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Markets

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New Record High 2 Months After Halving

Two months after the network's halving event, it's harder than ever to mine bitcoin.

Bitcoin mining farm (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Market Wrap: Traders Buy the Dip and Bitcoin Holds at $9,200

Bitcoin sticks to the $9,200 price range after some light selling early in the day.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Finance

Bitcoin App Bottlepay Is Back From the Dead With a New Lightning App

Bottlepay remodeled its whole product to comply with EU regulations. Roughly 1,000 people are now on the waitlist for the app's relaunch.

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Markets

Bitcoin Reaches Record High Correlation to S&P 500

Analysts expect bitcoin’s positive correlation to traditional markets to continue and strengthen.

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Markets

The Federal Reserve's Declining Balance Sheet Is Bearish for Bitcoin. Or Is It?

The Fed’s balance sheet just dropped the most in 11 years, but despite popular opinion that is not necessarily bad news for bitcoin.

Federal Reserve building, Washington, D.C.

Markets

Market Wrap: Stocks Tick Downward and so Does Bitcoin, to $9,200

Most markets are down Thursday, including stocks and bitcoin.

Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

Bitcoin Started Moving in Sync With S&P 500, Volume Dropped, Kraken Says in June Volatility Report

According to the crypto exchange’s report, June was the most uneventful month for Bitcoin (BTC) trading since February and was marked by a reversal in correlation trends with gold and the S&P 500.

Bitcoin's (BTC) price movements in the month of June.

Markets

Bitcoin Option Traders Bet on Bullish Move Following Volatility Squeeze

While bitcoin's range play continues, options traders look to be betting on a big move to the higher side soon.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Jumps Past $9,400 Despite Weak July Volumes

A short rally popped bitcoin's price to $9.4K during what’s been a month of sluggish volumes.

Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

Markets

23-Year-Old Who Lied to Bank About Bitcoin Holdings Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Randall Joseph Smail faces up to 30 years in prison for lying to a bank about having $640,000 in bitcoin to get a loan.

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