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Bitcoin volatility keeps falling, and that means it’s maturing as an asset class

Bitcoin volatility has dropped to a five-year low as the number-one crypto matures, showing more price predictability than blue-chip tech stocks.

4 months ago

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Macro

Leaving the gold standard was the ‘most costly mistake we ever made’

Leaving the gold standard eroded families, culture, and savings, but Bitcoin offers a chance to fix the money, and fix the world.

4 months ago

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Analysis

As September looms, is Ethereum due a seasonable pullback?

Ethereum has been on a tear, fueled by institutional buy-in and macro tailwinds, but if history rhymes, ETH could be due a September pullback.

4 months ago

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Slate Sunday

Beyond the hype: why crypto payments are still stuck in beta

Crypto payments are booming, but clunky UX, high fees, and red tape risk undermining adoption. Can they truly compete with banks and credit cards?

4 months ago

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Adoption

The latest data from Bitcoin Is Dead dropped this week: Bitcoin has ‘died’ no less than 431 times

The latest data from Bitcoin Is Dead show Bitcoin has ‘died’ 431 times, with gold bug Peter Schiff topping the Bitcoin obituary list.

4 months ago

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Investments

Real estate’s quiet crash: your home is worth less than ever in Bitcoin

While property prices show modest increases in fiat terms, Bitcoin’s explosive growth reveals the depth of real estate's quiet crash.

4 months ago

DeFi

1inch launches trustless Solana cross-chain swaps, bypassing bridges entirely

1inch’s new Solana cross-chain swaps eliminate the bridge attack surface while deepening cross-chain liquidity.

5 months ago

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Adoption

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appointed as WEF interim co-chair

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has been appointed interim co-chair of the World Economic Forum, alongside Roche’s André Hoffmann.

5 months ago

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Crypto

100 days over $100k and nobody cares: Why Bitcoin’s bull run feels lonely

Despite Bitcoin’s record run, 100 days above $100k and battering all-time highs, retail remains strikingly absent from this Bitcoin bull run.

5 months ago

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Slate Sunday

‘People deserve to know this threat is coming’: superintelligence and the countdown to save humanity

Superintelligence and AI pose an unprecedented risk to our survival, yet few people realize how close we are to potential catastrophe and that the time to act is now.

5 months ago

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Adoption

Choose your freedom money wisely, Litecoin warns

Litecoin urges caution in choosing your freedom money amid rising attacks on smaller PoW coins and increasing centralized PoS chains.

5 months ago

Crypto

Escape the fiat farm: How Bitcoin breaks the chains of ‘wage slavery’

How Bitcoin can break the cycle of wage slavery, restore lost purchasing power, and offer an exit from persistent inflation eroding your wealth.

5 months ago

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Christina Comben

Bitcoin volatility keeps falling, and that means it’s maturing as an asset class

Leaving the gold standard was the ‘most costly mistake we ever made’

As September looms, is Ethereum due a seasonable pullback?

Beyond the hype: why crypto payments are still stuck in beta

The latest data from Bitcoin Is Dead dropped this week: Bitcoin has ‘died’ no less than 431 times

Real estate’s quiet crash: your home is worth less than ever in Bitcoin

1inch launches trustless Solana cross-chain swaps, bypassing bridges entirely

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appointed as WEF interim co-chair

100 days over $100k and nobody cares: Why Bitcoin’s bull run feels lonely

‘People deserve to know this threat is coming’: superintelligence and the countdown to save humanity

Choose your freedom money wisely, Litecoin warns

Escape the fiat farm: How Bitcoin breaks the chains of ‘wage slavery’

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