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Markets

First Mover Americas: First Citizens Scoops Up Big Chunks of Silicon Valley Bank

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for March 27, 2023.

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Markets

Bitcoin Has Benefited From U.S. Dollar Liquidity to Support Banks: Morgan Stanley

Traders on Binance now set the daily price for BTC with the crypto exchange’s share of trading volume reaching 80%, the bank said.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Is Ready for a Consolidation Phase

ALSO: Sam Reynolds writes that decentralized derivatives platforms are having a liquidity problem. The shortage may stem from crypto traders' current caution, but at least one stakeholder is optimistic that the situation will change.

Decentralized derivatives platforms have a liquidity problem, Sam Reynolds writes. (Unsplash)

Opinion

Bitcoin Was a Winner During the U.S. Banking Crisis, but Illiquidity Prevents It From Being a USD Hedge

While capital flowed into bitcoin amid a period of uncertainty, the cryptocurrency’s fractured liquidity arguably played the largest role in its surge.

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Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Prices Flatten During Week of Financial Turmoil

Despite banking unrest and increased regulatory scrutiny, bitcoin and ether were trading roughly where they started the week.

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Markets

Bitcoin Edges Below $28K as Investors Weigh Deutsche Bank Contagion Fears

But the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is still up about 16% in March. Ether dropped below $1,800.

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Consensus Magazine

Bitcoin From Defunct BTC-e on the Move Again: Report

Someone is trying to cash out bitcoin from an exchange the U.S. shut down in 2017.

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Opinion

Bank Consolidation Threatens Freedom, Makes Case for Bitcoin

The biggest threat from the banking crisis triggered by this month’s collapse of Silicon Valley Bank might not lie in the potential for depositors to lose their savings but in the censorship power that massive banks are now accumulating as customers move their money.

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