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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Back Over $19K as ECB Goes for Record Interest-Rate Hike

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 8, 2022.

European Central Bank officials laid out objectives for its retail digital euro as its two-year CBDC experiment continues. (Raimund Linke/ Getty)

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First Mover Asia: Why DeFi Is Targeting the Institutions It Wanted to Topple; Crypto Prices Rally

Institutional DeFi is growing at a rapid pace and some research firms say this niche sector will attract over $1 trillion in investment capital over the next five years; bitcoin rebounded above $19K.

DeFi is targeting institutional investors. (Shutterstock)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Inches Higher but Sluggish Volume Shows Reluctance to Invest

While BTC technical indicators are signaling traders to buy, Fed actions and the strength of the U.S. dollar suggest that traders should wait.

Trading volume for BTC was sluggish. (Jorge Coromina/Unsplash)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Now Below $19K as Merge-Fueled Ethereum Classic Hype Unwinds

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 7, 2022.

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First Mover Asia: Binance’s USDC Swap Out Isn’t What You Think It Is; What's Behind Bitcoin's Late Dive?

The exchange is hoping to generate one big pool for USD stablecoins to be used for trading and powered by Binance’s USD stablecoin; bitcoin drops below $19K.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Takes Late Dive Below $19K, Ether Falls as Merge Countdown Begins

The largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was down more than 4% over the past 24 hours.

Ether shows more price movement than bitcoin. (Towfiqu Barbhuiya/Unsplash)

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First Mover Americas: Ether Outshines Bitcoin as Ethereum Merge Nears

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 6, 2022.

ETH was up 7% over the last 24 hours, outperforming BTC. (Chris Gorman/Getty Images)

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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)

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First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Languishes Below $20K as Energy Crisis in Europe Worsens

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Sept. 5, 2022.

Bitcoin's future direction looks cloudy. (David Lucas via Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)