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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $19.5K; Ether Options Interest in Doldrums

Bitcoin continues to appreciate in price as ether options interest wanes after a hot November.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Briefly Slides Below $18K as ETH Is More Volatile Than BTC in 2020

Bitcoin slipped below $18,000 again Thursday as ether’s volatility in 2020 shows a different dynamic.

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Crypto Long & Short: Why Some Investors Get Bitcoin So Wrong, and What That Says About Its Strengths

Bitcoin may be rooted in blockchain technology, but it's evolved into something much more than code. That's why it's not easy to replicate.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin All-Time High Tops Out at $19,850 as Ether Options Market Goes Mega-Bullish

A combination of volume, derivatives action and infrastructure improvements led bitcoin’s price to go where it hasn’t gone before. Ether is looking supremely bullish, too.

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Bitcoin Cash Has Split Into Two New Blockchains, Again

Bitcoin Cash split into two blockchain again, but one of the new chains has received no hashpower so far.

Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.

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Roger Ver: Bitcoin Cash Hard Forks Could Have Thwarted PayPal Support

Roger Ver, one of the biggest bitcoin cash advocates, is not a fan of the scheduled fork event of the cryptocurrency's network.

Roger Ver, one of the biggest advocates of bitcoin cash, said PayPal would not have supported bitcoin cash if the payment giant knew about the network's "contentious" hard forks.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Fails to Reach $16.5K; Wrapped BTC Hits $2 Billion

Bitcoin’s price is climbing for the third straight day as more of the cryptocurrency is locked into the Ethereum network.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $16.2K; Uniswap Crosses $3B Locked

Bitcoin’s price is making gains for the second day in a row as investors park more crypto in decentralized exchange Uniswap.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Flat at $15.3K; Crypto Locked in DeFi at All-Time High

Bitcoin’s price takes a break while DeFi value locked is at record levels.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Jumps to $14.2K; Ethereum Gas Usage Grows 113% YTD

Bitcoin’s price bounced Wednesday as Ethereum transaction fee data shows a DeFi downturn.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index