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Bitcoin has risen to $66,000 per unit over the past few days. The currency is trading higher than it ever has in roughly 12 years, and everyone seems to be ogling the asset that at one point was considered a bubble and a tool for crime. Bitcoin Is Helping People Cope with the Wounds of Fiat As of late, there is plenty of speculation regarding what could have made bitcoin surge in such a way. Some believe it’s the fact that a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) is...

The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) sector is riding strong in October after a month-long market lull. The latest charts show figures hitting all-time highs with respect to liquidity stored on these protocols. The total value locked (USD) has established a new peak after soaring above $236 billion on October 26th. According to Defi Llama, the TVL figures have maintained a steady uptrend over the past month. In addition to the broader cryptocurrency realm, DeFi too had a rather...

Peter Thiel feels he underestimated bitcoin. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap recently hit a new all-time high of approximately $66,000, though the asset is now down by a few thousand and trading for just over $62,000. Peter Thiel Wishes He Had Invested More in BTC Either way, Thiel implied in a recent interview that he wishes he had gotten more involved with the cryptocurrency and added more units to his portfolio, and he thinks the opportunity to...

Tether Holdings Limited, the issuer of the largest stablecoin by market cap, USDT, recently announced integrating Notabene to manage regulatory and counterparty risk in crypto transactions. Tether to Crack Down on Illegal Transfers As per an announcement on Tuesday, Tether will be testing the Notabene platform to comply with the Crypto Travel Rule —a mandate established on June 20, 2021, by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). Notabene’s end-to-end solution will allow...

A new startup is looking to scan everybody’s eyes in exchange for cryptocurrency. The process sounds like something out of the movie “Minority Report.” Scan your eyes, get paid in a token known as Worldcoin. Worldcoin Is Here to Scan Your Eyeballs The currency is named so because the idea is to give everyone in the world cryptocurrency. There’s just one thing: you need to let a small, metallic orb examine and sweep your eyes. This will add your data (DNA) to the system...

Key Support level: $0.000042 Key Resistance level: $0.000062 The Shiba Inu (SHIB) rally continues with another impressive push of over 20% today. SHIB has defied all expectations and has doubled yet again in about a week’s time. This shows that the appeal of meme coins surpasses many fundamental arguments in the altcoin market. The Shiba Inu chart is clear, price is going up in a parabolic fashion with possible resistance at the next Fibonacci level as indicated by the chart....

[PRESS RELEASE – Vilnius, Lithuania, 26th October 2021] The art platform superhow.ART is launching a special NFT auction. During a week-long event, a genuine oil painting, “Head with Legs,” by one of the greatest Russian surrealist artists, Oleg Tselkov, will be auctioned together with the corresponding NFT. Competition: Whales vs. Shrimps During the auction, superhow.ART will host an experimental competition between big investors and the community of enthusiasts to see who...

Thanks to the growing influence of stablecoins on the financial system, regulators across the world are racing to regulate the sector. The stablecoins realm is a step closer to achieving regulatory clarity as the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has geared up to propose legislation and supervise the $131 billion industry. US Financial Watchdog Readies Stablecoin Regulations Citing sources familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that developments surrounding...

Key Support level: $2.55 Key Resistance level: $3.8 Fantom (FTM) has been setting a new all-time high every day for the past week. This bullish momentum is now accelerating. Fantom has been long considered an undervalued token in the Decentralized Finance (DeFI) space. However, the bulls are currently in the process of changing this. Fantom-based decentralized exchanges have seen sustained trading volume, which always hinted at FTM’s great potential. After breaking the...

The near-term pullback managed to find support at $59.5K and successfully held $60K on a daily closing basis. The significant rally with elevated open interest, high funding rates, and leverage ratios were all signals of caution. The open interest has been consolidating around $14.3 billion, and the funding rate also cooled down to neutral levels. The leverage ratio remains elevated, and it hit a recent high of .19 which is near the November 2020 peak. Chart by...