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Crashes, Rallies and Stimulus: A Normal Week for 2021 Bitcoin

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 16, 2021

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Will Mayor Suarez's Miami Be the First Major City to Buy Bitcoin?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 15, 2021

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The Definitive Breakdown of All Bitcoin FUD, With Dan Held

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 14, 2021

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A New SEC Chair Who Actually Understands Bitcoin and Crypto?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 13, 2021

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Is China Poised to Nationalize Alibaba?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 12, 2021

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Did This Bitcoin Cycle’s FUD Phase Just Begin?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 11, 2021

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Why I Changed My Mind on Bitcoin

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 10, 2021

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Was This The Craziest Week in Bitcoin History?

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 9, 2021

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BRRR: Biden Readies a New $3T Stimulus Package

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 8, 2021

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What Georgia’s Elections Mean for Bitcoin

By Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 6, 2021

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U.S. CFTC's Selig says AI has helped make up for staffing cuts at key crypto watchdog

Chairman Mike Selig faces explosive new market duties with crypto and prediction markets, where he said "numerous investigations" have begun.

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Cardano's Charles Hoskinson says Bitcoin's quantum fix is a hard fork that can't save Satoshi's coins

The Cardano founder argues BIP-361 is mislabeled as a soft fork and that its zero-knowledge recovery plan cannot rescue roughly 1.7 million pre-2013 bitcoin, including Satoshi's holdings.

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Crypto for Advisors: Tokenization’s evolution

Tokenized assets are moving from concept to portfolio allocation. Learn how compliance architecture and institutional movement are redefining risk and opportunity for advisors.

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Bitcoin slides back below $74,000 as breakout to higher levels fails again

The $75,000-$76,000 range has proven to be stiff resistance as bitcoin attempts to claw back this year's losses.

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