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Bitcoin May Rally to $80K on Triangle Break: Technical Analysis

Bitcoin's recent triangular consolidation has ended with a bullish breakout, price chart shows.

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Bitcoin Halving Is Not a Volatility Event, Analyst Says as Implied Volatility Rises

Options implied volatility is overpricing the event, Amberdata's Greg Magadini said.

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TokenFi Developers Propose New Program to Boost Benefits for TOKEN Holders

The proposed move would allow eligible users to acquire up to four times more tokens than the standard quota per wallet, among other benefits.

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Crypto Stocks Gain as Bitcoin Tops $72K for First Time Since March

Crypto-related companies looked set to start the week on a positive note.

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Bitcoin Tops $71K, Ordinals Bets Rise Ahead of Halving

Broader crypto markets remained little changed over the weekend but some Ordinal ecosystems saw gains as a proxy bet for BTC.

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HashKey’s Crypto Exchange Goes Live After Winning License in Bermuda

The HashKey Group, an Asian firm offering digital asset services, has launched the HashKey Global exchange, after being granted a license in Bermuda to offer licensed digital asset trading services, i...

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What the Ethereum Community's Staking Argument Is Really About

The Ethereum community is debating the power and responsibilities of the Ethereum Foundation, which some think is playing central banker by suggesting changes to the ether issuance formula.

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Bitcoin Mining’s Boon for Small Town America

Will Foxley’s doc about a small Texas town’s embrace of a new mining facility paints a more positive story about Bitcoin’s impact on rural communities than typically reported.

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Genesis Completes Redemption of GBTC Shares, Buys 32K Bitcoins with Proceeds

The company in February got permission from a New York bankruptcy court to sell approximately 36 million shares of Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust.

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New York Jury Finds Do Kwon, Terraform Labs Liable for Fraud in SEC Case

The SEC accused Kwon and his company of misleading investors about the stability of their so-called “algorithmic stablecoin” Terra USD.

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Jury Begins Deliberations in Civil Fraud Case Against Do Kwon, Terraform Labs

NEW YORK – Lawyers for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rested their case against Terraform Labs and its co-founder, Do Kwon, on Friday, releasing a New York jury to decide whether Kw...

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Did Strong Bitcoin ETF Demand Kill Halving's Potential Bullish Rally?

The much stronger-than-expected inflows into the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have already caused concerns about a supply shock in the bitcoin market, potentially taking away some of the ...

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Ethereum Foundation Researchers' Proposal to Slow ETH Issuance Draws Pushback

The proposal, initially introduced in February, could harden Ethereum's native cryptocurrency, ether, as as a form of money – by reducing the inflation of new supply. But some members of the community...

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DWS, Galaxy Digital List Exchange-Traded Commodities Offering BTC, ETH Exposure in Germany

The products, which track the performance of the two largest cryptocurrencies by market value, carry a fee of 0.35% and were listed on the Deutsche Boerse on Thursday.

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BlackRock Adds Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Citadel as APs for Bitcoin ETF

BlackRock (BLK) has added five additional authorized participants (APs) to the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), bringing the total number to nine as the fund continues to attract billions of dollars of i...

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Bitcoin’s Acceptance as 'Digital Gold' May Spur Demand From New Investors: Coinbase

Gold has outperformed after the Federal Reserve expressed a cautious stance on the pace of future interest-rate cuts, the report said.

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Shinobi: How Covenants Help Scale Bitcoin

Bitcoin Magazine’s technical editor says it’s necessary to implement covenants - which allow joint ownership of UTXOs - if Bitcoin is to fulfill its promise of bringing financial self-sovereignty to p...

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