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Bitcoin Plunges $403 in 1 Hour to Lowest in a Month

The price plunge came after reports traders were selling an elevated level of bitcoin to exchanges for potential liquidation.

Bitcoin hourly price chart. (TradingView)

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Bitcoin Risks Deeper Price Pullback as Exchange Inflows Spike

Wednesday saw a flurry of deposits onto exchanges, indicating some investors are trying to offload their bitcoin. That could further propel prices downwards.

Bitcoin prices Sept. 1-3 (CoinDesk BPI)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $11.1K; Ethereum Miners at Record Fee Percentage

The bitcoin market went bearish as the price dipped while DeFi fees as a percentage of revenue for Ethereum miners is at an all-time high.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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Around the Crypto World in 15 Charts: CoinDesk Research's August Review

In 15 charts, the CoinDesk Monthly Review for August details BTC's performance, its relationship to fiat currencies and Ethereum’s growing congestion problem.

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First Mover: Bitcoin Tumbles, Bithumb Reportedly Raided, Uniswap Challenges Coinbase

Bitcoin is down amid negative news from South Korea, but Uniswap has shot to the top of the DeFi rankings.

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Bitcoin Price Drops 4% After Latest Rejection at $12K Resistance

Bitcoin fell by $400 Wednesday morning, having failed once more to move above a long-held resistance level.

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Moderator of Darknet Marketplace AlphaBay Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

The Colorado man mediated disputes on the now-defunct darknet marketplace Alphabay.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Breaks $12K; Uniswap Crosses $1.5B Locked

Traders are optimistic bitcoin’s price can sustain $12,000 while crypto locked in Uniswap has exploded in the past week.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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First Mover: Rookie YFI Token Jumped 8-Fold in August as DeFi Dominated

Yearn.finance's YFI token, which looked like another inside DeFi joke when it launched in July, dominated the August return rankings.

Yearn.finance came in first in First Mover's monthly digital-asset performance ranking for August. (Sumiyoshi Hiromori/Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Nears $12K as Dollar Declines to 29-Month Low

Sell-off in the U.S. dollar and ether's price rally power gains in bitcoin.

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