Crypto News Roundup for Feb. 13, 2020
With bitcoin bouncing off $10,500, Markets Daily is back with another time-saving crypto update.

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Today's news:
$400 Drop: Bitcoin Faces Correction After Rejection at Price Hurdle
Could a Digital Dollar Compete on Privacy? Fed Chairman Powell Hints It Might
Ohio Resident Charged With Laundering $311M in Bitcoin for AlphaBay
Top Soccer Club FC Barcelona Launching Crypto Token for Fan Engagement
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Protocol Research: GoPlus Security

What to know:
- As of October 2025, GoPlus has generated $4.7M in total revenue across its product lines. The GoPlus App is the primary revenue driver, contributing $2.5M (approx. 53%), followed by the SafeToken Protocol at $1.7M.
- GoPlus Intelligence's Token Security API averaged 717 million monthly calls year-to-date in 2025 , with a peak of nearly 1 billion calls in February 2025. Total blockchain-level requests, including transaction simulations, averaged an additional 350 million per month.
- Since its January 2025 launch , the $GPS token has registered over $5B in total spot volume and $10B in derivatives volume in 2025. Monthly spot volume peaked in March 2025 at over $1.1B , while derivatives volume peaked the same month at over $4B.
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CME Group Expands Crypto Derivatives With Spot-Quoted XRP and Solana Futures

These are CME’s smallest crypto contracts to date, aimed at active participants who prefer to trade in spot market terms without managing contract expiries or rollovers.
What to know:
- CME Group has launched Spot-Quoted futures for XRP (XRP) and Solana (SOL), allowing for trading closer to real-time market prices.
- These are CME’s smallest crypto contracts to date, aimed at active participants who prefer to trade in spot market terms without managing contract expiries or rollovers.
- The launch also includes Trading at Settlement (TAS) for XRP, SOL and Micro futures, enabling traders to manage risk around crypto ETFs with added flexibility.










