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Acala, an Ethereum-compatible DeFi protocol for scaling DApps, has secured the first slot on the much anticipated Polkadot’s parachain auctions.  Acala, a decentralized Layer-1 smart contract platform, recently won the first slot on the parachain auction on Polkadot with a total of 32,515,989 DOT ($1,250,895,296) locked from over 81,000 community members. The funds will be used for a myriad of cases. The first features include launching a stablecoin on the Polkadot network...

Grayscale’s parent company has announced that it has increased its credit facility by $600 million through a debt capital raise. The company plans to utilize the funds in order to enhance its investments in its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Digital Currency Group (DCG) announced the news earlier on November 18th, indicating that Elbridge served as administrative agent of the credit facility. The event also saw the participation of a syndicate of institutional lenders and funds...

Key Support levels: $1; $0.96 Key Resistance level: $1.2 The market is thirsty for discounts, and XRP was not spared. After the drop from $1.2, the cryptocurrency found good support at $1. However, the bears do not seem satisfied, and they are attempting another push lower at the time of this writing. Should they be successful, the bulls have another line of defense at $0.96. Chart by TradingViewTechnical Indicators Trading Volume: The volume has remained considerable since...

Narendra Modi – the Prime Minister of India – urged democratic countries to work together and design a comprehensive regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. Without it, the asset class can be employed unlawfully and can even spoil the younger generations, he added. Regulations Are Necessary In a recent appearance at the Sydney Dialogue, India’s leader highlighted the importance of implementing regulatory policies in the digital asset industry. He opined that the process...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] The growth of the cryptocurrency industry in the past few years brought some concerns among global watchdogs that most projects have remained unregulated. This pushed many regulators to start looking into the space, and many companies and protocols have strived to receive the proper regulation to legitimize their businesses. This is also true for the highly unregulated decentralized finance space, which is why when a particular project...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please Read Disclaimer] November 18, 2021 — The Solana-based play-to-earn game MonkeyBall has been selected as the launch partner of StarLaunch, a new Solana-based IDO and incubation platform. The first IDO on a new platform sets the expectations for all of its future sales, both in terms of the caliber of projects and the ultimate results for participants. Choosing MonkeyBall comes as a natural choice for StarLaunch, due to its large community and investor...

EOS price started a downside correction from the $5.50 resistance against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $4.50 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $4.75 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could move down further if there is a downside break below the $4.10 support. EOS price is showing bearish signs below $4.50 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Litecoin price started a fresh decline from the $280 resistance against the US Dollar. LTC price is now trading below $250 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $255 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could extend losses if there is a break below the $220 support zone. Litecoin price is moving lower and trading below $240 against the US Dollar, similar to...

Peru is joining the list of Latin American countries that are actively working on the development of a CBDC. In a panel on economic institutions organized yesterday during the Annual Conference of Executives (CADE), the president of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP), Julio Velarde, explained that the country is making progress in the creation of a digital monetary system that will make it possible to meet the challenges arising in the financial world. Peru Wants a CBDC...

The largest grantmaker in the United States – Fidelity Charitable – has reportedly beaten all its previous records in terms of cryptocurrency donations received by the organization. Since the beginning of 2021, it has accepted nearly $274 million in digital assets. Crypto Donations Smashed The Records The news was reported by the British business newspaper City A.M. Keeping in mind the pace of the donations, they can even surpass the $300 million milestone by the end of the...