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Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. Top Stories This Week Bitcoin bulls stampede toward $12,000 as Ether hits a two-year high Once again, Bitcoin bulls have set their sights on cracking $12,000. It’s a battle fraught with risk, as multiple rejections at this…

Bitcoin (BTC) succumbed to profit-booking on Nov. 13 and 14, which pulled the price below $35,000. Corrections are a normal part of every up-move and are considered healthy as they shake out the weak hands and allow the stronger hands to add to their positions. A note of caution to the eager dip buyers is that

ETF issuers are getting creative with two new filings for inverse and leveraged funds. 1054 Total views 17 Total shares Exchange-traded fund issuer Direxion has filed for a product that would enable speculators to buy contracts that short the price of Bitcoin.In a filing made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Oct. 26,…

Crypto enthusiasts have lauded Joe Biden’s latest social media post for its so-called accidental endorsement of Bitcoin. 1296 Total views 9 Total shares United States President Joe Biden may have inadvertently become Bitcoin’s latest brand ambassador in a new "cringe" video advertising merchandise for his reelection campaign.On Aug. 3, President Biden tweeted: “A cup of…

The Dutch central bank said that the Binance crypto exchange had a “very large number of customers in the Netherlands." 298 Total views 2 Total shares Major global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is facing a penalty in the Netherlands after failing to obtain regulatory approval to operate in the country.The central bank of the Netherlands (DNB)…

So, how high is Bitcoin about to go? Analyst Willy Woo thinks it’s going to hit $135,000. It’s a “common-sense prediction” he told RT’s Keiser Report. Tim Draper is betting even higher. The venture capitalist has moved his money out of the stock market (too “frothy”) and put it into Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies (a…

A community member described CBDCs as a “dystopian nightmare” and argued that it will give governments complete control over an individual. 158 Total views 10 Total shares As the International Monetary Fund (IMF) continues its effort to advance the technologies behind central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), some members of the crypto community have reacted strongly…

A groundbreaking five-year study into whether crypto token incentives can improve health outcomes for patients with HIV/AIDS will be launched in Kenya by the end of the year.On Nov 1, the blockchain-powered healthcare ecosystem Immunify.Life and the Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) announced they had secured the approval needed from an ethics…