltaHub Capital, NGC Ventures, and ExNetwork are among participants.
Defi wizard is a dashboard for building DeFi smart contracts with a few clicks.

​​Bridge Mutual will use the OptionRoom Oracle as an impartial arbitrator for denied claims. Bridge Mutual along with OptionRoom will support the appeal process by providing an impartial oracle to check denied claims, as a last resort for coverage seekers. In addition Bridge Mutual will provide coverage to the OptionRoom contracts.

​​ETHA Lend has raised $1.6M during private fundraising round. AU21 Capital, DFG Group, Privcode Capital, Vector Capital, Chain Capital, PNYX Ventures, Lancer Capital, Oasis Capital, TRG Capital, Candaq, Dealean Capital, Inclusion Capital, Origin Capital, ZB Capital, YBB Foundation, AC Capital and Hotbit are among investors.
ETHA Lend is a yield optimization protocol powered by both Ethereum and Polkadot ecosystems.

​​✴️Indian Crypto Ban

🔹Banks in India did not wait for the outright ban on crypto to tighten the screws on investors. Major banks such as Citibank, HSBC or Axis Bank have indeed started sending letters to investors, asking them to justify their transactions.

🔹Often summoned to the bank's offices, the users of crypto must explain what purchases they have made, otherwise their account will be suspended.

🔹After changing course several times, the government of India seems to have decided to ban the cryptosystems. A law is currently in the process of being passed: once validated, it will make cryptomoney illegal, and its holders will have 3 to 6 months to get rid of their assets.

🔹The country stands out for its very hostile policy, at a time when other economies are choosing to regulate crypto-actives rather than punish their use. Indeed, it seems difficult for such a large country to hunt down every Bitcoin holder, since cryptomoney is by nature decentralized and can be exchanged without intermediaries.

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