The United Kingdom (UK) Retail Sales declined 0.1% month-over-month (MoM) in November after falling 0.9% in October (revised from -1.1%), according to the latest data published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Friday.
Bitcoin Cash (BCH) edges higher by 4% at press time on Friday, extending the 3.51% gains from Thursday on the back of reduced inflation in the US economy. Derivatives data suggests intense retail interest as BCH Open Interest hits a 6-month high.
The Ethereum (ETH) Foundation's Stateless Consensus team highlighted that the network's 'state' size has increased significantly over the past year following several scalability implementations.