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Bitcoin Struggles at $60K Resistance; Support Above $53K

Short-term downside is likely into the Asia trading day.

Bitcoin four-hour price chart shows short-term resistance levels with RSI in second panel. (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

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Junk-Rated El Salvador’s ‘Bitcoin Bonds’ Look Explosive (Think Volcano)

Anyone buying Salvador’s bitcoin-backed bond is betting on the cryptocurrency in a very big way, ignoring the country’s distressed-debt situation, one strategist said.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announces new "bitcoin bonds" at an event on Saturday. (Samson Mow via Twitter)

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ProShares Bitcoin Futures ETF Wins ‘First Mover Advantage’ as VanEck Launch Falls Flat

The ProShares ETF has $1,4 billion in assets, compared with $8.7 million for the VanEck fund.

Pixabay (Modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Long-Term Uptrend Intact; Support Around $53K-$56K

Momentum is still positive on a weekly basis, which is consistent with a bullish uptrend.

Bitcoin weekly price chart shows long-term uptrend with positive momentum in first panel and RSI declining from overbought levels in lower panel.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Drops Below $60K Amid Broad Sell-Off in Crypto Markets

Traders could not definitively explain bitcoin’s decline; ether falls under $4,000 for the first time since late October.

Longer-term bitcoin price chart shows this week's big dropoff. See the red candle on the right. (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Tumbles to 3-Week Low Under $60K; Next Support at $53K

Market retreat comes as bitcoin’s daily price chart signals slowing upside momentum. The ether price fell below $4,000.

Bitcoin daily price chart (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

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Bitcoin Holding Support at $60K; Could Face Resistance at $63K-$65K

The long-term uptrend remains intact despite slowing price momentum.

Bitcoin daily price chart (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

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Crypto.com’s CRO Token Soars on Naming Deal for LA’s Staples Center

Amid this year’s broad gains in cryptocurrencies, CRO coin’s price hadn’t really stood out – until now.

CRO was flying in digital-asset markets Wednesday. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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Avalanche’s AVAX Token Surges to All-Time High After Deloitte Deal, Defying Crypto Trend

The token is up 85% in the past 30 days, pushing its market capitalization to $23 billion.

(Unsplash/Robert Bye)

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VanEck Bitcoin Futures ETF Finds Cool Reception

The new investment vehicle, trading under the stock ticker XBTF, jumped into the competition with a lower fee than two similar funds launched last month. But its first-day trading volume was still comparatively anemic.

(Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)