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As Bitcoin Regains Lost Ground, Options Traders Bet on $52K Move by Late January

Some bitcoin traders are buying bullish call options at $52,000 and higher strike prices.

Bitcoin prices for the last 24 hours

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Bitcoin Whales Kept Accumulating During Monday's Crash

Larger investors, or whales look to have reacted differently than retail investors amid this week's bitcoin price drop.

A whale tailfin sinks below the ocean surface. (Paola Ocaranza/Unsplash)

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Eye-Popping Projection for $3T Crypto Market Underpins Bakkt Deal

Bakkt says cryptocurrencies could be a $3 trillion market by 2025, a fivefold increase.

Bakkt projections released in connection with Victory Park Capital deal.

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Bitcoin Bull Run: OGs on Why This One's Different

Trump, COVID-19, massive money printing. Voorhees, Shrem, Wan, Carlson and others on bitcoin's big boom, and what's changed from 2017.

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Bitcoin's Active Addresses, Trading Volumes Now at All-Time Highs

Bitcoin's active addresses and trading volumes broke their previous all-time high set in late 2017.

The active bitcoin addresses reached a new all-time high.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Plunges to $30.3K as Options Traders Bet on Sub-$800 Ether

Bitcoin’s huge sell-off by over $8,000 in the past 24 hours while options traders clearly are betting that ether is overvalued.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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Institutions Use This Strategy to Hide Their Bitcoin Orders

Having smaller orders in essence fools the market into thinking there is not much interest at those price levels when in fact there is.

Refill orders are larger than they appear.

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Bitcoin Erases Most of New Year's Gains Amid Short-Term Profit-Taking

Monday's plunge has erased almost all the gains the leading cryptocurrency had achieved in the new year.

The bear returns

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First Mover: Cryptocurrency Euphoria Hits Breaking Point as Miners Lose Nerve

Crypto euphoria gets a reality check as bitcoin and ether tumble, though XRP is still trading well as SEC-inflicted damage proves limited.

Cryptocurrency markets have suddenly deflated after the euphoria of the year's first week.

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Bitcoin's Big Drop Again Coincides With Dollar Bounce in Forex Markets

Bitcoin's crash Monday came alongside a bounce in the Dollar Index.

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