With cryptocurrencies often moving in tandem with Bitcoin, Ethereum was trading up nearly 11% on the last seven days after hitting a new record high of almost $5,000 on Tuesday morning.
Bitcoin (BTC)Ethereum (ETH)PAX Gold (PAXG)Harmony (ONE)Orchid (OXT)Helium (HNT)Chainlink (LINK)Cardano (ADA)Stellar (XLM)Tether (USDT)
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We should also point out that if we had been given labels on the Y-axis (which obviously we are not), it might become clear that these “daily Covid cases” refer to US Covid cases. Because while a US chart looks exactly like the one above, a chart showing worldwide Covid cases doesn’t; instead it looks like this (according to Google):
The tecg titan said it wanted to create a separate, private currency system to allow users to make cross-border payments more easily.
OK perhaps that’s a little far-fetched. But what is behind crypto’s crazy climb over the past 18 months, we hear you ask? We don’t mean to suggest that the pandemic hasn’t been involved, because we think it has, but not in the way that this chart criminal implies — not, in other words, because it’s some kind of safe haven that traders flock to when they are worried about Covid cases rising; the data don’t bear that idea out.
The inability to get SEC approval really held back bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. It sent the message, says Innes, “that there wasn’t underlying support from Wall Street.” Meanwhile, the price dropped from around $10,000 to $6,000.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is calling on Congress to pass legislation that would strengthen government regulation of stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency that has soared in popularity in the past year.
Cryptocurrency prices continued to tumble Friday with Bitcoin leading the charge, with prices for the internet currency dipping below $50,000 for the first time since early March.
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Bitcoin made a new life high at $66,998 on 20th Oct and since then it entered into a retracement phase and subsequently prices dipped below $59,000 in the following days.
At Ant Group, Shroder was head for business development, global partnerships. He also oversaw Ant Group’s South East Asia operations. Prior to Ant Group, Shroder served for several years as head of strategy and business development for Uber in the Asia-Pacific region.
Plenty of altcoins have also taken a beating. Dogecoin erased the breakneck gains of the week and then some, nearly halving its price after a meteoric climb last weekend. XRP is down 35% week-over-week, Stellar is down 30% and Polkadot is down 25% since last week.
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“Don’t panic and puke,” Noble says. “If you keep your positions small, you can try to tolerate the volatility.” Cryptocurrency prices today: Bitcoin gains 7%; Ethereum, Dogecoin & XRP rise up to 9.7%