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In early December, market participants paid special attention to altcoins. Investors are willing to allocate capital in high-risk assets regardless of external factors. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 30th November and 14th December.

The aggregate market capitalisation of stablecoins is growing, historically signalling a bullish trend. November ended with nearly a 9% increase for bitcoin and a 10.9% rise for the entire crypto market. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 15th-30th November.

Investment companies are preparing to launch cryptocurrency ETFs, and the SFC of Hong Kong is considering providing retail investors with access to spot crypto ETFs. Altcoins are showing growth, while bitcoin is stagnant after the rally. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 3rd-15th November.

The best month for crypto assets ended with bitcoin’s rise of 28.5% and the overall market by 17.5%. This surge was triggered by factors such as hopes for the imminent approval of bitcoin ETFs and crypto projects winning legal battles. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 20th October and 2nd November.

In anticipation of the halving event, investors are actively moving capital into bitcoin, leading to BTC market dominance rising to 52%. Meanwhile, altcoins are under noticeable selling pressure. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 6th-19th October.

Despite a quarterly decline, bitcoin managed to close one of its historically worst months with a 3.99% gain. The battle for bitcoin ETF between the SEC and asset management companies might extend into 2024. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 22nd September and 3rd October.

Whales are holding fewer stablecoins on their balances, the withdrawal of BTC and ETH from exchanges has resumed, and a court has allowed the sale of FTX exchange assets, causing a drop in altcoins. Read the News Recap to learn about the most significant events in the world of cryptocurrencies between 7th – 21st September.

On 29th August, Grayscale Investments finally won a lawsuit and challenged the SEC refusal to convert the Bitcoin Trust (CBTC) into a bitcoin ETF which led to an immediate but short-lived market surge. Read the News recap to learn about the most important events in the crypto world between 25th August and 6th September.

At the end of the summer, cryptocurrency market volatility was low; however, on 18th August, BTC’s price sharply dropped below $26,000 due to SpaceX selling bitcoins worth $373 million. Read our news recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 14th and 23rd August.

XRP has become the most-traded altcoin in 2023, MicroStrategy added another 467 BTC to its balance sheet, while Sui has enabled liquid staking functionality. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 21st July and 3rd August.

Judge stated that XRP sold by Ripple to the public are not securities, Bitcoin wallet addresses reached a year high, while whales are actively accumulating LTC as halving nears. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 7th and 20th July 2023.

Mastercard is set to test tokenised bank deposits, MicroStrategy acquires an additional $347 million in BTC, while Polkadot has connected with Cosmos through the IBC Protocol. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 23rd June and 06th July 2023.

BTC surpasses 50% in terms of market dominance for the first time in two years, Thailand launches a retail CBDC pilot project, while BlackRock, WisdomTree and Invesco refile for spot BTC ETFs. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 9th and 22nd June 2023.

The US SEC sued the two largest crypto exchanges, USDT market cap set a new all-time high, while US lawmakers rejected the 30% digital assets mining tax. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 26th May and 8th June 2023.

Ripple has rolled out a proprietary platform for CBDCs, Dogecoin has surpassed Bitcoin in daily transactions, while PEPE has become the fastest-growing token hosted on Ethereum. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 12th and 25th May 2023.

PayPal increased its crypto holdings by 56% in Q1 of 2023, Litecoin transactions hit a record high, while Cardano scaling protocol, Hydra, went live on the mainnet. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events between 28th April and 11th May 2023.

Hong Kong banks started offering services to crypto firms, USDT market share among stablecoins reached 63%, while Solana Labs created a plugin for the AI chatbot ChatGPT. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 14th and 26th April 2023.

Bitcoin topped $30,000 for the first time since June 2022, Ethereum Shapella upgrade went live, while Cardano outperformed Bitcoin and Ethereum in terms of transaction volume. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 31st March and 13th April 2023.

BTC has grown by 75% year-to-date amid the banking chaos in the USA, MicroStrategy bought 6,455 BTC for around $150 million, while the US regulatory crackdown on crypto continues. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 17th and 30th March 2023.

BTC skyrocketed again, surpassing $26,000, Goldman Sachs filed a patent focusing on blockchain, while President Biden proposed to raise $24 billion from crypto taxes. Read our News recap to learn more about the main crypto events that occurred between 03rd and 16th March 2023.