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Bitcoin Tops $58K With Focus on Omicron and Fed’s Powell Speech

Are bitcoin’s immediate prospects tied to the Omicron variant’s potential impact on the Fed’s monetary policy? GlobalBlock CEO Rufus Round discusses what to make of bitcoin’s recent price swings. The cryptocurrency is trading near $57,300 at press time, representing a 7.3% gain compared to the low of $53,359 late Sunday.

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Is There a Bullish Breakout Ahead for Bitcoin?

Needham & Co. Vice President John Todaro discusses his positive assessment of the crypto markets despite continuing to see red over the past week. “We’re still ​in a bullish macro set up here for bitcoin and cryptocurrencies more broadly,” Todaro said. “We do have around $100K bitcoin [price target] in Q1 2022.”

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Bitcoin Struggles at $60K Resistance, Support Above $53K

BitBull Capital CEO Joe DiPasquale discusses his crypto markets analysis and outlook as upsides look limited for bitcoin around the $60,000 resistance level. Plus, his reactions to El Salvador's "Bitcoin City" announcement and U.S. President Joe Biden nominating Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve Chairman for a second term.

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Biden Nominates Powell For a Second Term as Fed Chair, Appoints Brainard Vice Chair

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Jerome Powell for a second term as the Federal Reserve chair, after much speculation that Fed Governor Lael Brainard could replace him to lead the central bank for the next four years. Brainard will be the Fed’s vice chair when the nomination is officially signed.

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Biden Nominates Jerome Powell for New Term As Fed Chairman

U.S. President Joe Biden has nominated Jerome Powell as Chairman of the Federal Reserve for a second term. CoinDesk Global Policy & Regulation Managing Editor Nikhilesh De discusses what we know and what this means for future crypto regulation.

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Powell vs. Brainard: Who Will Biden Nominate as Federal Reserve Chair?

“All About Bitcoin” Week in Review panel discusses the global macro factors to watch next week, including Biden's forthcoming Federal Reserve Chairman nomination. Will he reappoint Jerome Powell or replace him with Fed governor Lael Brainard? Plus, an update on the Kleiman v. Wright bitcoin trial, and the impact of Taproot upgrade which has now fully activated.

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Impact of Fed's Tapering Decision on Crypto Markets

Ether hit a fresh all-time high Wednesday surging past $4,600 on the heels of a Federal Reserve announcement saying it will begin tapering bond purchases later this month. Head of Business Development at global crypto trading platform AscendEX Shane Molidor discusses the potential factors driving ether's price higher. Plus, insights into AscendEX's latest $50 million Series B round.

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Ether Hits Fresh Record High, Surging Past $4650

Following the latest announcement from the Federal Reserve to start tapering bond purchases later this month, ether has jumped to a new all-time high, surpassing $4,650. CoinDesk's Galen Moore discusses his assessment of ETH, the correlation between bitcoin's 90-day daily returns and the S&P 500, and Direxion withdrawing its SEC application to launch a short bitcoin futures ETF.

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Fed to Start Tapering Bond Purchases Later This Month

Sui Chung, CEO of crypto index provider CF Benchmarks, discusses the impact on crypto markets as the Federal Reserve's plan to start tapering bond purchases later this month.

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What’s Driving Bitcoin’s Bull Run?

Global Head of Digital Assets at global crypto broker ED&F Man Capital Markets Brooks Dudley discusses his crypto markets assessment and outlook after bitcoin posted its biggest monthly price gain in October since December 2020 and whether it’s institutions or retail investors driving the rally.

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