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    Crypto news: Bitcoin saw all-time high weekly close

    By Daniela Ešnerová


    Updated

    Bitcoin logo on gold coins on PC motherboard
    Bitcoin logo on gold coins on PC motherboard – Photo: Shutterstock

    Bitcoin (BTC) ended a run record run last week, closing out above $65,000 (£48,381) for the first time ever. The cryptocurrency stalwart endured rejection Friday 12 November by the US Securities and Exchange Commission of an application to list a spot price bitcoin-indexed exchange-traded fund.

    The highly-anticipated Taproot upgrade went live on Sunday with no unpleasant surprises. Cyrpotcurrencies started off the new week strong.

    The fourteenth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation litecoin (LTC) continues its rally, trading up 27.94% week-on-week, and is attacking spot 13. Its market capitalisation is now $18.6bn, while total market value of the 13th biggest coin, avalanche (AVAX), is $21.4bn. But litecoin is, unlike, avalanche, on an upward trajectory, and had $3.4bn trading volume over the last 24 hours - compared to avalanche's $1.2bn. 

    BCH/USD

    486.15 Price
    +0.100% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0753%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0069%
    Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
    Spread 2.50

    XRP/USD

    0.51 Price
    -0.150% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0753%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0069%
    Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
    Spread 0.01168

    DOGE/USD

    0.15 Price
    +0.690% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0753%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0069%
    Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
    Spread 0.0012872

    ETH/USD

    3,115.64 Price
    +1.350% 1D Chg, %
    Long position overnight fee -0.0616%
    Short position overnight fee 0.0137%
    Overnight fee time 21:00 (UTC)
    Spread 6.00

    Other crypto news:

    • The Monetary Authority of Singapore ruled that disclosure requirements that apply to regulated firms also apply to influencers who offer financial advice on social media – or finfluencers. Failure to comply would mean these finfluencers can end up on investor alert list 

    Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability, Sir Jon Cunliffe, speaking on BBC's Radio 4

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    “The point at which they [cryptoassets] pose a risk is getting closer. I think regulators and legislators need to think hard about that.”

    Round-up of coins by market capitalisation

    As of 14:15 GMT:

    • Bitcoin (BTC) added 1.22% to $63,097.36
    • Ether (ETH) climbed 2.06% to $4,695.93
    • Binance coin (BNB) was down 2.34%, and trading at $642.06

    Winners and losers

    • Dogecoin (DOGE) lost 7.64% week-on-week
    • Polkadot (DOT), was down 11.11% over the past seven days of trading

    Read more: Digital assets use highest by Asian institutional investors

    Markets in this article

    BTC/USD
    Bitcoin / USD
    64723.60 USD
    1055 +1.660%
    LTC/USD
    Litecoin / USD
    81.58 USD
    0.09 +0.110%

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    #Cryptocurrency #Bitcoin

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