As of 20:10 (UTC) on Feb 23, Coinhills statistics show that the Japanese Yen remains the most traded national currency for Bitcoin, dominating 50.34% of the global fiat-to-Bitcoin market, followed by the US Dollar (45.33%), the Korean Won (1.37%), the Euro (1.08%), and the British Pound (0.51%).

Monitored by CoinNess.com, the current unconfirmed ETH transactions read 31,263. The network hash rate is 161.44 EH/s.

As of 18:35 (UTC), Citing data from BTC.com, CoinNess.com has observed two whale transfers: 1,269.62 BTC, approximately $5.07 million were moved from the address 3Gieipn6zApdXNnCjGf5EHocJ8YwSLcST2 to 36v8jXjzQWtY3uFri4QFyVFF7daGYQGiBw.
The second whale transfer: 1,277.32 BTC, approximately $5.1 million were moved from the address 36v8jXjzQWtY3uFri4QFyVFF7daGYQGiBw to 3LbmCjkujkR5YDtVV21aBqPwqFSdK3c436.

As of 18:00 (UTC) on Feb 23, BTC global spot price was growing quickly over the last two hours, marking $4,126.01, with an increase of 3.37% within the past 24 hours.
The broad market is experiencing an uptrend, with 89 out of Top 100 by the market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $139.81 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $26.59 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show $4,127.49 USDT on Binance, $4,195.6 on Bitfinex and $4,096.79 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $156.92 (+5.43%); XRP marks $0.329 (+2.52%); EOS marks $4.08 (+5.08%); LTC marks $51.25 (+3.5%); BCH marks $148.47 (+2.9%); ETC marks $4.82 (+1.91%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: S4F (+80.33%), CENNZ (+21.01%), AOA (+18.29%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: CRO (-1.33%), DAI (-0.99%), ARK (-0.94%).
Top Gainers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 49 categories: Asset Trading (+5.43%), Social Communication (+5.3%), IFO (+4.54%);
2. Top 3 losers among 49 categories: DAG-Based (-4.83%), Stable Coin(-0.28%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: BTC (+$710.55 mln), LTC (+$65.53 mln), DASH (+$55.8 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: MKR (-$85.59 mln), ETH (-$20.56 mln), ZEC (-$46.69 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (-$5.47 mln), Bitfinex (-$3.54 mln), Coinbase Pro (-$6.98 mln).

CoinNess.com Market Index shows that ETH is trading at $159.37 on Bitfinex.

CoinNess.com Market Index shows that BTC has just surged by 0.86% to $4,022.67. Bitcoin is currently trading at $4,021.18 on Bitfinex.

CoinNess Market Index shows that BTC dropped by 2.26% within 5 minutes. BTC currently marks $3953.39 on Binance.
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The first car ever purchased with Bitcoin was a Toyota Prius. In an interview with Coindesk, the owner Michael Tozoni took a drive of the Prius.

Citing statistics from Trading View, the trading volume of CME Bitcoin futures contract created a historical high on Feb 19th, reporting 15,944 contracts. That is nearly 80,000 BTC, calculated at the 1:5 ratio.

Canadian banks have showed hesitation concerning the management of insolvent cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX's assets, national public broadcaster CBC reports on Feb 22.
During the Feb 22 court hearing, lawyers for the Bank of Montreal and the auditing firm Ernst and Young, the court-appointed monitor overseeing the case, reportedly said that the banks are uncomfortable managing the funds, citing the uncertainty of their origin.
Elizabeth Pillon, a lawyer representing Ernst & Young is quoted by CBC saying that she doesn't blame the banks for their hesitation since there are allegedly money laundering issues. Pillon also reportedly noted: "The monitor has serious concerns about finding another institution to hold these funds."

In a recent interview with SFOX, Roger Ver, also fondly known as "Bitcoin Jesus," spoke about his long journey in the cryptoverse, his U-turn from promoting Bitcoin (BTC) to now bashing it, the ongoing censorship within the community, the real identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto and Bitcoin Cash's future plans.
The Bitcoin.com CEO and an outspoken advocate of Bitcoin Cash lauded the diversity of the coin market, stating that he did not pledge his allegiance to just any coin, but any coin "that works."
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According to the latest release, ONTology claims to be the first public blockchain to begin on Google Cloud, Amazon Web services and Microsoft's Azure. A statement from the official blog reads that, "Using the ONTology Development Platform on one of these cloud providers allows you to play around with and develop smart contracts without having to go through the fuss of configuring and setting up an environment locally."
It further revealed that they are now Google Cloud Technology Partner which facilitate them to collaborate with Google in marketing activities. Following the Google cloud program, ONTology platform seeks to strengthen the tech community and DApp development accessible for everyone.

