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First Mover: Derivatives May Have Blunted the Halving's Volatility Spike

The anemic price action surrounding bitcoin's third halving has led to head-scratching over why the cryptocurrency didn't moon. One possibility: Derivatives are bringing more price discovery.

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First Mover: DeFi Derivatives

First Mover gives you the latest sentiment around crypto markets and mining, putting in context every wild swing in bitcoin and other assets. We follow the money so you don’t have to. In this segment Brad Keoun and Cami Russo join in a conversation about DeFi Derivatives with Hart Lambur and Zubin Kotich.

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First Mover: Institutional Adoption

First Mover gives you the latest sentiment around crypto markets and mining, putting in context every wild swing in bitcoin and other assets. We follow the money so you don’t have to. Join Brad Keoun and Cami Russo in a segment about Macroeconomics and Institutional Adoption with Matthew Graham and Nick Merten

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First Mover with Brad Keoun and Cami Russo Part 1 with Tim McCourt, Sam Bankman-Fried and Kevin Beardsley.

Join Brad Keoun and Cami Russo in a conversation about Future of Futures (and Options!) with Tim McCourt, Sam Bankman-Fried and Kevin Beardsley.

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First Mover: Dull Bitcoin Halving Salvaged by Satoshi Tribute in Block 629,999

A coded-in message on the blockchain harked back the the genesis of the original cryptocurrency.

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First Mover: As Bitcoin's Halving Finally Arrives, a Price Retreat Deflates the Hype

The halving buzz may already be dying down as bitcoin's price pulls back just before the event.

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First Mover: Search Interest in Bitcoin's Halving Reaches Fever Pitch as Price Hits $10K

With bitcoin's halving event almost upon us, Google Trends shows searches for "halving" or "bitcoin halving" are far higher than for the same event in 2016.

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First Mover: Bitcoin's 'Halving' Is Coming Even Sooner Than You Realize

More activity on the bitcoin blockchain means the blockheight, which triggers the halving event, is probably coming faster than anticipated.

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First Mover: US Arms of Binance, FTX Push Into Margin Trading, but Likely Not at 100x

Binance.US and the soon-to-launch U.S. unit of FTX aim to offer cryptocurrency margin trading in the American market, but won't be able to provide leverage to the degree offered by overseas competitors.

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First Mover: Amid Economic Meltdown, Bitcoin Is Winning as 'No Value' Buffett Eats Crow

Bitcoin is beating stocks this year, but it's also crushing the shares of Berkshire Hathaway, whose billionaire CEO said in February that the cryptocurrency had "no value."

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