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First Mover: Bitcoiners May Not Care if Dollar Keeps Its Reserve Status

What if the dollar keeps its reserve status? PLUS: FCA ban, McAfee arrest, commercial real-estate wipeout.

By Omkar Godbole, Bradley Keoun, Sebastian SinclairOct 6, 2020

Just as this chariot carried Julius Caesar's trophy of war, the dollar could retain its reserve-currency status.

First Mover: Day in the Life of a Yield Farmer Means Part-Time Gig, Full-Time Risk

Yield farming steals crypto traders' obsession as bitcoin's volatility falls to 180-day low; Coinbase employees take severance.

By Daniel Cawrey, Omkar Godbole, Bradley KeounOct 5, 2020

Markets

Trump COVID Test, BitMEX Charges Bring October Shocks for Bitcoin

Crypto analysts scramble to assess U.S. charges against BitMEX, home of 100x bitcoin perpetual swaps and a venue for getting "rekt."

By Bradley Keoun, Omkar Godbole, Sebastian SinclairOct 2, 2020

October is often a volatile month on Wall Street.

Markets

First Mover: Nine (Bullish) Bitcoin Predictions for Final Months of (Awful) 2020

Bitcoin is outperforming pretty much every other asset class this year, with a 50% YTD gain. Analysts are bullish heading into 4Q.

By Bradley Keoun, Daniel Cawrey, Omkar Godbole, Sebastian SinclairOct 1, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Chainlink’s Sorry September Returns Shows DeFi Hysteria Deflating

Chainlink's LINK has been the worst-performing digital asset in September in the CoinDesk 20, during an ugly month across cryptocurrency markets.

By Bradley KeounSep 30, 2020

September brought DeFi-related tokens (and most other cryptocurrencies) to the ground after a powerful run in August.

Markets

First Mover: Binance CEO Sees Future in DeFi While Bitcoin Volatility Turns Minuscule

Binance CEO isn't ashamed to discuss DeFi's future – and how the fast-moving arena might represent the future of his industry-leading crypto exchange.

By Muyao Shen, Omkar Godbole, Bradley KeounSep 29, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K Nears

Bitcoin balances on exchanges hit two-year low, seen as a bullish sign that traders are holding for the long term, or tokenizing for use in DeFi.

By Bradley KeounSep 28, 2020

Blockchain provides uncanny transparency into crypto-market data, lately indicating that investors have taken their bitcoin off of cryptocurrency exchanges.

Markets

First Mover: Tron's Play for WBTC Shows Competition to Relieve Ethereum Congestion

Competition builds in market for tokenized bitcoin, used to get extra profit off holdings of the cryptocurrency recently denigrated as a "pet rock."

By Bradley Keoun, Omkar GodboleSep 25, 2020

Bitcoin has been likened to a "pet rock," but tokenization allows it to be deposited for interest in DeFi applications on the Ethereum blockchain - and now Tron too.

Markets

First Mover: Federal Reserve, Congress Play Game of Chicken Over Stimulus as Market Lurches

Markets from stocks to bitcoin have groaned amid dimming prospects for more U.S. stimulus, and neither Congress nor the Fed are taking the lead.

By Bradley Keoun, Omkar GodboleSep 24, 2020

Markets

First Mover: Bitcoins Hit Exchanges as Bloomberg Touts Crypto and DeFi Hedge Fund Seeks $50M

Bloomberg hails crypto as top 2020 asset, bitcoin hits exchanges, options traders see calm around U.S. elections, hedge fund seeks $50M for DeFi.

By Bradley KeounSep 23, 2020

Wall Street sees U.S. November presidential elections injecting chaos into stock markets, but cryptocurrency options traders see nothing but calm ahead in the bitcoin market.