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After Big Rally Past $21K, Bitcoin’s Price Momentum May Not Last

Bitcoin’s price gain was the biggest in six months, leading a broad-market rally in cryptocurrencies that pushed the industry’s market capitalization back over $1 trillion.

Bitcoin analysts are wondering how high the market can go. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Trading Platform Enclave Seeks to Encourage Safer Markets Through Dark Pools

The institutional product currently supports trading of bitcoin, ether, Avalanche’s AVAX, and Circle’s USD Coin, with more to be added.

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Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $19K

The largest cryptocurrency in market value was trading at $19,350, although analysts remain skeptical of a longer-lasting rally.

Bitcoin rallied to over $19,000 on Wednesday (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Bets Look Bearish as Futures Trading Hits Record Level

The number of outstanding futures and perpetual contracts on bitcoin rises to a record, and traders are paying up to bet on further price declines – in a market that's already bearish.

El mercado de futuros de bitcoin se inclina hacia la baja. (Unsplash)

Markets

Staked Ether Price Discount Widens to Most Since June Ahead of Ethereum Merge

The discount in Lido's staked ether is widening, perhaps due to holders switching to ETH ahead of the Merge.

Lido's staked ether (stETH) token is trading at a 5% discount to ether's price. (Dune Analytics)

Markets

Ether, ADA Lead Steep Crypto Slide Amid Dollar Strength

Some analysts said impending monetary tightening could add to a global rout across major asset classes such as equities and crypto.

GMX tokens are serving as a proxy bet for Arbitrum investors. (Jason Briscoe/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $19K, Hitting Lowest Point in Two Months

The price fell to $18,680 on Tuesday, a point not seen since late June.

Bitcoin price chart shows a big drop on Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ethereum Classic's Hashrate, Prices Surge as Miners Prepare for Post-Merge Reality

Futures tracking the tokens logged $27 million in liquidations in the past 24 hours – second only to ethereum and ahead of bitcoin futures.

The Merge has pushed focus back to the lesser-used Ethereum Classic chain. (Donald Giannatti/Unsplash)

Markets

Traders Bet on GMX Tokens as Proxy for Ethereum Layer 2 Tool Arbitrum

The tokens have almost doubled in price during the past two weeks during a mostly flat market.

GMX tokens are serving as a proxy bet for Arbitrum investors. (Jason Briscoe/Unsplash)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Ethereum's Merge Starts to Hit Gaming Chip Prices

Prices for graphics processing units for personal computers are tumbling ahead of the Ethereum blockchain's upcoming shift, which is already reducing demand for chips from cryptocurrency miners.

GPU prices have taken a toll, and it's hitting Nvidia's bottom line. (FritzchensFritz/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)