Bitcoin Could Benefit From These 3 Bullish Tailwinds

The path of least resistance for bitcoin may be on the higher side due to inter-market factors, optimism from BlackRock's ETF filing and safe haven flows.

• 2023-06-19
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Bitcoin Edges Below $28K as Investors Eye US Debt Ceiling Progress

Investors awaited a House vote on the debt ceiling deal, scheduled for Wednesday.

• 2023-05-31
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Demand for Tokenized Treasury Bonds Soars as Crypto Investors Chase TradFi Yield

The combined market capitalization of tokenized money market funds is nearing $500 million as high yields in traditional markets attract crypto capital.

• 2023-05-20
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How DeFi can keep out bad apples while upholding crypto’s core ideals

Crypto users need not fear the increasing KYC/AML requirements around the world and loss of privacy, writes Kurt Hemecker of the Mina Foundation. Here’s why.

• 2023-05-16
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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Starts Work Week in the Red

The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for April 24, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.

• 2023-04-24
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Bitcoin Posts Biggest Weekly Loss in Five Months as Dollar Liquidity Declines, Debt Ceiling Fears Return

The cost of insuring against a potential U.S. government default in the next 12 months soared to record highs last week.

• 2023-04-24
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Crypto Trading Legend’s Next Move Is Bringing U.S. Treasurys to Blockchains, With Plans for Corporate Bonds, Too

The March banking crisis made it harder for crypto companies to access conventional banks, erecting an obstacle to a mundane yet vital task for any business: finding a place to park excess cash. This has created a sort of Trojan Horse opportunity for a start-up with a well-known pedigree to bring cash-like instruments to the cryptocurrency space, laying the groundwork for the company’s broader ambition to digitize the conventional bond market. The start-up is PV01, whose name is a piece of bon

• 2023-04-21
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Bitcoin, USDC stablecoin rally after US intervenes on SVB

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rallied on Monday after U.S. authorities announced plans to limit the fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and as cryptocurrency firm Circle assured investors its peg was secure. The U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve announced a range of measures to stabilise the banking system and said depositors at SVB would have access to their deposits on Monday. The moves came as authorities took possession of New York-based Signatu

• 2023-03-13
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Crypto Market Rallying on FDIC Banking Intervention, USDC Regains Dollar Peg

While it may be ironic, crypto prices rallied on news of government intervention in a banking crisis.

• 2023-03-13
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Column: The government crackdown on crypto is well underway. Get out while you can

Government agencies are moving to crush crypto as a hive of 'fraud and scams.' Congress should stay out of their way, and investors should take note.

• 2023-02-17
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