Powell failed to frighten Crypto

Bitcoin is currently trading near $20,3K, which is only 0.5% below yesterday's levels, despite the fact that the range of changes over this period has been quite large. The initial reaction to the Fed's official announcement caused BTC to rise to $20,800, but the subsequent press conference doubled the pressure on the exchange rate, causing it to fall below $20,000.

The crypto market's value increased by 0.13 percent overnight, to $1.01 trillion, demonstrating significantly greater resistance to stock market volatility. The pressure on Bitcoin and Ether, which is strongly related to institutional sentiment, is counterbalanced by the ascent of altcoins one by one.

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In addition to Dogecoin's price doubling in just over a week, Litecoin (+13%) and Polygon (+15%) were among the surging currencies. The year-long bear market has worn down crypto investors, who now appear receptive to new pump ideas. This may indicate that the market is sufficiently inexpensive and stable.

Charles Edwards, founder of Capriola Investments, hypothesized that the entry of major energy companies into the business explains Bitcoin's new hash rate high. According to him, the rise in hash rate notwithstanding BTC's stagnation does not indicate that miners are giving up. According to Glassnode, the network processing capacity of the first cryptocurrency on November 1 was 272,4 EH/s (smoothed by the 7-day moving average).

DeFi providers are increasingly using stablecoins as collateral. According to a research by CoinMarketCap and TokenInsight, this is the case. Ethereum continues to dominate DeFi-ecosystems by a significant margin.

Money transfer company MoneyGram has teamed with the cryptocurrency exchange Coinme to add trading and storage options for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin to its mobile app for US customers.

UnionBank, the largest bank in the Philippines, has announced the pilot launch of trading and storage services for Bitcoin and Ethereum. The program is being out in collaboration with the Swiss custodian Metaco.