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The cryptocurrency market continues to decline as Bitcoin’s price dipped below $57K, while Ethereum reached as low as $3,950 on Binance. This left around $120 million liquidated in just an hour. The bitcoin price is now down 5% in the past 24 hours and 12% in the past week as it dipped below $57K moments ago. This is the lowest BTC has been trading at since October 28th. Chart by TradingViewIn the meantime, Ethereum’s price also took a beating as it dipped below $4K and...

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...

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...

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...

According to Wally Adeyemo – US Deputy Treasury Secretary – the American national currency will continue to be the world’s most dominant one despite the surging interest in bitcoin and the altcoins. Crypto Cannot Prevail Against The Dollar In an interview with CNBC, Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo – described the cryptocurrency industry as a controversial one, as it might be full of opportunities, but at the same time, it poses a lot of potential hurdles: “One of the things that we...

DeFi trading platform Injective Protocol is launching its mainnet after rolling out a $120 million incentive program for traders, market makers, and DeFi projects, the protocol announced this Tuesday. First DeFi Cross-Chain Derivatives Markets As per the press release, Injective Protocol is set to launch the world’s first DeFi derivatives markets using the IBC Oracle, the popular Cosmos-based third-party service that will provide access to external, off-chain data. For now,...

The professional Baseball League club – Perth Heat – will reportedly pay all its players and staff in bitcoin. In addition, the Australian team might accept BTC as a payment method for merchandise, sponsorships, and ballpark concessions on game days. ‘The Heat’ to Fully Embrace Bitcoin A report by The Guardian reads that the cryptocurrency option will be available from Friday (November 19th) after a partnership with a digital asset payment company. The BTC settlements will...

Changpeng Zhao (CZ), the CEO of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has revealed that he has a personal stash of bitcoin in his investment portfolio. CZ Bought Bitcoin in 2014 Speaking in a recent interview with the Associated Press, CZ noted that although a significant percentage of his net worth is made up of his Binance Coin (BNB) holdings, he still has some BTC that he purchased a few years after Bitcoin’s launch. The Binance boss admitted that he had...