"Bitcoin breaks 50k barrier" February 16, 2021

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Bitcoin is up .5% at $49,593
Ethereum is up slightly at $1795
Cardano is down 1% at .88

Top gainers in the last 24 hours:
Cosmos up 23%
Horizon up 15%

Bitcoin has broken above 50k for the first time ever

MicroStrategy looks to raise $690M to buy more Bitcoin.

UK based ExMO went down yesterday with a DDoS attack.

Russia’s lower house is set to discuss a bill on crypto taxation this week.

• MicroStrategy Announces Proposed Private Offering of $600 Million of Convertible Senior Notes
• (1) EXMO on Twitter: "Important: DDoS attack on EXMO 📢❗️ Please note the EXMO exchange website is now under the DDoS attack. The servers are temporarily unavailable. We are solving this issue right now. Please stay tuned." / Twitter
• Russia's Lower House to Consider Bill on Crypto Taxation This Week - CoinDesk