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Bitcoin Winning Streak Now at 7 Days as Fresh Stimulus Keeps Inflation Bet Alive

Some analysts predict this rally could push bitcoin past $60,000 for the first time.

Bitcoin's price is pushing back toward the all-time-high above $58,000 reached last month.

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ECB Speeds €1.85T Stimulus Program as Lagarde Frets Over 'Premature Tightening'

The overall program's size was left intact, along with the March 2022 end date, but the pace of stimulus is now set to increase.

ECB President Christine Lagarde.

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US Inflation Rate Accelerates in February, Could Go Higher as Economy Reheats

The 12-month rate represents an acceleration from January's 1.4% clip, a pickup partly driven by higher gasoline price.

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Inflation Rate, Closely Tracked by Bitcoin Traders, Probably Accelerated in February

The CPI for February probably rose 1.7%, accelerating from the January pace of 1.4%, based on economists' projections.

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Bitcoin's Break Above $54K Could Open Path to New Price Record: Technical Analysis

Bitcoin finds support at $50,000, with next resistance seen at $54,000, and then at the all-time high around $58,000.

Bitcoin's price appears to be climbing again, after a retreat over the past couple weeks.

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Investors Put Less Money Into Crypto Funds Last Week as Bitcoin Market Stagnated

Last week's drop in crypto investment inflows to a fourth of the prior week's pace came as prices retreated in prices for bitcoin and other digital assets.

Inflows to crypto investment funds dropped last week, coinciding with the market's recent retreat.

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Bitcoin's 2021 Returns Destroy Everything on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs Says

Bitcoin's lead over assets from stocks to bonds, oil, banks, gold and tech stocks and the euro has widened.

Goldman Sachs

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Fed 'Not Yet Ready to Blink' on Inflation, Pantheon Says

Bitcoin traders may be out of luck if they're expecting the Fed to further ease monetary policy as bond yields rise.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

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Binance Pledges New Controls After 99% 'Flash Crash' in Polkadot Futures

A single large sell order appears to have sent prices for trading contracts on polkadot tumbling from about $33 to 25 cents in less than a minute.

Chart showing the "flash crash" in Binance's perpetual futures contracts on the digital token polkadot.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $48K as Fed's Powell Makes No New Promises; Ether Drops

Bitcoin prices quadrupled last year and have rallied 66% this year on speculation the cryptocurrency could serve as an inflation hedge.

Bitcoin's price over the past day.