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Crypto Long & Short: 4 Metrics That Show How the Current Bitcoin Rally Is Different From 2017

November 22, 2020

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Nov 22, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. UTC (allanswart/Getty Images) Crypto Long & Short: 4 Metrics That Show How the Current Bitcoin Rally Is Different From 2017 Crypto markets have historically been led by retail investors, with professional investors following. Is that changing? After all, high-tech innovation in the past 15 years has executed an opposite […]

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Blockchain Bites: BlockRock Exec Says Bitcoin Is ‘Here to Stay,’ Investors Load Into BTC Puts

November 20, 2020

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Nov 20, 2020 at 5:45 p.m. UTC Blockchain Bites: BlockRock Exec Says Bitcoin Is ‘Here to Stay,’ Investors Load Into BTC Puts Major bitcoin miners are signaling their support for the network’s Taproot upgrade. Institutional buyers are loading up on BTC puts, Deribit analysts say. Goldman Sachs thinks the  “digital yuan” could be in a […]

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Bitcoin Is the Biggest Big Short

November 20, 2020

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Short-sellers, who make money when the price of a targeted financial instrument declines, aren’t always popular with corporate or government leaders. Those on the receiving end of contrarian bets against stocks or currencies tend to portray them as sharks undermining people striving to build, grow and create value. This, if you’ll excuse the pun, is […]

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First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Rich List’ Grows as Whales HODL and Price Retakes $18K

November 20, 2020

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Nov 20, 2020 at 5:35 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 20, 2020 at 5:51 p.m. UTC Bitcoin “whales” have been known to make waves in the market. (National Gallery of Art, modified by CoinDesk) First Mover: Bitcoin ‘Rich List’ Grows as Whales HODL and Price Retakes $18K Bitcoin reached fresh 35-month highs above $18,400 during the European […]

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First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $17K as Scaramucci Makes Entrée, Ethereum Meets Rival

November 17, 2020

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Nov 17, 2020 at 2:12 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 17, 2020 at 2:35 p.m. UTC Bitcoin prices crossed above $17,000 for the first time since January 2018. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk) First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $17K as Scaramucci Makes Entrée, Ethereum Meets Rival Bitcoin climbed above topped $17,000 early Tuesday for the first time since January 2018, […]

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First Mover: Vaccine Won’t Come Fast Enough to Avoid More Stimulus

November 16, 2020

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Nov 16, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 16, 2020 at 3:26 p.m. UTC A third wave of the coronavirus could spell more trouble for ailing retailers as consumer confidence sinks.(Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk) First Mover: Vaccine Won’t Come Fast Enough to Avoid More Stimulus Bitcoin was higher, climbing back above $16,000 on Monday after […]

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Blockchain Bites: Bankrupted Cred’s Missing Millions, Bitcoin Miners’ Quarterly Losses and More

November 13, 2020

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Nov 13, 2020 at 5:55 p.m. UTC Blockchain Bites: Bankrupted Cred’s Missing Millions, Bitcoin Miners’ Quarterly Losses and More Crypto lender Cred’s bankruptcy is more than it appears. Two publicly traded bitcoin mining firms reported this week: Neither are profitable. ECB President Christine Lagarde has a “hunch” about the digital euro.  Top shelf Chapter…12?Cred’s Chapter […]

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Money Reimagined: The US’ Kodak Moment

November 13, 2020

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In the lore of digital disruption, Eastman Kodak Co.’s downfall looms large. Kodak was once one of the world’s most powerful companies. But it failed to act on digital cameras and online photo sharing, despite seeing the trends years before. (Kodak engineer Steve Sasson created the first digital camera in 1975.) It’s an apt story […]

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First Mover: Why the Fed Cares About Remote Working – And What It Means for Bitcoin

November 13, 2020

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Nov 13, 2020 at 2:02 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 13, 2020 at 2:31 p.m. UTC Even central bankers are working remotely these days – and having perfectly robust discussions of everything from the economy to stimulus to central bank digital currencies to telework. (ECB/CoinDesk) First Mover: Why the Fed Cares About Remote Working – And What […]

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First Mover: Bitcoin Breaches $16K as (Committed) Holders Diss Dalio’s Diss

November 12, 2020

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Nov 12, 2020 at 2:12 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 12, 2020 at 3:42 p.m. UTC Bitcoin climbed above $16,000 for the first time since late 2017. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk) First Mover: Bitcoin Breaches $16K as (Committed) Holders Diss Dalio’s Diss Bitcoin briefly climbed above $16,000 for the first time in three years before quickly falling […]

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