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Bitcoin Hits Record High Against BlackRock's U.S. Treasury ETF as Investors Search for Returns: Van Straten

At the same time, crypto investors are looking to reduce risk ahead of the U.S. election, driving bitcoin's crypto-market dominance to a cycle high.

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Bitcoin Below $22K Ahead of CPI Report

TheoTrade co-founder Don Kaufman joins "All About Bitcoin" to discusses whether bitcoin (BTC) has hit bottom and how the largest token by market capitalization will react to Tuesday's consumer price index (CPI) data. Plus, what a strong dollar could mean for risk assets and his outlook on a potential capitulation event.

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The Commercial Argument For Bitcoin

Defiance ETFs CEO Sylvia Jablonski discusses bitcoin's (BTC) recent rally near the $19,000 level. She explains why the cryptocurrency could return to trade in line with tech stocks and other risk assets. Plus, she weighs in on whether the meme stock mania could return.

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Risk Assets See High Correlation Amid Macro Pressures

"Every time we have liquidity constraints ... everything correlates," Hashdex CEO and co-founder Marcelo Sampaio says. He discusses how macro pressures like anti-covid protests in China and inflation affect risk assets like cryptocurrencies.

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Finance

What Bitcoin’s Inflation Hedge Narrative Needs: More Time

Whether or not Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are long-term inflation hedges and a store of value or simply a “risk-on” speculative assets preferred in times when bond yields are unattractive is yet to be perfectly understood.

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As Bitcoin Teases 100-Day Average, Traders Say Latest Crypto Bounce Looks More Constructive Than August

Risk assets seem to be breaking out bullishly, with bitcoin is challenging its 100-day simple moving average that aborted the August rally. Meanwhile, public miners have slowed their coin sales since June when they ran down their bitcoin inventory by liquidating 350% of the mined coins. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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