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Bitcoin Stumbles Back Below $90K as Dollar Sinks to 7-Week Low After Fed Rate Cut

The U.S. dollar, along with precious metals and bond yields, is reacting as expected to easier financial conditions, but crypto remains in a bearish trend.

DXY Index (TRadingView)

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Crypto Trading Volumes Deteriorated Across Board Last Month as Market Slumped: JPMorgan

Bitcoin, ether and most majors fell last month as spot, derivatives and stablecoin volumes dropped and U.S. crypto ETPs saw heavy outflows.

A trader in front of screens. (sergeitokmakov/Pixabay/Modified by CoinDesk)

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UK Bitcoin Company Satsuma Sells 579 of Its 1,199 Bitcoin for $53.2 Million

The company sells BTC to secure cash for upcoming loan note obligations ahead of its planned uplisting.

UK Parliament Building and Big Ben, London, England (Ugur Akdemir/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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BTC, Nasdaq Futures Drop as Oracle Earnings Revive AI Bubble Fears

Oracle shares tanked after the firm revealed an earnings miss.

ORCL (TradingView)

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Why Is Bitcoin Trading Lower Today?

Market uncertainty persists due to internal Fed divisions and unclear future rate paths until 2026.

BTC's price. (CoinDesk)

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Asia Morning Briefing: Fed Cut Brings Little Volatility as Bitcoin Waits for Japan

CryptoQuant data shows seller exhaustion as whales pull back from exchanges, while traders prepare for a closely watched BOJ meeting that could influence global liquidity.

Aerial view of Tokyo (Jaison Lin/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Swings Wildly as Fed's Powell Straddles Labor Market and Inflation Issues

"Powell is threading the needle between their two mandates," said one analyst.

Bitcoin (BTC) price on Dec. 10 (CoinDesk)

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Federal Reserve Cuts Rates 25 Basis Points, With Two Members Voting for Steady Policy

The anticipated move comes as policymakers are still operating without several key economic data releases that remain delayed or suspended due to the U.S. government shutdown.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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Strategy Pushes Back on MSCI’s Digital Asset Exclusion Proposal

Michael Saylor and team urged MSCI to maintain neutral index standards after a plan to exclude firms with significant digital asset holdings.

Strategy Executive Chaiman Michael Saylor (Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Modified by CoinDesk)

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SpaceX’s $300M Bitcoin Stack Puts Crypto Inside the World’s Biggest Planned IPO

The Elon Musk–run company is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise “significantly more than $30 billion.” Even relatively small balance-sheet allocations matter at that scale.

Elon Musk (jurvetson /CC BY 2.0./Modified by CoinDesk)