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The native currency of the Ethereum network hit a nearly three-year high of $819.65 before settling back to $810.

Following a torrid December in which the price of bitcoin rose $10,000, three days into the new year it’s up another $5,000.

The folks over at Deribit apparently think the recent explosion in the price of bitcoin (BTC) from $20,000 to around $32,000 in just over a month, including a 10% rise in the last 24 hours, merits offering traders the ability to bet on a rally to $200,000 by late December. Read also: Bitcoin Worth $1B […]

Coinbase Pro exchange registered an outflow of over 35,000 bitcoin worth more than $1 billion early Saturday.

The Block presents 2020 Year in Review – an interactive look at the 10 developments that solidified the future of digital assets.

Get quickly up to speed on the biggest developments in 2020:

1. A Record Shattering Year
2. Stablecoins emerge as critical infrastructure
3. The rise of DeFi
4. Retail and merchant access widens
5. Banner year for Financial Services
6. More capital funding into digital assets
7. Bitcoin as a viable macro investment
8. The rise of CBDCs
9. Accelerating market structure
10. Key regulatory developments

You can view our interactive 2020 Year in Review here.

 

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Quick Take

• Crypto ATM businesses have been hit hard by the pandemic lockdowns — and face strict anti-money-laundering rules.
• Operators have introduced a raft of new checks on would-be customers in 2020, leading in some cases to lower usage. 

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Crypto venture funding increased by a third in 2020 compared with 2019, according to The Block Research.

In total, the average venture capital funding size in 2020 grew 32.5% to $5.7 million and the funding median was $1.8 million.

Nearly all size categories of venture funding in the cryptocurrency space grew in terms of the number of deals as well, with funding rounds ranging from $1 million to 5 million leading the way, according to The Block Research’s 2021 Outlook Report. Finally, compared with 2019, there were two additional deals in 2020 worth at least $100 million.

For more information on cryptocurrency and blockchain venture funding, read The Block Research 2021 Digital Asset Outlook Report.

© 2020 The Block Crypto, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This article is provided for informational purposes only. It is not offered or intended to be used as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice.

Aussie resilience (and bitcoin) binds us together during times of fear, uncertainty and doubt, says the head of a local exchange.

Two of the fastest growing alternative investment classes – ESG and crypto – are mutually beneficial, says the CEO of Fasset.

The prominent gold and bitcoin macro commenter discusses a new generation of institutional investors.