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Is Asteroid Mining Really Our Best Argument for Bitcoin Over Gold?

After a Winklevoss encounter highlights Elon Musk’s space mining dreams, maybe we should remind ourselves of the right-here-at-home benefits bitcoin brings.

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Bitcoin Recovers From $11.3K Despite Losses in European Stocks

Bitcoin has shrugged off a drop to $11,300 for the third day running, possibly buoyed by gold's recovery on Wednesday.

Bitcoin prices (CoinDesk BPI)

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What Bitcoin Can Learn From Gold About Staying 'Clean'

A proposal to adapt gold's "good delivery" system to bitcoin, with the aim of bringing more investors into the market and boosting liquidity.

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Bitcoin Rally Stalls as Increasingly Correlated Gold Drops Below $2K

Bitcoin is increasingly taking cues from gold, a tried-and-tested store of value asset.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Dips to $11.5K; Cardano Is Making a Big DeFi Move

After testing a $11,900 high bitcoin takes a dip while a DeFi competitor to Ethereum checks off a roadmap box.

Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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Bitcoin Price Rises 3% as Gold Trades Above $2K for First Time

Bitcoin is again acting like a macro asset, drawing bids amid record rally in gold and broad-based U.S. dollar sell-off.

Bitcoin (white) and gold (red) on Aug. 5. (TradingView)

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Dollar Falls to Lowest Level in Over 2 Years While Gold, Silver, Bitcoin Continue to Shine

The dollar index dropped to its lowest level since May 2018.

U.S. dollar index since May 2018

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Gold Reaches All-Time High as Bitcoin Breaks Above $11k

The precious metal has gained roughly 28% this year. Bitcoin is up 13% in 24 hours.

Gold futures price since its previous all-time high in 2011

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First Mover: Bitcoin at Last Passes $10K, but Why Has It Struggled While Gold Shone?

It's a tricky thing to explain why bitcoin has been underperforming as central bank money printing helps drive gold to a new record. 

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Near $9,600 as Gold Hits High, Uniswap Liquidity Over $100M

Bitcoin is up for the week, gold gets a new high and DeFi keeps growing.

Source: CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index