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Ether Drops Below $2K, Bitcoin Wilts as China Tells Banks to Cut Off Crypto Transactions

China's central bank said major financial institutions must stop providing trading, clearing and settlement for crypto transactions.

Ether's drop

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Bitcoin and Ether Price Indicators Support Near-Term 'Relief Rally'

Bitcoin's weekly stochastic oscillator has turned up from oversold or below -20 levels, a positive sign for the cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin traders may have hopes for a "relief rally."

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Crypto Long & Short: The Market Gets Smarter

This week, the cryptocurrency markets displayed a more sophisticated understanding of regulatory and technology risk.

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SEC Again Warns Investors Against Bitcoin Futures Funds

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent out a second note to investors urging to reevaluate bitcoin futures-focused funds.

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Crypto Long & Short: What I've Learned in the Past Five Years

Seven main takeaways on crypto markets from my time at CoinDesk. Plus: the future of the Bitcoin Mining Council.

Crypto Long & Short May 30

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Crypto Long & Short: Crypto Markets Are Volatile Because They're Free

For crypto investors who have been in the market a while, volatility is not a bug – it's a feature.

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Bitcoin Trades at $40K as Rebound Rally Stalls

Bitcoin had risen to nearly $43,000 earlier Thursday.

Bitcoin daily price chart.

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Bitcoin Back to $42K, Nearly Recovering All of Wednesday's Losses

That didn't take long: Bitcoin is already back to where it was at the start of Wednesday, just before the biggest sell-off in 14 months.

Bitcoin daily price chart shows the cryptocurrency recovering nearly recovered all of the ground lost amid Wednesday's sell-off.

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Crypto Market Loses $460B as Ether, Altcoins Follow Bitcoin’s Deep Dive

The crypto market has lost more than $400 billion in a day.

The total market cap for crypto assets.

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Crypto Exchanges See Fastest Bitcoin Inflows Since ‘Black Thursday’ in March 2020

Inflows are mainly concentrated on the retail-focused Binance, while institutions continue to hold.

Bitcoin inflows to cryptocurrency exchanges surged Monday to a 15-month high.