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Crypto Sell-Off Wipes $700B From Industry Market Cap So Far in 2022

The market value of all cryptocurrencies has plummeted to $1.6 trillion from $2.3 trillion at the start of the year, according to CoinGecko data.

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Bitcoin Short-Term Bounce Faces Resistance at $40K

Extreme oversold readings preceded an uptick in BTC.

Bitcoin daily price chart shows support/resistance, with RSI on bottom (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

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Investors Put $14M Into Crypto Funds Last Week as Bitcoin Market Cratered

Inflows into digital-asset funds last week – after five straight weeks of outflows – suggest investors were taking advantage of the price dip.

Cryptocurrency funds brought in $14.4 million of new investor money during the seven days through Jan. 21. (CoinShares)

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Bitcoin Isn’t Private – But Its Recent Taproot Upgrade Will Help

The upgrade could give the network a much-anticipated privacy boost once its effects ripple throughout the ecosystem.

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Bitcoin Drops to 6-Month Low, Ether Eyes Bearish Cross as US Stock Index Futures Erase Early Gains

Bitcoin and ether fell to their lowest levels since July after Goldman Sachs predicted a faster pace of Fed tightening.

Gráfico de precios de bitcoin (CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Whales Stay Away Even as Technical Indicator Flashes Oversold

RSI can stay oversold longer than dip buyers can stay solvent.

Bitcoin's daily chart RSI signals oversold conditions for the first time since May 2021. (TradingView)

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin, Ether Regain Ground Sunday After Early Weekend Battering

But investors are still unclear whether crypto will continue to follow trends in equity markets or is an uncorrelated asset.

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Bitcoin Heads for Worst Week in 8 Months as Traders Lament 'Pikachu Pattern'

The price appeared to stabilize around $35,000, but gallows humor filled social-media sites as more than $1.5 billion of tradition positions were liquidated.

Bitcoin's price chart over the past month. (CoinDesk)

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No, Tech Stocks Aren’t Driving Crypto Prices

The relationship between bitcoin and the Nasdaq is there, but it isn’t as strong as some suggest.

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