As monitored by CoinNess.com, as of 12:58 (UTC) on Feb 23, there were around 3,175.8326 BTC moved from the address, 3D2oetdNuZUqQHPJmcMDDHYoqkyNVsFk9r, to another address, 3JZq4atUahhuA9rLhXLMhhTo133J9rF97j. The transaction translates into $12.70 million.
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Leverj, a decentralized crypto exchange that allows for trading of Ethereum (ETH) and ERC-20 tokens, announced this week that it has become the first trading platform to launch on a Plasma sidechain.

Citing data from an explorer 1ml.com, the promising expansion of Lighting Network has been sowing hopes in Bitcoiners for the past few months.
Currently, there are 6,572 nodes and 29,862 channels created to maintain the network.
The steady growth of the most ambitious Bitcoin scaling solution leads the capacity to grow to 718.12 BTC, which translates to approximately $2,853,755.52.
CoinNess.com Market Index: BTC, $3,984.97, -0.14%.

[Policy]
1. The Thai government is moving to allow blockchain-based securities to be issued and traded in the country;
2. Russia’s State Duma is reportedly planning to review and adopt a cryptocurrency law to facilitate the creation of an oil-backed cryptocurrency;
3. Two companies have used crypto to pay taxes in Ohio, says state treasurer.
[Cryptocurrency]
1. The mining difficulty of Bitcoin (BTC) currently marks 6.06 T, and will remain so within the next one day and six hours;
2. Multicoin Capital managing partner Kyle Samani praises Binance and its native token BNB, admitting "We're long BNB."
[Exchange&Wallet]
1. OKEx has listed Ripple (XRP) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) on its customer-to-customer (C2C) trading platform;
2. DigiFinex will open trading of BHD/USDT, BHD/BTC, and BHD/ETH at 02:00 (UTC) on Feb 26th.
[Others]
1. Craig Steven Wright just tweeted that he was currently holding a publication revealing both legal and technical problems in XRP;
2. CasperLabs is building a PoS blockchain with help from Ethereum's Vlad Zamfir;
3. Circle Invest will begin conducting planned maintenance on February 22.
4. Weiss Rating remarked that Samsung's S10 decision to add a crypto wallet capability to the device will expose millions to cryptocurrencies.

As of 11:00 (UTC) on Feb 23, the global average price of BTC continues swinging around $3,990, marking $3,990.92, with an increase of 0.24% within the past 24 hours.
The broad market shows an uptrend, with 71 out of Top 100 by the market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $135.24 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $24.06 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show $3,956.00 USDT on Binance, $4,049.60 on Bitfinex and $3,936.97 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $149.07 (+0.74%); XRP marks $0.320 (-0.02%); EOS marks $3.87 (+0.71%); LTC marks $49.40 (-0.41%); BCH marks $143.88 (-0.36%); ETC marks $4.68 (+3.15%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: AOA (+50.35%), S4F (+38.22%), QASH (+16.00%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: VERI (-11.51%), QNT (-5.97%), R (-3.31%).
Top 3 Gainers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 49 categories: DApp Platform (+6.31%), Public Welfare & Environmental Protection (+5.51%), Sports (+5.23%);
2. Top 3 losers among 49 categories: Vote Election (-6.22%), Cyber Security (-1.31%), Data Service (-1.10%).

Monitored by CoinNess.com, from 00:00 to 10:00 (UTC) on February 23, ETH registered a net inflow of over $100 million in the past ten hours.
1. The Top 3 net cap inflows in the crypto market are: ETH (+$117 mln), NEO (+$3.41 mln), QTUM (+$3.38 mln);
2. The Top 3 net cap outflows in the crypto market are: LTC (-$13.38 mln), BCH (-$4.33 mln), EOS (-$4.28 mln).
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Multicoin Capital managing partner Kyle Samani recently tweeted a thread on his analysis of Binance and their native token BNB. Samani admits "We're long BNB."
Multicoin Capital released their analysis and valuation of BNB token, with Samani praising the company for outperforming its competitions and even overtaking them in terms of growth and adoption.

