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Bitcoin Unlikely to Replace US Dollar as Global Reserve: Marc Chandler

"Backing the dollar is the world's biggest, deepest and the most transparent government bond market," said Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex and author of the book "Making Sense of the Dollar."

Markets  ·  6 October 2020
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Gains Steadily to $10.7K; Ethereum Fees at 2-Month Low

Bitcoin’s price has remained remarkably resilient despite recent dispiriting news; Ethereum fees dip.

Markets  ·  5 October 2020
Bitcoin

First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk

Yield farming steals crypto traders' obsession as bitcoin's volatility falls to 180-day low; Coinbase employees take severance.

Markets  ·  5 October 2020
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Open Interest in CME Bitcoin Futures Slides as Market Sapped by Surging DeFi

Institutional interest in bitcoin futures has plummeted as the DeFi explosion made carry trades less attractive, said Bequant's Denis Vinokourov.

Markets  ·  5 October 2020
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rebounds to $10.5K; Stablecoin Market Cap ‘Goes Parabolic’

Bitcoin price has proved resilient in the face of bad news but traders expect crypto volatility ahead.

Markets  ·  2 October 2020
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Bulls Exit BitMEX Bitcoin Futures Market

Since the announcement from U.S. regulators, BitMEX has witnessed an outflow of more than 40,000 bitcoins, currently worth more than $422 million.

Markets  ·  2 October 2020
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Trump COVID Test, BitMEX Charges Bring October Shocks for Bitcoin

Crypto analysts scramble to assess U.S. charges against BitMEX, home of 100x bitcoin perpetual swaps and a venue for getting "rekt."

Markets  ·  2 October 2020
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Market Wrap: Blame BitMEX as Bitcoin Dumps to $10.4K; Record Month for Ethereum Fees

Bitcoin’s price fell on U.S. regulatory pressures while Ethereum miners reaped record fee revenue the past month.

Markets  ·  1 October 2020
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First Mover: Nine (Bullish) Bitcoin Predictions for Final Months of (Awful) 2020

Bitcoin is outperforming pretty much every other asset class this year, with a 50% YTD gain. Analysts are bullish heading into 4Q.

Markets  ·  1 October 2020
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Bitcoin Posts Biggest Monthly Price Loss Since March

Bitcoin faced selling pressure in September as the U.S. dollar rose against major currencies for the first time in six months.

Markets  ·  1 October 2020
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Why Hardnosed Bitcoiners Can Learn to Love DeFi

Stacking sats and decentralized finance are more similar economic modes than most realize.

People  ·  1 October 2020
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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Retests $10.8K; Total Value Locked in DeFi Hits $11B

Bitcoin price is flirting with $10,800 territory while DeFi soldiers on.

Markets  ·  30 September 2020
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First Mover: Chainlink’s Sorry September Returns Shows DeFi Hysteria Deflating

Chainlink's LINK has been the worst-performing digital asset in September in the CoinDesk 20, during an ugly month across cryptocurrency markets.

Markets  ·  30 September 2020
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BitcoinACKs Lets You Track Bitcoin Development and Pay Coders for Their Work

BitcoinACKs aggregates pull requests for upgrades to Bitcoin Core and lets users pay for the Bitcoin development they want to see.

Tech  ·  30 September 2020
Bitcoin

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holds at $10.7K; Uniswap Volume Drops

Bitcoin’s price struggles to stick to $10,700 as Uniswap’s decentralized exchange trading volume falls to cap September.

Markets  ·  29 September 2020