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Markets

Bitcoin, Uncertainty and the Ultimate Narrative

Noelle Acheson looks at how the market turmoil could spill over into politics and what that could mean for bitcoin.

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Markets

Coronavirus Impacts on Bitcoin (And the IRS's Dumb Singularity)

Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Adam B. Levine discuss coronavirus and its potential impacts or disruptions to the decentralized world of bitcoin. Plus a humorous look at the IRS's challenges as it lumps together bitcoin and... Ro-Bux?

2019 Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Data Repository by Johns Hopkins CSSE

Finance

Crypto Firms Tout Dispersed Workforce as Coronavirus Contingency Plan

They don’t need to shut their headquarters; they don’t have headquarters.

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Finance

Chinese Crypto and Blockchain Firms Grapple With Coronavirus Outbreak

The outbreak has complicated tech upgrades, product development, logistics and business travel at crypto exchanges and other blockchain firms in China.

Crypto Cities at Consensus 2022

Markets

As Fed Contemplates Coronavirus-Prompted Easing, Bitcoin Traders Bet on Halving

Investors are betting the Fed will quickly slash rates amid coronavirus jitters. Whether they turn to bitcoin as a crisis hedge remains to be seen.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell

Markets

Understanding This Week's Market Whiplash, Featuring Scott Melker

What one of the worst weeks in recent history can teach us about market fundamentals, featuring prominent crypto trader Scott Melker.

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Markets

Coronavirus Is Changing How Crypto Markets Are Trading

Cryptocurrency traders are contending with volatile markets due to the coronavirus).

Cryptocurrency exchange flows and bitcoin 30-day volatility from Dec 2019 to present. Data provided by CoinMetrics Pro.

Markets

Coronavirus Hits US Stocks, Bitcoin Climbs, Haven Status Unclear

The spreading coronavirus sowed a new bout of fear among investors, triggering a stock market sell-off and flight to safe-haven assets like gold and U.S. Treasury bonds.

Coronavirus have a "crown-like" structure, image via the Ecohealth Alliance

Markets

6 Explanations for Crypto's Fascination With Coronavirus

Is it about self-sovereignty? About BTC as a reserve asset? Or are we just Chicken Little prophets of doom?

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Markets

Bitcoin's Coronavirus Sell-off Throws Cold Water on Safe-Haven Argument

As U.S. stocks tumbled on Monday by the most in six months amid renewed coronavirus fears, bitcoin barely budged - at least in terms of the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency’s trading history.

Already this year, bitcoin has suffered seven price declines of 3 percent or greater. Source: TradingView