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Binance, whose dominance of crypto was cemented by the bankruptcy of rival exchange FTX, last week tweeted a so-called proof-of-reserves report by audit firm Mazars. The report showed its holdings of bitcoin exceeded customer deposits on a single day in November.

"Inflation has been a major worry for markets across the world and, with softer readings, there is a likelihood that it may have peaked and that led to some bond purchases," said Abhishek Upadhyay, senior economist at ICICI Securities Primary Dealership.

The last date to submit bids is now January 7 against previously fixed December 16.

The Central Board accorded an approval for raising capital by way of issuance of Basel III compliant debt instrument in INR and/or any other convertible currency, up to FY24, it said.

“Nifty is now placed at the crucial resistance of 18,650 level and is not showing any strength to surpass the hurdle decisively. A sustainable up move from here could confirm an upside breakout of the resistance and any failure is likely to result in minor downward correction ahead,” said Nagaraj Shetti of HDFC Securities.

The keenly awaited outcome of the Fed meeting would be announced by the US central bank at 12:30 am IST followed by a press conference by Fed Chair Jerome Powell at 1 am

The Nifty Realty index was trading 0.82 per cent up at 449.65.

Sensex ended 145 points higher at 62,678, while Nifty added 52 points and topped 18,660 level. Sectorally all the indices ended in the green, barring Nifty FMCG.

Barring the US dollar-pegged Tether, all other top crypto tokens were trading higher. Solana rallied more than 6%, whereas Ethereum and Shiba Inu were trading 4% higher each.

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