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Bitcoin News Roundup for Aug. 14, 2020
With traditional finance and crypto traders both enjoying market madness, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your latest crypto news roundup!
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:44 a.m. Published Aug 14, 2020, 4:15 p.m.
With traditional finance and crypto traders both enjoying market madness, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your latest crypto news roundup!
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Today's stories:
CME Rises in Bitcoin Futures Rankings as Institutional Interest Grows
Institutional exchange CME has become the third-largest bitcoin futures exchange by number of open contracts.
As Wall Street Goes Topsy-Turvy, Crypto Traders Are Bullish as Ever
Crypto traders are enjoying their own version of the market’s madness, from bitcoin’s bull run to the collapse of YAM to Dave Portnoy.
Singapore's Central Bank Backs New Code of Practice for Crypto Companies
The guidance is aimed at assisting regulatory compliance and enhance crypto industry conduct under the city-state's payment laws.
Belarus Is Back Online, With Lessons About Censorship Resistance
What do you do if your country unplugs the internet? Satellite and mesh networks are possible future solutions, but they have technical and political limitations.
China to Launch Major Expansion of Digital Currency Trials
China is said to be planning additional testing of its digital yuan across a number of developed regions including Hong Kong.
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- 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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Ether Digital Asset Treasury Companies Outpace Peers as Crypto Tailwinds Build: B. Riley
The bank said ETH-focused DATCOs have outperformed since Nov. 20 as risk appetite improved, mNAVs ticked up and staking-led strategies gained traction.
What to know:
- Crypto markets are up ~10% since Nov. 20, with B. Riley citing ECB-driven dollar-diversification talk and expected rate cuts as boosts to risk sentiment.
- ETH treasury companies led DATCOs, rising ~28% on average versus ~20% for BTC treasuries and ~12% for SOL treasuries.
- B. Riley said BitMine and SharpLink offer the clearest staking/restaking exposure among its coverage, and pointed to FG Nexus, Sequans and Kindly MD as discounted value plays relative to mNAV.
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