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First Mover: Coronavirus Trillions Get Bitcoiners Wondering if Halving Still Matters

The much talked about halving looks to have been replaced by the coronavirus easing measures as crypto investors' top concern.

Markets  ·  16 April 2020
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First Mover: Gold Is Crushing Bitcoin, but Inflation May Bring the Cryptocurrency a Boost

Coin Metrics says bitcoin's correlation with gold has increased in recent weeks.

Markets  ·  15 April 2020
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First Mover: Bitcoin Market Goes Into ‘Backwardation’ Despite Fed’s Trillions

Bitcoin futures are trading below the spot price, suggesting expectations of a drop. But there are signs of buying potential, too. Where will the market go next?

Markets  ·  14 April 2020
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First Mover: Bitcoin’s Market Cap Eclipses Citigroup’s as Yellen Calls for Big-Bank Dividend Cuts

Bitcoin's price drop since Friday has pushed it back into the red for 2020, but it's still outperforming big bank stocks.

Markets  ·  13 April 2020
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First Mover: As Fed Assets Top $6T, BitMEX Has Some Inflation-Busting Advice

The Federal Reserve has opened its lender-of-last-resort spigot and, with unemployment spiking, inflation is on the way. What are your options?

Markets  ·  10 April 2020
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First Mover: Bitcoin Cash’s Halving Was Dull – Bitcoin’s May Be Much the Same

Maybe don't get too excited about the bitcoin halving after what we saw yesterday.

Markets  ·  9 April 2020
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First Mover: A Sneak Preview of Bitcoin’s Halving – in Real Time

As central banks around the world inject trillions into the global economy, investors are looking at bitcoin and its "halving" as a hedge against inflation.

Markets  ·  8 April 2020
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First Mover: Bitcoin’s Back in the Black for 2020

Volatility is returning in a positive way, prices are going up and enthusiasm is returning to digital-asset markets.

Markets  ·  7 April 2020
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First Mover: Trillions in Coronavirus Stimulus Bring Out the Bitcoin Bulls

It's a common refrain: The U.S. dollar will be debased by the trillions in coronavirus aid. That should strengthen the case for bitcoin... theoretically.

Markets  ·  6 April 2020