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Bitcoin Crosses $24.7K, Sees Highest Liquidations in Two Months

The largest cryptocurrency was trading at just over $24,700 during the Asian morning hours on Tuesday.

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Bitcoin Surges as Bank Client Rescue Eases Contagion Fears, Fuels Hopes for Fed Dovishness; Binance's $1B Conversion Helps, Too

Investment banking giant Goldman Sachs analysts have predicted the U.S. central bank will not raise interest rates at its next FOMC meeting on March 22, according to a report.

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Binance Will Convert $1B Worth of BUSD Stablecoin to Bitcoin, Ether, BNB and Other Tokens

Binance tapped into its Industry Recovery Initiative funds to cover the move.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin, Ether Retrace Weekend Losses as Bears See $183M in Short Liquidations

Markets jumped amid respite from the U.S. government and USD coin issuer Circle.

Shorts saw over $183 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours. (Coinglass)

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Bitcoin Regains $20K After $200M in Crypto Liquidations; Some Traders Brush Off USDC Fears

Some traders are signaling strength for USD coin, citing its treasury backing in U.S.-issued bonds.

Bear and bull (Pixabay)

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Circle’s USDC Endured $1B of Net Redemptions Since Silicon Valley Bank's Shutdown

Stablecoin issuer Circle held an undisclosed amount of USDC’s cash reserves at now-failed Silicon Valley Bank.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Scrutiny Falls on $43B USDC Stablecoin’s Cash Reserves at Failed Silicon Valley Bank

Circle’s USDC, the second-largest stablecoin, with $43 billion market capitalization, held an undisclosed part of its $9.8 billion cash reserves at failed Silicon Valley Bank.

(Sandali Handagama/ CoinDesk)

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Crypto Traders Suffer Over $300M of Losses in Liquidations Amid Market Crash

The largest long liquidation in at least a month suggests Thursday’s crash in crypto prices has caught traders off-guard. Bitcoin traders suffered the most losses, some $112 million in the past 24 hours, while ether liquidations surpassed $73 million, per data from CoinGlass.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Dips Below $21K to Reach Lowest Level In 7 Weeks as Silvergate Bank Shutdown Shakes Investors

Bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies declined as the crypto-focused lender’s crisis continued to unfold; ether sinks 7%.

Bitcoin price chart Thursday (CoinDesk)

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Securities Platform DEFYCA to Release Tokenized Private Debt Protocol on Avalanche

DEFYCA’s launch highlights the growing trend of bringing tokenized versions of traditional markets like debt to blockchain-based protocols.

(Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)