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Bitcoin Bounces as Options Market Sees 20% Chance of $50K at Month's End

While a rally to $50,000 in two weeks may be challenging to envision but is far from impossible.

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Deribit Exchange Raises Maximum Bitcoin Options Strike Price to $400K

The strike option supplants the company's previous $300,000 maximum offering listed on Jan. 9.

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Bitcoin in Race for Adoption Before Central Banks Launch Digital Currencies: Australia's Macquarie

With a runway of a year or more before the Federal Reserve and other major central banks can launch digital currencies, bitcoin and other private cryptocurrencies could gain a foothold in electronic commerce.

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Tech

Bitcoin Miners, Developers Narrow Down How Taproot Will Be Activated

We know it's going to happen – the question is when and how.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Claws Back to $36.4K While 25% of Ether Options Will Expire in March

Less action in the bitcoin market Wednesday means traders are sitting out while ether options are piling up for a first-quarter expiration.

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These DeFi Tokens Have Double-Digit Gains as Bitcoin's Growth Tapers

DeFi tokens are attracting investors as bitcoin's rally fades and new protocols are updated.

Prices for Maker (MKR), Dec. 13, 2020 to Jan. 13, 2021.

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Trades Sideways as US Inflation Is Muted

The line of sight on U.S. inflation is anything but clear after the Labor Department reports the CPI's smallest yearly gain since 2015. So what does it mean for bitcoin?

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La carrera de Colombia por convertirse en un mercado líder de criptomonedas en la región

Durante el año 2020, Colombia experimentó un gran incremento del uso de criptomonedas como reserva de valor y con fines transaccionales.

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'No Middle Ground': Inside Colombia's Race to Become A Major Regional Crypto Market

In 2020, Colombia saw a major boost in crypto use, both as a store of wealth and as a means of transaction.

Bogota, Colombia

Tech

Ledger Adds Bitcoin Bounty and New Data Security After Hack

Rogue actors at e-commerce partner Shopify exposed 20,000 new Ledger customer records, including emails, names, postal addresses and phone numbers.

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