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Markets

El Salvador's Bukele Says Value of Country's Bitcoin Holdings Up Over 40%

The country's bonds have also surged to over 80 cents on the dollar.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. (Government of El Salvador, modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Craig Wright to Face New Allegations of Forgery in COPA Trial Over Ontier Emails

He's set to retake the stand on Friday to defend allegations initially made by his former lawyers that their correspondence submitted to court had been doctored.

COPA vs Craig Wright trial just completed its second week (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Opinion

Mt. Gox: What We Still Don’t Know 10 Years After the Collapse

To commemorate the 10th anniversary of the collapse of bitcoin exchange MtGox, Mark Hunter, author of “Ultimate Catastrophe: How MtGox Lost Half a Billion Dollars and Nearly Killed Bitcoin,” tackles the questions that still remain unanswered ten years later.

(Mark Karpeles, modified by CoinDesk)

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Finance

Bitcoin Tops $63K for First Time Since November 2021

Spot bitcoin ETFs are seeing massive inflows of money and BTC is crossing $1,000 milestones one after another in quick succession.

Bitcoin price rose 20% in a week (CoinDesk)

Markets

First Mover Americas: PEPE, Not BTC, Is The Top Trending Token

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 28, 2024.

Top trend coins on social media (Santiment)

Tech

Stacks Creator Ali Calls Bitcoin 'Apex Predator' as Development Flourishes on OG Blockchain

Muneeb Ali, the co-creator of Stacks and Princeton-educated computer scientist who's now CEO of the Bitcoin-focused development firm Trust Machines, spoke with CoinDesk's Jenn Sanasie on the flurry of development and layer-2 building now taking place on the original blockchain.

Muneeb Ali, co-creator of Stacks and CEO of Trust Machines (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

Crypto Traders Hedge Bitcoin Rally After 40% Rise in 4 Weeks, Options Data Show

Some traders have started buying puts to protect against a potential correction, according to Greeks.Live.

A trading chart on a computer. (Pexels/Pixabay)

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Markets

Bitcoin Surges Above $59K as Bull Rally Continues

The “fear and greed” index reading is now at 87, a sign of “extreme greed.”

Bulls against a background of snow.

Markets

Bitcoin Bulls Target $69K Lifetime Highs Ahead of Halving

An expected pre-halving rally is a good spot to realize short-term profits, one market observer said.

Institutional traders are more bullish on bitcoin than alternative cryptocurrencies. (Hans Eiskonen/Unsplash)

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