According to IMEOS, BOS node "EOS Shenzhen" will donate a total of 1,500 BOS to the BOS Core Arbitration Forum (BCAF) to support the ecological development of BOS. Currently, 500 BOS has been transferred to the account.

DigiFinex will open the withdrawal service of BHD at 02:00 (UTC) on Feb 26th, and enable the trading of BHD/USDT, BHD/BTC, and BHD/ETH simultaneously.

Citing statistics from BTC.com, the mining difficulty of Bitcoin (BTC) now marks 6.06 T, and it's estimated that it will keep 6.06 T in one day and six hours. The current hash rate of the BTC network is now 45.06 EH/s.
CoinNess.com Market Index: BTC, $3,942.74, -0.42%.

Weiss Rating just updated a tweet, saying that "Even though there are quite a few shortcomings to this, Samsung's S10 decision to add a crypto wallet capability to the device will expose millions to cryptocurrencies."

Citing data from Etherscan.io, the Ethereum network currently sees 31,881 pending transactions, showing a stable and less congested network.
CoinNess.com Market Index: ETH, $147.86, +0.91%.

Weiss Rating just updated a tweet, saying that "Although we believe STOs to be the future of cryptos, we are concerned that the over-regulation could be stifling this next big wave of innovation."

Fidelity Digital, the digital assets arm of Fidelity Investments, has become the first financial institution to receive the so-called Bitcoin payments "torch" that is being relayed from user to user around the globe via Bitcoin's Lightning network.

Alex Krüger, an economist who focuses primarily on cryptocurrencies, recently spoke about Ethereum's current price action, noting that a disturbing trend is unfolding with its long to short ratio, which is currently at its highest level since just prior to ETH's November crash. "Last time $ETH longs/shorts ratio was this high was before the November 60% crash. Constantinople comes Feb.25. Cryptos often raise in anticipation of a fork -long the narrative- reach a local top days before, and crash into the fork. Mind the current crypto pump was ETH driven," Krüger explained, further adding that Constantinople is widely expected to occur around February 28th, not the 25th.
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Citing statistics from alternative.me, Fear & Greed Index currently reads 63, two units higher than yesterday, signifying the crypto market sees more "Greed."
As per the index, a value of 0 means "Extreme Fear" while a value of 100 represents "Extreme Greed."

As observed by CoinNess.com, statistics by CoinTrendz.com show BTC was mentioned 65 times on Twitter in the last hour, holding the first position.
The top 10 mentions of cryptocurrencies are as follows: BTC (65 mentions), ETH (33), XRP (30), ONT (18), TRX (18), LTC (16), XLM (16), EOS (15), NEO (14) and ADA (13).

As of 03:00 (UTC) on Feb 23, BTC continues trading sideways at $3,990, marking $3,996.38, with an increase of 0.71% within the past 24 hours.
The broad market shows an uptrend, with 60 out of Top 100 by the market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $135.24 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $24.49 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show $3,997.11 USDT on Binance, $4,056.00 on Bitfinex and $3,940.56 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $148.34 (+0.86%); XRP marks $0.320 (-0.57%); EOS marks $3.87 (+0.26%); LTC marks $49.45 (-0.55%); BCH marks $144.16 (-0.43%); ETC marks $4.73 (+3.80%).
Top 3 Gainers and Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: AOA (+48.61%), ONT (+17.49%), QASH (+15.94%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: VERI (-9.26%), ETN (-4.11%), QNT (-2.49%).
Top 3 Gainers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 49 categories: Authentication (+6.74%), Public Welfare Environmental Protection (+5.77%), Life Service (+5.2%);
2. Top 3 losers among 49 categories: Supply Chain (-22.46%), Crowdfunding (-9.1%), Transport Trade (-6.13%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: DASH (+$244.46 mln), BTG(+$115.12 mln), OMG (+$54.73 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: BTC (-$78.94 mln), ETH (-$45.69 mln), PAX (-$20.50 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (+$18.53 mln), Bitfinex (-$4.62 mln), Coinbase Pro (-$7.65 mln).