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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Drifts Lower as Altcoins Outperform

Bitcoin buyers appear to be exhausted, while altcoins such as Avalanche’s AVAX rally.

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Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rallies Ahead of $50K Resistance

Bitcoin rallied after Coinbase announced it will add crypto to its balance sheet.

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Bitcoin as Digital Gold?

This Sunday, Aug. 15, will be the 50th anniversary of the end of the Bretton Woods currency system, when then-President Richard Nixon ended the dollar’s convertibility to gold. Half a century later, the emergence of cryptocurrencies begs the question: what is the dollar worth?

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Marchés

Market Wrap: Bitcoin and Ether Rise on Bullish Sentiment

Bulls returned to defend short-term support in bitcoin and ether.

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Marchés

Precious Metals Data Provider Kitco to Issue Gold-Backed Stablecoin

Kitco Gold will be backed by physical gold stored in vaults and will track the real-time market value of the yellow metal.

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Short-Term Return on Investment: Bitcoin Down 40%, Gold Remains Resilient

Is gold or bitcoin a safe-haven asset? Over the past few months, bitcoin’s returns have declined nearly 40%, while gold’s returns have only fallen roughly 1%. “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Marchés

Gold Tokens Take Off as Inflation Accelerates, Bitcoin Retreats

The market cap of gold-backed tokens has surged 30-fold since the start of 2020, according to one research firm.

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Bitcoin, Gold Are Likely to Withstand Fed Taper, SkyBridge Capital Says

They will show resilience even if the central bank curtails its monetary stimulus program.

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