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CME Bitcoin Options Market Grew 10x in the Past Month

CME Group’s bitcoin options market grew tenfold within a month and recorded six consecutive all-time highs for open interest so far this month.

CME Group bitcoin options market open interest, May 11 to June 10, 2020 (CoinDesk Research, Skew, CME)

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Inactive Bitcoin Supply Reaches 4-Year High, Pointing to Bullish Sentiment

A majority of bitcoins haven’t moved in at least a year, according to on-chain data, signaling investor confidence amid macroeconomic uncertainty.

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Bitcoin Price Drop May Be a Bear Trap, Options Market Suggests

The put-call volume ratio of bitcoin options suggests Monday's price decline could be short-lived. However, the cryptocurrency remains vulnerable to a further sell-off in stocks.

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Encrypted Messaging Site Privnote Cloned to Steal Bitcoin

The free web service, which lets users send encrypted messages that self-destruct once read, has been copied with the reported aim of redirecting users' bitcoin to criminals.

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JPMorgan Analysts: Bitcoin Is Likely to Survive (as a Speculative Asset)

Bitcoin proved itself a resilient asset, if not a stable or useful currency, during March's global market meltdown, JPMorgan analysts told investors.

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Bootstrapping Mobile Mesh Networks With Bitcoin Lightning

Richard Myers says the future of ad-hoc mesh networks for SMS messages and bitcoin transactions on your smartphone is here, but it needs the Lightning Network to succeed.

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How the Porn Industry Changed During Coronavirus, With Performers Wary of Bitcoin

CoinDesk’s Leigh Cuen and adult content creator Allie Awesome talk about payments and money in the sex industry, especially the trends impacted by the coronavirus crisis.

Credit: Allie Awesome

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Asset Manager Wilshire Phoenix Files to Launch New Bitcoin Investment Trust

Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a bitcoin trust in hopes of making the cryptocurrency more accessible to investors.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Is Still Up 30% in 2020 After a Bumpy Week

The crypto market seems more closely tied to traditional markets now, but is handily beating stocks year-to-date.

Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

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Bitcoin News Roundup for June 12, 2020

With the price of BTC dropping more than 6% overnight, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.

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