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BTC Price Breaks Out to Highest Point in 3 Weeks

Christine Lee explains how bitcoin’s recent price surge pushed the overall market capitalization back above $2 billion, a value not seen since the eruption of war between Russia and Ukraine. This jump follows yesterday’s price stumble attributed to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s hawkish remarks regarding rate hikes.

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Goldman Sachs Launches First OTC Crypto Trade

Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs has conducted its first over-the-counter (OTC) crypto-related trade, a cash-settled bitcoin (BTC) non-deliverable option, with digital asset financial company Galaxy Digital. Watch “The Hash” group discuss the significance of this trade in the broader context of institutional crypto and Galaxy's potential as a liaison between traditional institutions and DeFi products. 

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Bitcoin's Short-Term Resistance Discovered at $45K

Fairlead Strategies’ Katie Stockton shares a bitcoin weekly chart, suggesting that bitcoin's short-term momentum is positive and intermediate-term momentum has neutralized. Stockton points out bitcoin's resistance has been discovered near $45,000 with a minor breakout targeted around $51,000. Plus, a conversation about crypto trading volumes and ETH’s future value. 

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Factors Behind Bitcoin's 5% Spike Today

CoinDesk Market Analyst Damanick Dantes presents his BTC price analysis and outlook following the cryptocurrency's brief spike toward $42,000. Plus, breaking down the data on bitcoin's seven-day implied volatility versus realized volatility, and bitcoin's 90-day correlation to ether and overall crypto markets.

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Bitcoin Sees 'Bart Simpson' Pattern During Thinly Traded Asian Session

Bitcoin saw a quick rise and fall in a thinly traded market Wednesday. BTC price jumped from $39,120 to $41,700 in 30 minutes, only to fall back to $39,000, according to CoinDesk data. The sudden rise could stem from stop orders on short trades and ran into stronger selling pressure. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the latest "Bart Simpson" price pattern and more.

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Bitcoin supera los $41,000 y se recupera desde los $37,000 mínimos del fin de semana.

El avance por encima de los $41.000 ocurre mientras los principales Mercados accionarios asiáticos abren en verde al comienzo de la sesión de negociación del miércoles y el mercado espera la decisión de la Reserva Federal.

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EU Parliament Rejects Proposal Limiting Proof-of-Work Mining

The European Parliament has voted against a proposed rule that would have banned proof-of-work mining of cryptocurrencies like bitcoin across the European Union (EU). Patrick Hansen, head of Strategy and Business Development at Unstoppable Finance, discusses what this means for the state of crypto affairs in Europe and the world.

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BTC Implied Volatility Ticks Higher Ahead of Fed Meeting

Investors’ expectations for BTC price turbulence over the next four weeks, known as implied volatility, is creeping higher ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision tomorrow. This is a sign that traders could be setting up options positions that would benefit from BTC price swings.

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Bitcoin's Next Move Ahead of Tomorrow's Fed Interest Rate Decision

Prime Trust Chief Product Officer Sara Xi discusses her outlook for bitcoin as investors await the interest rate decision from the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting. Plus, why China's latest COVID outbreak could cause inflationary pressure, and what Saudi Arabia's potential oil sale to China in Chinese yuan could mean for bitcoin.

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A Post-Dollar World? Saudi Arabia Reportedly Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollar for Chinese Oil Sales

Saudi Arabia is reportedly in talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in Chinese currency yuan instead of the U.S. dollar. This could dent dollar’s dominance in the global market.

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