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Finance

Warren’s Reactionary Crypto Policy vs. Dorsey’s Decentralized Social Media Gambit

Policy actions that decry decentralization in response to FTX sort of miss The Point.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) questions executives of the nation's largest banks during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill September 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Markets

Crypto Markets Today: Co-Founder of OneCoin Pyramid Scheme Pleads Guilty; CoinDesk Market Index Drops

Bitcoin, largest cryptocurrency by market value, fell 3% over the past 24 hours

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Videos

Debunking Myths About Bitcoin and its Code

CoinDesk's Managing Editor for Technology Christie Harkin discusses Bitcoin's operations and explains why the code is not as easy to modify as people may think, citing the total number of nodes and developers who are contributing to the network.

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Markets

Crypto Markets Analysis: Bitcoin Finishes Roller-Coaster Week Near Where It Started

An unusually high number of altcoins set off Bollinger Bands technical signals.

BTC reverses course after an early decline. (Michele Tantussi/Getty Images)

Opinion

The Best Bitcoin Lightning Payment Solutions

A look at open-source and corporate point-of-sale systems from BTCPay to Confirmo, so any merchant can start accepting BTC in 2023.

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Videos

Bitcoin Is Uninvestable Right Now, Strategist Says

Path Trading Partners co-founder and Chief Market Strategist Bob Iaccino says while bitcoin (BTC) is uninvestable in the short term, "that's not a negative on the space." Long term, he compares bitcoin to gold. Plus, Iaccino's reaction to audit firm Mazars pausing work for crypto clients.

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Bitcoin Nears its First Weekly Chart 'Death Cross'

The cryptocurrency's 50-week simple moving average (SMA) is falling fast and looks set to cross below the 200-week SMA for the first time on record. According to technical analysis theory, the bearish intersection of the two averages often referred to as the death cross, means the market is about to head into a tailspin. Path Trading Partners co-founder and Chief Market Strategist Bob Iaccino weighs in.

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Markets

First Mover Americas: Crypto Auditing Hits Snag

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Dec. 16, 2022.

Accounting firm Mazars, which did a "proof-of-reserves" audit for crypto exchange Binance, is pausing its auditing work for crypto clients. (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Slip as Audit Firm Mazars Pauses Work for Crypto Clients; S&P Futures Drop

Bitcoin outperformed ether and BNB as Mazar's decision to suspend crypto audit work and Binance fears weighed over the crypto market.

Ether's price chart (CoinDesk, Highcharts.com)

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