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The Bitcoin (BTC) price rally halted the moment Joe Biden was announced as the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election during the weekend with price dropping from $15,500 to $14,400.However, Bitcoin is still continuously showing strength as it’s once again facing the final resistance zone at $16,000.This final resistance zone is the last major…

As Ether (ETH) made a $2,800 all-time on April 29, so did its futures open interest. The $8.5 billion figure marks a 52% monthly increase and shows robust trading activity behind the meteoric price rise.Some analysts might dismiss Ether derivatives, considering CME's future has $355 million in open interest compared to Bitcoin's $2.4 billion. However,…

The Beautiful Game. Soccer, or football, as those living in the “old world” tend to call it. It’s a sport that has many names, a sport that commands a support base of some 4 billion people. The power of football is undeniable. Its best players, the Ronaldos and the Messis, are some of the most recognizable…

Alan Greenspan, the former chair of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed), has said there’s “no point” for central banks to issue their own digital currencies.According to a CNBC report on Nov. 11, Greenspan made his comments during the annual economic outlook conference hosted by Chinese financial magazine Caijing.No point in Libra eitherGreenspan’s argument reportedly…

On Sept. 30, NFT Steez, a bi-weekly Twitter Spaces hosted by Alyssa Expósito and Ray Salmond, met with Mashiat Mutmainnah to discuss how regenerative finance (ReFi) can provide more accessibility and inclusivity to blockchain technology. As a "mission-driven movement," Mutmainnah explains that ReFi enables users to redefine their relationship with the current financial system and their…

Amid the massive growth of stablecoins in 2020, the cryptocurrency community is setting up an international stablecoin organization in Switzerland.Called the World Stablecoin Association, or WSA, the Geneva-headquartered organization is to be launched by cryptocurrency exchange VirgoX and blockchain capital markets firm Global Digital Assets, or GDA Capital. The WSA announced this new to Cointelegraph…

Bitcoin (BTC) waited for cues at the Oct. 24 Wall Street open as expectations of a breakout ran high.BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingViewHang Seng drops most since 2008Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a mundane trading day for BTC/USD after the pair hit weekly highs of $19,700 overnight.Despite what Michaël van…