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Long Dormant Whale Sends $61M BTC to Coinbase, On-Chain Data Shows

The so-called old hands have been selling coins this quarter, adding to bearish pressures in the market.

A whale is seen apparently surfacing through a mobile-phone screen

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PoliFi Tokens, BTC Under Pressure Ahead of Biden-Trump Debate

If crypto-friendly Republican candidate Trump goes off the rails, Republicans may wince, but the GOP ticket will likely not change.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and current U.S. President Joe Biden during a debate in the 2020 election. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Bitcoin Falls After U.S. Sends $240M Worth of Silk Road-Related BTC to Coinbase

About 4k bitcoin had been seized from narcotics trafficker Banmeet Singh at his January 2024 trial.

Risks of a deeper pullback are growing for BTC (mana5280/Unsplash)

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Renewed Bullishness Expected After Bitcoin, Ether's $10B Options Expiry on Friday

Over 25% of options are set to expire "in the money," Deribit's Luuk Strijers told CoinDesk.

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German Government Entity Moves $24M Bitcoin to Kraken, Coinbase: Arkham

Tuesday’s movements come days after the entity shifted $425 million among wallets, with some bitcoin transferred to exchanges.

(Jason Leung/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Mt. Gox Effect? Bitcoin Dominance Drops Most in 5 Months

BTC's dominance tanked Monday as news of Mt. Gox repayments bolstered concerns of supply overhang entering the market.

BTC's dominance rate (TradingView/CoinDesk).

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Ether Traders Buy $4K Calls In Anticipation of Record High

Call buyers are implicitly bullish on the market.

Trading charts. (Asa E-K/Unsplash)

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Mt. Gox to Begin Repayments in July; BTC Slides Under $61K

The defunct crypto exchange is supposed to return over 140,000 bitcoin to victims of the 2014 hack.

Mt. Gox Creditor Kolin Burges confronts Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles (CoinDesk)

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Japan’s Metaplanet Wants to Buy Another $6M Bitcoin

The firm will purchase over $6.2 million worth of bitcoin using proceeds from an upcoming bond issuance, adding to its BTC coffers.

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Bitcoin Tumbles Toward $62K as Crypto Bulls See $150M in Liquidation

The CoinDesk 20 index, which tracks major tokens minus stablecoins, slumped just over 4%.

Frustrated trader. (Getty Images)

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