Bitcoin News Roundup for Sept. 15, 2020

With BTC crossing into bullish territory and a new smart contract-powered tokenized DeFi Index, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back for your latest crypto news roundup! This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io. Today's stories: Analyst 'Cautiously Bullish' on Bitcoin but Says Equity Sell-Off Still a Threat Bitcoin (BTC) has crossed into the bullish territory, but may remain vulnerable to another sell-off in stocks. New Index From DeFi Pulse and Set Protocol Offers Easy Access to 10 DeFi Tokens in 1 Data company DeFi Pulse and investment-minded Set Protocol have created a permissionless index of the very best DeFi tokens, called the DeFiPulse Index. MicroStrategy Tells SEC It 'May Increase' $250M Bitcoin Reserves MicroStrategy told the SEC it "may increase" its bitcoin (BTC) holdings beyond the $250 million haul purchased in August. DeFi Lender bZx Reclaims $8M Stolen in Sunday's Attack DeFi lending project bZx has been able to recover about $8 million in cryptocurrency from an attacker who stole the funds after exploiting a code bug over the weekend. MicroStrategy Buys $175M More in Bitcoin, Upping BTC Holdings to $425M Michael Saylor, the founder of MicroStrategy, said Tuesday his company has acquired an additional $175 million in bitcoin (BTC) in a single purchase. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.