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Ukraine Bitcoin Trading at 6% Premium as Russia-Ukraine Conflict Intensifies

In today’s “Chart of the Day” segment, Christine Lee presents a chart from Kaiko showing bitcoin trading at a 6% premium on Binance’s Ukrainian hryvnia market, compared to bitcoin’s price in the U.S. dollar market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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BTC Price Underperforms Treasuries Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict

In today’s “Chart of the Day," the year-to-date returns for BTC, the S&P 500, treasuries and gold suggest that risk off has been the dominant theme so far this year, leading up to the events in Russia and Ukraine. With gold outperforming all the other assets, CoinDesk's Damanick Dantes evaluates the macro factors that might be at play. 

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Bitcoin, Broader Crypto Markets Edge Higher, Will the Rebound Hold?

Marc Lopresti, Managing Director for The Strategic Funds, joins “First Mover” to provide his most recent analysis of the crypto markets as bitcoin sees a slight price increase. Lopresti relates BTC’s price action to the equities futures markets and NASDAQ while examining macro factors like rising interest rates and tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Plus, Lopresti shares his short-term price predictions for Ethereum and discusses other altcoins, including Cardano, Solana and Avalanche.

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How Likely Is It For Bitcoin to Hit $200K in 2022?

Bitcoin soared above $44,300 Monday, confirming a break above its 2-month downtrend. David Stryzewski, CEO of financial advisor Sound Planning Group, discusses the potential macro factors moving bitcoin’s prices and the wider markets higher. “It’s very possible [BTC] could go up to $200,000,” he said.

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Key Bitcoin Trends to Monitor as BTC Enters 15th Bear Market Since 2009

Clara Medalie, research director at crypto data provider Kaiko, shares insights into bitcoin's key technical indicators she's interested in: bid-ask spreads for BTC/ETH have widened in January amid high volatility and fragile risk sentiment; BTC's correlation with bonds and gold has been negative for months while its correlation with Nasdaq recently hit 17-month highs; BTC's January spot volume reached 6-month lows.

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Fed Likely to Signal Plans for March Interest Rate Hike; Here Is What It Means for Crypto

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is expected to release a decision on interest rates this afternoon. This comes as concerns about the Fed’s impending interest rate hike have spooked the markets. Michael Safai, a managing partner at quantitative trading firm Dexterity Capital, discusses the potential impact of the FOMC decision on crypto.

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Bitcoin, Ether Still Perform Better Than Stock Indexes Since Feb 2020 Despite Sell-Off

Bitcoin continues to remain in sell-off mode descending below the key psychological $40,000 resistance level, and spiraling further still. The key to sustainable bitcoin price recovery is renewed institutional participation, which remains elusive.

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What Caused This Week's Flash Crash?

BTC, ETH, and all other major cryptocurrencies tanked Friday with drops of 10% or more. "All About Bitcoin's" Week in Review panel discusses the potential factors behind this week's crypto markets flash crash. Plus, reviewing this week's top stories making waves in the digital asset space: Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) discount hitting a record low, bitcoin mining difficulty setting new all-time high, crypto's energy impact, and more.

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Ether, Altcoins Tank, With Bitcoin as Decoupling Narrative Goes Up in Smoke

The developing narrative of ether and altcoins decoupling from bitcoin in an adverse macro environment went up in smoke Friday, as a sell-off in stocks and BTC caused extensive damage to the broader digital asset market. Is centralized liquidity dictating the market value of cryptocurrencies promising decentralization? Are we in a bear market?

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Traders Increasing Leverage on BTC Trades?

A new chart presented by Glassnode on bitcoin's perpetual futures open interest vs. bitcoin's price suggests that traders are increasing their leverage on BTC trades once again. Head of Market Insights at Genesis Trading Noelle Acheson digs into the data and its implications for the recent price movements in the bitcoin market.

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