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Money Reimagined: Afghan Activist Roya Mahboob on Crypto

Bitcoin surely doesn't "fix" Afghanistan, but it "could play a very important role” as an alternative financial system.

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Money Reimagined: COVID Economy Shows Monetary Failure

The growing divide between financial and real worlds points to the need for a new form of money. Plus: a special podcast about NFTs.

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First Mover: Reminiscing on Pre-Pandemic Bitcoin as Rally Stalls

Back in January, few analysts could foresee the investment theme that would ultimately cause bitcoin prices to triple over the course of 2020.

Back in January, few cryptocurrency analysts could see the gathering storm that would forever change the bitcoin market.

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First Mover: Why Bitcoin Isn’t a Replacement for Gold Just Yet

Bitcoin's price is approaching a new all-time high, but bitcoin is not yet the replacement for gold many think.

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First Mover: Why Is Bitcoin's Price Rising? Here Are a Few Possible Answers

Bitcoin's price is approaching a new all-time high and there are a few reasons why it has been performing so well.

Bitcoin's price is about to break a new all-time high.

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First Mover: What China Crackdown Means for $18K Bitcoin as Dimon Passes on 'Tea'

Fewer new bitcoin may be hitting the market because miners in China can't sell their bitcoins due to a crackdown by their government.

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First Mover: Bitcoin Acts Like a Tech Stock and Ethereum Classic Traders Shrug Off 51% Attacks

Market onlookers are scrabbling for a new narrative as some argue last week's tech rout might explain bitcoin's latest price drop.

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Crypto Long & Short: What Changes at the Fed and the SEC Mean for Crypto

Chairman Powell’s speech on Thursday highlighted how much the Fed’s role is changing, and that's an opportunity for the crypto industry.

The Fed's announcement this week might have seemed "meh," but it points to the agency's changing role, and that has big implications for crypto. (Brooks Kraft/Getty Images)

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First Mover: Wacky Bitcoin-to-DeFi Crypto Markets Might Be New Home of Capitalism

Cryptocurrency markets from bitcoin to DeFi might be full of rampant speculation, but they also might be keeping the fires of capitalism lit.

New digital markets might be the place where capitalism is getting revived. ("Portraits at the Stock Exchange" by Edgar Degas/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk.)

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First Mover: As Wall Street Goes Topsy-Turvy, Crypto Traders Are Bullish as Ever

Crypto traders are enjoying their own version of the market’s madness, from bitcoin’s bull run to the collapse of YAM to Dave Portnoy.

Illustration from "The World Turned Upside Down." (Alamy/Photomosh)