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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $10.9K; Total BTC Locked in DeFi Passes 100K

Bitcoin's price is trending upward Tuesday as the amount of BTC in DeFi hits a new high.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Tech

Discreet Log Contracts Are Bringing Private, ‘Scriptless’ Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

A smart contract has logged bets for the U.S. election on Bitcoin’s blockchain. When the votes are tallied, we won’t know who won, but that’s the whole point.

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Finance

Bitcoin CEO: MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor Explains His $425M Bet on BTC

How the business analytics chief became Wall Street's boldest bitcoin maximalist.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Finance

MicroStrategy Buys $175M More in Bitcoin, Upping BTC Holdings to $425M

Michael Saylor, the founder of MicroStrategy, said Tuesday his company has acquired an additional $175 million in bitcoin (BTC) in a single purchase.

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Investors the Sane Ones as Federal Reserve Cheers Inflation, Price Nears $11K

Cryptocurrencies' 2020 gains are the truth gauge as markets react to the Federal Reserve's inflation goal, where Zimbabwe is the model of success.

Crypto investors inverting the gold-price scale is starting to seem like the sane thing to do. (Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Analyst 'Cautiously Bullish' on Bitcoin but Says Equity Sell-Off Still a Threat

Bitcoin (BTC) has crossed into the bullish territory, but may remain vulnerable to another sell-off in stocks.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Passes $10.7K; Ethereum Gas Usage Hits Record September Highs

Bitcoin's price hit its highest level in over 10 days while gas on Ethereum is in record use.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Tech

RGB Continues Its Work to Bring Better Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

The RGB protocol, now in beta, is working to outfit Bitcoin with the capabilities that have made Ethereum the go-to blockchain for issuing tokenized assets.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s Jump to $10.7K Ends 10-Day Sideways Trend

Bitcoin advanced on Monday, ending a 10-day-long price consolidation, as the U.S. dollar weakened against gold and fiat currencies.

Bitcoin prices, Sept. 14, 2020.

Markets

First Mover: As Central Banks Print $1.4B an Hour, Bitcoiners Bet on Federal Reserve 'Capture'

Though no fresh stimulus is expected this week from the Fed, bitcoiners betting on money printing could just wait for the next sell-off in U.S stocks.

It might just take a big stock-market sell-off for the Federal Reserve to accelerate the pace of money printing. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)