Bitcoin

Bitcoin

Markets

First Mover: Stimulus Tests Bitcoin in Real-Time, and It Passes $20K

Bitcoin has climbed as more big investors said it might serve as a hedge against inflation. On Wednesday prices crossed $20K for the first time.

Bitcoin prices crossed above $20,000 on Wednesday for the first time.

Markets

Bitcoin Tops $21K, Blowing Past $20K Record as Analysts Remain Confident of Future

Bitcoin has risen above $20,000 to reach the highest point in its 12-year history.

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Markets

Ruffer Investment Confirms Massive Bitcoin Buy of $744M

Ruffer confirmed the size of its tremendous bitcoin investment in an email to CoinDesk.

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Markets

Bitcoin Hits 2-Week High Above $19.7K

Bitcoin has jumped to its highest point since setting an all-time high on Dec. 1.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $19.5K; Ether Options Interest in Doldrums

Bitcoin continues to appreciate in price as ether options interest wanes after a hot November.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Tech

Becoming Self-Sovereign: How to Set Up a Bitcoin Node, With Lightning

Setting up a RaspiBlitz Bitcoin node (with Lightning!) is an easy way to become self-sovereign and support the Bitcoin ecosystem.

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Markets

Will Wall Street Ruin Bitcoin? Featuring Ben Hunt and Alex Gladstein

As traditional financial institutions line up to get into bitcoin, a debate on whether it can stay permissionless and censorship resistant.

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Markets

New Federal Reserve 'Qualitative' Approach Could Push Further Into Experimental Realm

"Qualitative" is the new "quantitative" as economists predict the Federal Reserve will move to add subjectivity to its rules on money printing.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Finance

New York's Quontic Becomes First US Bank to Offer a Bitcoin Rewards Debit Card

Queens-based Quontic Bank has become the first FDIC-insured financial institution to launch a bitcoin rewards checking program.

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Tech

DeFi on Bitcoin Gets a Boost as Sovryn Launches on RSK Sidechain

Sovryn is launching a lending and derivatives market on the RSK Bitcoin sidechain in a bid to promote DeFi on Bitcoin.

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