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Global markets are retreating from their recent highs due to signs of a weakening recovery. But this is not helping the dollar, which is losing in a fifth consecutive trading session against a basket of the world’s leading currencies. In.

In another sign of renewed exuberance in cryptocurrency markets, Grayscale Investments has broken above $10 billion in digital assets under management for the first time. Disclosed Tuesday evening, the New York-based firm now oversees $10.4 billion in assets including bitcoin,.

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped sharply after approaching $18,500 on Binance and Coinbase. The plunge took place as large sell orders were spotted on both spot and futures exchanges. As Cointelegraph previously reported, traders anticipated a pullback as the.

Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday as hopes that OPEC and its allies will delay a planned rise in oil output offset demand fears stoked by a bigger-than-expected build in U.S. crude stocks and weaker U.S. retail sales. Brent crude.

Global shares stepped back on Wednesday as soft U.S. retail sales fuelled worries that rising coronavirus cases could stifle a still fragile economic recovery, dampening the euphoria from vaccine trial breakthroughs. U.S. S&P500 futures shed 0.4%, a day after the.

China’s push to internationalize the yuan will be driven by two things — funds flowing into the country and a relaxation of rules that restrict the Chinese currency from moving abroad, said the chief executive of BNP Paribas China. The.

Maersk, the world’s largest container shipping firm, matched third-quarter profit expectations on Wednesday amid a stronger-than-expected pickup in demand. The Danish company, seen as a bellwether for global trade, reported a 39% quarterly increase in earnings before tax, depreciation and.

Bitcoin (BTC) traded above $17,000 Tuesday at 12:00 UTC for the first time since Jan. 7, 2018, according to the CoinDesk 20 price index. The rise pushes the leading cryptocurrency’s total market capitalization to over $315 billion, just short of.

Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, said that decentralized finance is here to stay despite many DeFi projects showing signs of being in a bubble. In a Nov. 17 interview with Russia’s news agency RBC,.

Bitcoin (BTC) will hit $65,000 due to a combination of low supply and “tons of new buyers,” major investor Mike Novogratz says. In an increasingly popular Twitter debate on Nov. 17, Novogratz, who is well known for his prominent Bitcoin.

U.S. farmers sold freshly harvested soybeans directly off their combines for a profit as prices rose to a four-year high this autumn, a welcome change from the losses suffered during the U.S.-China trade war. Strong exports to China as the.

Sweden, infamous for not imposing a lockdown during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, appears to be changing tack and implementing stricter measures as a second wave of infections takes hold and hospitalizations rise. On Monday, it announced that.