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Markets

Bitcoin Dips Below $96K While CoinDesk 20 Plunges 10% Amid Fed-Spurred Rout; SOL Surrenders Post-Election Rally

Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments Wednesday on rate cuts have rattled investors across asset classes.

CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index on Dec. 19 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

Out With the “Altcoin,” in With the Asset Class

It’s time to retire the “altcoin” moniker and embrace crypto as an asset class, says Max Freccia.

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Markets

Binance's BNB Hits Fresh Record, Breaks Out of 3-Year Range as Altcoin Rotation Accelerates

Older cryptocurrencies with regulatory overhang were among the biggest gainers over the past month as Donald Trump's election victory promises a friendlier U.S. regulatory environment toward digital assets.

BNB price broke above $700 to new record highs (TradingView)

Opinion

Beating Bitcoin

Crypto market returns today exhibit a power law distribution, where a few top performers can significantly boost a portfolio's overall results, says Felician Stratmann.

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Markets

Bitcoin Price Crushing Altcoins Heading Into U.S. Election. Is There an Alt Rally Coming After?

Altcoins have lagged throughout the year amid regulatory uncertainty, and hence, K33 Research analysts said they are "more sensitive" to the election results.

BTC, SOL, ETH and CD20 price performance over the past week (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Bitcoin's 'Outside Day' Sets Stage for $70K, Altcoins Break Out: Technical Analysis

Thursday's bullish trading range marks an end of the recent consolidation and a resumption of the rebound from lows under $53,000.

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Markets

Altcoins Surge Leaving Bitcoin and Ether Behind After Fed Cuts Interest Rate

The market cap of altcoins rose 5.7% after the central bank announced it would lower interest rates by 50 basis points. Bitcoin’s market cap rose only 4.4%.

Bitcoin may have outperformed stocks in the aftermath of the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower interest rates on Wednesday, but the true winners in the crypto universe are altcoins. (Unsplash)

Opinion

Narrow Boom: The Mismatch of Token Supply and Demand in the Current Cycle

While BTC and Ethereum have made strong comebacks in the last year, much of the rest of the market is still catching up, say Kevin Kelly and Jason Pagoulatos, of Delphi Digital.

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Markets

This Is Why Altcoin Investors Struggle Despite Bitcoin, Ether Sitting Near Yearly Highs

Constantly diluting supply with token unlocks, selling pressure from venture funds, lack of fresh inflows to crypto and seasonal trends all contributed to the brutal drawdown in altcoin prices.

Risks of a deeper pullback are growing for BTC (mana5280/Unsplash)

Finance

Franklin Templeton Weighs New Crypto Fund Investing in Tokens Beyond Bitcoin, Ether: Report

The private fund would offer exposure to a range of cryptocurrencies and potentially provide staking rewards, The Information reported.

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton President and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)