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⁠Bulls eye the $19.5K resistance but low volume keeps Bitcoin price sideways Declining volume and resistance at $19,500 are pinning Bitcoin price into a tightening range.

⁠'We should do whatever we can' to legalize Bitcoin, says libertarian Ron Paul The former congressman from Texas believes the government is “watching very closely” to see what happens with crypto.

⁠Gold bug says 2021 will be a big year for Bitcoin and Ethereum He believes that rising adoption will drive Bitcoin higher next year, and that DeFi will have a similar effect on Ethereum.

⁠Key Bitcoin futures metrics show traders are bullish despite flat BTC price Multiple indicators show pro and retail traders remain strongly bullish even as Bitcoin price failed to break $20,000.

⁠‘Shameless’ season premiere name drops Bitcoin and other crypto Too bad the brief crypto-related conversation was largely nonsensical.

⁠Institutions will protect Bitcoin from government overreach: Erik Voorhees Bitcoiners should embrace institutional adoption as it keeps everyone honest, says Erik Voorhees.

⁠Forget the milk and cookies, Santa is accepting Bitcoin this holiday season Much like Santa himself, Bitcoin is magic.

⁠Price analysis 12/7: BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, BCH, LINK, DOT, ADA, BNB, XLM Bitcoin price continues to meet resistance at $19,500, a signal that further sideways action in BTC and altcoins is on the cards.

⁠CoinGecko challenges CoinMarketCap's dominance as a crypto market resource “CoinGecko is locked in a David and Goliath battle to be the site record for crypto financial information.”

⁠World governments agree on importance of crypto regulation at G7 meeting A vast number of nations, including many G7 members, want more rules for crypto.

⁠German government unimpressed by Facebook stablecoin's rebrand German finance minister says “A wolf in sheep's clothing is still a wolf.”

⁠Singapore's blockchain industry cites supply chain management as biggest DLT use case Survey results suggest “blockchains thrive when being used for multiple integrated applications.”

⁠Following 2.0 launch, Blockstack's STX may be free to trade in the US Blockstack may have successfully transformed its STX token from securities registration to commodity status.

⁠Biden team will boost crypto's role in US infrastructure, says Circle CEO Allaire Allaire also sees political moderation as the best scenario for continued crypto development.

⁠Paris court sentences Alexander Vinnik to five years in prison Years after his initial arrest, Vinnik has finally been sentenced.

⁠Digital ruble will undercut bank profits but help businesses: Bank of Russia Russia's central bank wants the digital ruble to help businesses by cutting out financial middlemen.

⁠BBC gets into blockchain tokens with Doctor Who: Worlds Apart The digital collectibles market welcomes a new player, as the BBC and Reality Gaming Group launch a collection of Doctor Who trading cards.

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⁠Consideration phase for digital euro to go well into 2021, says ECB exec The decision on how to launch a digital euro could still be a long time coming.

⁠German bank launches crypto fund covering portfolio of digital assets Hauck & Aufhäuser's Digital Asset Fund I will reportedly cover 85% of the total crypto asset market.

⁠Thai tax collectors to streamline revenues with blockchain tech in 2021 Blockchain will reportedly make tax evasion more difficult in Thailand.

⁠New US stimulus, Brexit and $20K: 5 things to watch in Bitcoin this week A mountain of fresh U.S. debt contrasts with a mountain of institutional cash potentially set to flow into Bitcoin thanks to major FOMO.

⁠A million down, a billion to go: How does DeFi reach mass adoption? A report this weekend claimed that DeFi has reached a million users, but the emerging financial vertical has a long road to travel towards widespread s…

⁠LayerX will develop blockchain-based voting system using digital ID verification in Japan “Voting over the Internet presents more challenges, such as preventing double voting, technical hurdles to keep ballots secret, a…