Daily Crypto NewsEDITION #96, 07 December 2020

Crypto has shrouded the planet

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Today, in 1972, Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, was launched. But we are confident that we will see many more moon missions, especially in the context of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Materials provided in our digests support our theory. To get the pass to the rocket about to launch and to not miss anything, make sure to follow Moni Talks.

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Top news of the week; you can’t miss them!

Binance's CEO Changpeng Zhao (CZ) is among the top 50 world idols and innovators who changed the world for the better in 2020, according to Bloomberg.

1 million ETH have already been locked in the Ethereum 2.0 network. At current prices, it is about $600 million. Also the launch of Ethereum 2.0's phase zero was successful. The genesis block and the first block have been launched in the network.

Payment giant Visa has announced connecting 60 million merchants to USDC created by Circle on Ethereum.

BlockFi plans to launch the Visa credit card early next year. The card will allow you to spend dollars and receive 1.5% bitcoin cashback from each transaction.

The cost of Bitcoin exceeded $19800 for the first time since December 2017, thus setting new price records on some exchanges.

Not so loud, but interesting

The oldest mining pool SlushPool added block 659678 to the network with the following text: "Reuters 01/Dec/2020 Dollar plummets on U.S. stimulus hopes; bitcoin hits all-time peak". Reuters article is about the weakening of the U.S. dollar, while bitcoin hits new highs.

Guggenheim Partners, one of the largest asset-management companies, has applied to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for over $500 million from the Macro Opportunities fund to invest in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.

Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss said in an interview with CNBC that BTC would grow more than 25 times from its current value because more and more investors use cryptocurrency as a hedge against inflation.

Fan of gold, one of the Bitcoin critics and part-time CEO of brokerage company Euro Pacific Capital Peter Schiff said on Twitter that Bitcoin still can not compete with gold.

BlackRock CEO has had a change of heart towards bitcoin.

DEX liquidity aggregator 1inch has announced the successful closing of the $12 million funding round.

Willy Woo, a popular analyst, and investor, tweeted that after the recent BTC rise to historical highs, the possibility of a $200,000 price is conservative, and the possibility of reaching the $300,000 mark is not excluded.

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