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Markets

Equity Markets Turmoil Could Push Bitcoin Below $10K, Say Analysts

Bitcoin risks falling into four figures on a continued sell-off in equities and rebounding U.S. dollar.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips to $10.1K, Ether Drops to $330 on Sell-Off Session

Bitcoin and ether price fell precipitously Monday as markets globally roil in uncertainty.

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Markets

Bitcoin and Ether in Biggest Slump Since Sept. 3 as Stock Markets Sink

Prices for both Bitcoin and Ether fell sharply in the past 24 hours, after a drop in global equities.

Bitcoin prices, Sept. 21, 2020.

Finance

Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital Holds Bitcoin From 2013, Mulls Public Listing

Social Capital, the Silicon Valley venture capital and private equity investment firm started by an early Facebook vice president, has held bitcoin since 2013.

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Finance

The MicroStrategy Effect? This Firm Is Helping Businesses Save in Bitcoin

Bitcoin financial services firm Unchained Capital has released an “advanced business account” specifically targeting firms that want to hold BTC.

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Markets

First Mover: Digital Gold Narrative Could Be Bitcoin's Lone Ace as Ethereum Gains

Bitcoin's "digital gold" narrative looks promising as ever, but the cryptocurrency's dominance is waning as Ethereum rides DeFi fever.

Bitcoin's "digital gold" narrative might be its best card in an increasingly competitive game.

Markets

Bitcoin Down as Stocks Fall Over European Coronavirus Fears

Bitcoin is dropping alongside stocks as soaring cases of COVID-19 threaten economic activity in Europe.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11K; Uniswap Passes $1.5B Locked

Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is captivating the crypto market, and that is causing weakness for bitcoin.

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Markets

'I Didn't Buy It to Sell It. Ever.' MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor on His $425M Bitcoin Bet

The CEO of publicly traded MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares why he started to feel like he was “sitting on a 500-lb block of ice” and how he came to bitcoin as a solution.

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Tech

New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade

Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms.

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