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First Mover: Why Bitcoin Traders Couldn't Give a Sat About the Twitter Hack

Bitcoin barely moved on this week’s Twitter hack. Here's what analysts said about why the attack had so little effect on prices.

Joseph O’Conner was accused of participating in a Twitter cryptocurrency scam.

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First Mover: 'Boring' Bitcoin Shrugs Off Twitter Hack as Stablecoins Co-Opt Satoshi's Dream

Prices for bitcoin barely budged, even as a scam involving the cryptocurrency appeared to be the motivation for a massive Twitter hack.

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First Mover: UK Economy Setback Renews Questions of Bitcoin's Resilience

The U.K. is recovering from the economic effects of the coronavirus more slowly than expected. Would a fresh market drop pull down bitcoin, too?

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First Mover: Bitcoiners Not Worried Fed Money Printer Has Stopped Going 'Brrrr'

The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is shrinking but bitcoin investors are betting it's only a matter of time before the economic toll of the coronavirus leads to more money printing.

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First Mover: Twelve-Fold Gains for Aave's LEND Token Might Be More Than DeFi Hype

Collateral deposits in Aave are up nearly $160 million over the past six months, suggesting actual usage rather than speculation.

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First Mover: Kyber Token's Eightfold Increase Reveals Bet on Future Market-Share Growth

Prices for decentralized exchange Kyber's KNC token have jumped eightfold in 2020, outshining the performance of Binance's BNB coin.

Newfangled configurations are powering competition among crypto exchanges. (Pixabay)

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First Mover: Pie Anyone? DeFi Pushes ETF-Style Investing Toward Decentralization

PieDAO's push to decentralize itself shows the fast-growing DeFi industry's efforts to retrofit investment vehicles for digital-asset markets.

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First Mover: With Trading Volumes Slumping, Are There Too Many Crypto Exchanges?

As bitcoin's volatility tumbles to a 15-month low, is there enough trading volume to go round for the world's 400-plus cryptocurrency exchanges?

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First Mover: Even Bank of America Acknowledges China Winning Digital-Currency Race

BoA researchers anticipate China's digital yuan might make a dent in the greenback’s global hegemony.

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First Mover: As Bitcoiners Watch Dollar, Deutsche Bank Sees Trump Win Hurting Reserve Status

Add the U.S. presidential election to the growing list of volatility drivers as the bitcoin market enters the second half of 2020.

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