Kraken, a major cryptocurrency exchange, has donated $100,000 to the cryptocurrency advocacy group Coin Center.

Kraken Supports Coin Center

The exchange says that it intends for the donation to go toward ongoing research, education, and rights within the crypto landscape.

Nexo, the leading regulated financial institution for digital assets with over $4 billion in assets under management, today announced the launch of its in-app Nexo Exchange. With this proprietary swap solution, Nexo further diversifies its offering, edging closer to providing a full retail banking suite.

Decentralized exchange IDEX has launched its trading infrastructure on Binance Smart Chain (BSC) as Ethereum DeFi users experience high fees. The developers will kickstart the launch with the distribution of IDEX BSC’s native token IDEXB for traders and stakers.

First GameStop, now silver: crypto’s most agile exchange, FTX, has listed more stocks as a result of the Reddit-organized frenzy. 

The biggest winner of Crypto Briefing’s CB10 Index in January was Ethereum’s native token, ETH. The rebalancing witnessed a positive addition of 2.15% for Ethereum, whereas Bitcoin’s share decreased the most with a negative 5.55% change.

A decision to include two more U.S.-based crypto exchanges Kraken and Gemini, allowed Ethereum’s competitors Polkadot and Cardano to enter the Index. Aave and Uniswap’s governance tokens feature as well. 

Kraken’s new Chainlink node will make the exchange’s spot prices available to DeFi applications and other blockchains. Kraken’s Oracle Data Now Accessible in DeFi

Kraken today announced that it was “critical” to make its in-house crypto data directly accessible on-chain for optimal execution on DeFi apps.

Elon Musk has clarified his stance on Bitcoin. During a recent Clubhouse chat, the Tesla founder also spoke about changing mainstream views towards the digital currency. 

Musk Backs Bitcoin 

Speaking on a Clubhouse stream Sunday night, Musk said that Bitcoin was “a good thing.” 

One of the most groundbreaking developments in the decentralized finance landscape today is the steady rise of Automated Market Makers (AMMs). But with so many AMMs, the need for aggregators like Matcha has become essential.

AMMs are currently the most popular type of decentralized exchange. They use smart contracts to create liquidity pools, and token pairs are traded based on an algorithm rather than an order book. 

The Indian government announced a new proposal that would seek to “ban all private cryptocurrencies” in place of an official central bank digital currency (CBDC).

India Seeks Crypto Ban, Again 

The general information section (Bulletin-II) of today’s paper on the business of the Indian parliament listed a new bill titled, “The Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021.” 

Soulja Boy has joined the NFT hype. The U.S. artist minted his first digital art piece on Rarible today.

Soulja Boy Now on Ethereum

Soulja Boy is now on Ethereum. 

The U.S. rap star, who topped charts with his 2007 hit “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” has minted an NFT. 

“Soulja Boy ‘Crank That’” is available in an edition of 20 via Rarible. It’s priced at 5 ETH, around $6,699.60.