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Markets

Hedge Funds Hold Record Bearish Bitcoin Bets, Data Show

Most funds may have taken short positions as a part of a "carry trade," one observer said.

Hedge fund. (viarami/Pixabay

Markets

Choppy Bitcoin Price Action Continues Ahead of Friday's Jobs Report

Flows into the new spot ETFs have been subdued for a couple of weeks, possibly prompting a renewed interest in macro drivers for price direction.

Crypto markets were choppy ahead of the Ethereum Merge. (Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Must Bitcoin ‘Drop Ideals’ of Decentralization to Achieve Mass Adoption?

Key management is crucial to crypto maintaining decentralization. But, as hacks and exploits have grown in number, the dream of self-custody has become more difficult to maintain.

(Kelly Sikkema/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Cathie Wood Attributes Bitcoin's Rise to National Currency Devaluations

Wood called bitcoin an "insurance policy against rogue regimes and horrible fiscal and monetary policies."

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Ethena Labs’ New Token Rallies Overnight

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for April 3, 2024.

ENA price chart (Binance)

Markets

Bitfinex Derivatives Users Can Now Place Bets on Bitcoin and Ether Implied Volatility

Bitfinex Derivatives announced the launch of perpetual futures tied to Volmex's proprietary bitcoin and ether implied volatility indices.

A user tracks charts on an tablet with a keyboard and larger monitor in the background.

Markets

Stablecoin Expansion Continues as Bitcoin Rally Appears to Stall

The unabated expansion of stablecoin supply shows capital continues to flow into the crypto market, one observer noted.

USDT is the largest stablecoin by total supply. (DrawKit Illustrations/Unsplash)

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Markets

Bitcoin ETF Trading Volumes Tripled in March as the Largest Cryptocurrency Hit Record Highs

Trading volumes for the exchange-traded funds soared to $110 billion, three times higher than either January or February, led by BlackRock's IBIT.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Logs $88M of Outflows, Overtaking Grayscale for First Time

Tuesday's outflows from the ARKB exchange-traded fund marked the first time a provider lost more than Grayscale’s GBTC.

outflows (Unsplash)

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