Markets Daily Crypto Roundup

Bitcoin News Roundup for March 2, 2021

With some traders betting on even higher prices for bitcoin and a look at a billboard-powered BTC treasure hunt, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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With some traders betting on even higher prices for bitcoin and a look at a billboard-powered BTC treasure hunt, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and Casper.

Today's stories:

Bitcoin Options Traders Are Taking Bullish Bets on $75K and Higher By Summer

Institutions are loading up on bull call spreads in anticipation of a continued bitcoin price rally.

Artist Concludes Billboard Exhibit With Bitcoin Art Puzzle

Mining Bitcoin for Heat, Strawberries and Chickens

Aston Martin Formula One Team Adds Crypto.com to Partner Roster

Four-Day Work Week Gains Popularity Around the World (Bloomberg)

Dogecoin Bounds Onto 1,800 ATMs in the US

Hey Citi, your bitcoin report is embarrassingly bad (FT)

Thai SEC Backtracks on Unpopular Proposal for New Crypto Investor Qualifications

Fan Token Platform Chiliz Plans to Splash $50M on an Expansion Into US Sports Leagues

HOST

Adam B. Levine

Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos.

Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017.

With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.

Adam B. Levine