Market Activity

Total Market Cap $1.67T (+5.36%)

24 Hour Volume $159.86B (+13.79%)

Notable Movers Theta Fuel (TFUEL) (+50.75%)

Bitcoin Dominance 60.80% (-0.18%)

Bitcoin Price $54,444.06 (+4.86%)

Cointelegraph reports that Bitcoin has beaten Amazon and Google to hitting a $1 trillion market cap. Decrypt says MicroStrategy has sold off $1 billion in debt to buy more BTC — with Janet Yellen calling the cryptocurrency a "highly speculative asset." U.Today warns that BTC's rally is the most overstretched that it's been since prices hit $20,000 in 2017.

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All Change in Crypto Rankings! 🚀

Bitcoin has managed to break $54,000 for the first time ever, but Ether has been struggling to crack $2,000. The big winner in Friday's trading has been Binance Coin, which has surged 57% in a single day to crack $300 — becoming the world's third-largest cryptocurrency. The bull run is bad news for XRP, which has now slipped to the No. 7 slot. Here's the latest.

SEC Amends Complaint Against Ripple 😬

The SEC has amended its legal complaint against Ripple — days before both sides are set to go head to head in a pretrial conference over the sale of XRP tokens. In the court filing, the regulator says the company created an "information vacuum" and warns that investors face "substantial risk." As our article reveals, Ripple's general counsel is not impressed.

What Britons Think about Crypto 🧐

A new poll suggests that 23% of Britons are planning to invest in crypto this year. The Piplsay survey also indicates that 41% now believe that investing in digital assets is as risky as gaining exposure to the stock market. Its research also suggests that 46% think that big brands should start accepting digital assets as a form of payment. Read more here.

Sushiswap Gets a Special Gift 🍣

Restaurant owners around the world are going to be throwing their chopsticks in despair after Sushiswap received a very special donation — the prized Sushi.com domain name. Future Fund has revealed that it has acquired the food-themed URL on behalf of the DeFi protocol. It's hoped the simplified URL will "greatly increase internet traffic." Read more here.

Poll of the Day 📣

Bitcoin has been hitting milestone after milestone since the year began. So our question is this...

On a scale of 1-5 (5 being definitely,) will Bitcoin's market cap still be above $1 trillion one year from now?

What You Said 🔊

Back on Monday, we asked you this: Will Dogecoin ever fall below $0.01 again?

Thanks for all your responses — it's a pretty divided picture. While 37.4% of you think it definitely will, 30.4% of you are adamant that higher prices are here to stay. Here's what you had to say…

One skeptic writes: "I think it only has worth in how it's being promulgated through social media and the hype around its 'mascot' Doge meme." 😤

Another warns: "Tweets by an overenthusiastic Mr Elon Musk could spoil the show." 😳

The TikTokers are out in force: "It will go up to $1." 🥳

Some of you clearly can't believe we're even talking about this: "It's a joke. It doesn't do anything." 😒

An admirer says: "DOGE will be used for Starbucks, McDonald's, etc. Are you really going to go out to eat and use a Bitcoin wallet with a $8 transaction fee for a $5 cup of coffee? HODL the DOGE." 😍

The last word goes to this reader, who has this ominous prediction: "It may be hyped today, but it will be forgotten in the future." 😕

Blockchain Term of the Day: ROI 💰

Given all the crazy gains we've been seeing in the crypto markets, there are three magical letters you might be coming across a lot at the moment: ROI. Here's what it means…

ROI stands for return on investment — and measures the performance of an asset.