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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Briefly Slides Below $18K as ETH Is More Volatile Than BTC in 2020

Bitcoin slipped below $18,000 again Thursday as ether’s volatility in 2020 shows a different dynamic.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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MassMutual Buys $100M in Bitcoin, Bets on Institutional Adoption With $5M NYDIG Stake

Massachusetts Mutual has made a $100 million investment in bitcoin and a $5 million equity stake in NYDIG.

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Tech

Ethereum Far Outpaces Bitcoin in Developer Activity in 2020: Electric Capital Report

The number of developers in crypto is ticking up again, and one network remains a clear winner in attracting coders.

Avichal Garg, co-founder of Electric Capital, speaking at Consensus 2019 in New York City.

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Stuck as ECB's Lagarde Primes Extra €500B Stimulus

The ECB's decision to expand an emergency bond-buying program by €500B may represent the latest installment of years-long balance-sheet increase.

ECB President Christine Lagarde, speaking Thursday at a press conference.

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ECB Boosts Emergency Bond-Buying Program by 37% to €1.85T Amid Pandemic Resurgence

The ECB says the additional monetary policy actions were needed because of a resurgence in coronavirus cases.

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Recovers to $18.2K While Market Dynamics Juice DeFi Total Locked

Bitcoin fell below $18,000 Wednesday while DeFi closing in on $15 billion locked may have more to do with price than actual cryptocurrency parked there.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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Bitcoin's Rising Popularity With Investors Means Gold Will 'Suffer': JPMorgan

"The adoption of bitcoin by institutional investors has only begun, while for gold its adoption by institutional investors is very advanced," a JPMorgan managing director wrote in the report.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon

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First CoinSwap Test Could Herald an Era of Stronger Bitcoin Privacy

"A big day for bitcoin privacy," said developer Chris Belcher as he announced a test transaction implementing a promising privacy technology invented years ago

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First Mover: Why Wells Fargo Won't Recommend Bitcoin to Clients

A Wells Fargo unit doesn't recommend bitcoin to clients because they can't yet hold cryptocurrency in their accounts. What if that changed?   

Wells Fargo clients can't buy cryptocurrencies in their accounts, keeping them from taking part in this year's outsize bitcoin rally.