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After trading below $11,000 for weeks, Bitcoin finally broke above that psychological level with a 5% increase in the past 24 hours. The altcoins have come along for the ride, and the market cap has jumped by nearly $20 billion since yesterday.Bitcoin Breaks Above $11,000Bitcoin was steadily increasing in the past few days and neared the coveted $11,000 yesterday. Unlike the previous attempts to conquer that level, though, BTC smashed above it rather decisively this time.The primary...

RippleNet customers using the on-demand liquidity (ODL) feature can ask for a Line-of-Credit by purchasing XRP from Ripple on a credit basis. This helps to instantly source capital required by businesses to grow their businesses at scale.On Thursday, October 8, San Francisco-based blockchain startup Ripple Labs Inc announced its new Line-of-Credit service. This service allows customers to source liquidity on-demand using native XRP cryptocurrency and fund instant cross-border payments.This...

Another week has passed, and it’s safe to say it was an intense one. First things first, the major headline is that the US Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) charged the owner-operators of 100x Group, the parent company of BitMEX, with illegally running a derivatives exchange.Needless to say, BitMEX is one of the leading Bitcoin derivatives trading platforms, and one would think that something of the kind would cause a big blow. Arthur Hayes and the rest of the executive team...

The MXC Exchange presents the first-of-its-kind liquidity mining product EQL that offers a loss compensation facility to users for staking their investments in the DeFi space. This product will set a new precedence for offering merit-oriented investment services to DeFi market investors.On Wednesday, October 7, the world’s leading digital assets trading platform MXC Exchange announced its new DeFi mining product in the market. In an industry-first move, the EQL DeFi mining product by MXC...

BitcoinBitcoin saw a 5.6% price increase over the past seven days as it finally breaks above the $11,000. The cryptocurrency was trading within a symmetrical triangle pattern since mid-September and struggled to break above this consolidation until yesterday.BTC was trading at the 100-days EMA last Friday as it rebounded from here and started to push higher. On Monday, the coin reached the upper boundary of the triangle and was rejected. This caused it to head toward the lower boundary on...

Stephane Boujnah, CEO and chairman of the managing board of Euronext, has described the deal with LSE as a “significant achievement” in the firm’s strategic plan.London Stock Exchange (LSE), the largest and the primary stock exchange in the United Kingdom, has agreed to sell Borsa Italiana stock exchange to French rival Euronext in a deal worth 4.3 billion euros ($5 billion).Moreover, the London Stock Exchange expects an additional amount reflecting cash generation to completion in the near...

Apart from BNB, Changpeng Zhao, the founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchange heavyweight Binance has another reason to smile.Yesterday the Binance Smart Chain (BSC) handled 21 percent of Ethereum transactions, at 0.6 percent of the gas fees charged for transfers on the latter. This makes BSC about 35 times cheaper, he said. Also, CZ added that if BSC handles more volumes, it will bode well for BNB price and node operators.Binance Smart Chain Handles 21 Percent of Ethereum...

About 5% (or 60) employees of Coinbase have taken advantage of the “generous exit package” the exchange offered to anyone who disagreed with the company politics.According to the recent update shared by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, the company executives “could have done a better job” in clarifying how the apolitical culture would work. This led to confusion among employees, which had many difficult conversations about “what our apolitical culture means in practice.”Armstrong also admitted...

Besides its base annual interest rates given to American savers, Europe’s fifth most valuable fintech Revolut has awarded the savers additional bonus.On Thursday, Revolut announced that American savers would benefit from a brand new 4.5% “bonus” on top of the base annual rates of interest they enjoy. Payouts are given on a monthly basis after calculations are done daily based on an annualized rate.Revolut offers a 5% rate on savings its subscribers two accounts “Premium” costing $10 and...

Bitcoin cash price is gaining pace above the $225 and $230 resistance levels against the US Dollar.The price is now trading above the $232 resistance and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $230 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to accelerate higher if it clears the $238 and $240 resistance levels in the near term.Bitcoin cash price is showing positive signs above $230...