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Market Wrap: Bitcoin's Price Tear Suggests It's FOMO Time Again

Fear of missing out, or FOMO, ahead of the halving, along with strength in stocks despite bad economic data, appear to be driving bitcoin’s ascent.

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Bitcoin Jumps 12% as Fed Keeps Money Flowing and US Economy Shrinks

"It's clear that the effects on the economy are severe," said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. "We won't run out of money. It's an unlimited pot."

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell conducts the 107-year-old central bank's first-ever remote video press conference.

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Coinbase Suffers Temporary Outage as Bitcoin Soars as High as $8,900

Coinbase experienced a temporary outage as daily volume spiked to over $320 million amid bitcoin’s rally to $8,900.

Bitcoin’s price jumped 15 percent Wednesday, rising from $7,700 to over $8,900 in 17 hours. (Credit: CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index)

Tech

Bitcoin Wallets Are Adopting This Tech to Simplify Lightning Payments

Bitcoin’s Lightning network has a long way to go in terms of user experience. To tackle this problem, a standard known as lnurl is quietly gaining ground.

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Bitcoin Rises Above $8.1K, Clinching an April Gain for Fifth Year Running

Prices jumped above $8,100 on Wednesday, making an April gain for the fifth consecutive year all but certain.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Edges Up to $7.7K as Mining Power Rebounds

Bitcoin’s price is on the upswing, and so is the computing power securing the network as a once-in-four-years event known as the halving approaches.

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Stacking Sats? Small Bitcoin Holders on the Rise, Data Suggests

New data support the idea that small bitcoin investors are multiplying rapidly. Anecdotal evidence suggests much of that growth is happening in the U.S.

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Bitcoin’s Halving Is Irrelevant for Some Large Traders

Bitcoin’s third halving is less than two weeks away. Some traders are less than bullish ahead of the event.

Se prevé que el próximo halving de bitcoin sea en abril. (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Rally Pauses Near $7.8K After Longest Winning Run in 8 Months

Bitcoin's bulls are taking a breather in the approach to $7,800, having engineered the longest daily winning run in eight months.

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Tech

Why a Startup You've Never Heard of Is Now Sponsoring a Bitcoin Core Developer

CardCoins becomes one of the elite few to sponsor a Bitcoin Core developer – in this instance, Hennadii Stepanov, aka Hebasto.

GIVING BACK: CardCoins lets users convert gift cards into bitcoin. (Credit: Shutterstock)