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What Advisors Should Know About Bitcoin and Inflation

Bitcoin can function as a store of value that avoids the inflation seen with fiat money and helps clients plan for and reach future goals.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Crypto Prices Rise on Better-Than-Expected US Inflation News

The consumer price index rose 7%, but many investors anticipated a steeper increase; bitcoin and ether prices notched solid gains during the U.S. trading day.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Altcoins Rally as Bitcoin Buyers Return

FTM, XLM and SHIB were all up over 10% over the past 24 hours, compared with a 2% rise in BTC.

Retail traders were eager to get in on the bitcoin action.

Videos

Dorsey Proposes Non-Profit Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund for Developers

Block founder and CEO Jack Dorsey proposed creating a legal defense fund for Bitcoin developers as the community faces “multi-front litigation” and “threats” that have forced some without legal support to “capitulate.” “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for the bitcoin community following Dorsey’s continued BTC advocacy.

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Bitcoin Rises Above $43K; Resistance at $45K-$48K

The sell-off appears exhausted as buyers attempt to reverse a short-term downtrend.

Bitcoin four-hour price chart shows support/resistance and RSI on bottom (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Opinion

Bitcoin, Inflation and the Expectations Game

For stocks, new data is often already "priced in." For bitcoin, it seems, things are different.

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Markets

US Inflation Rose to Nearly Four-Decade High of 7% in December

The consumer price index is closely watched by bitcoin investors who view the cryptocurrency as a hedge against inflation.

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Markets

Bitcoin's Options Market Trims Bearish Bias as US Inflation Report Looms

Bitcoin's put-call skews recede, signaling waning demand for downside protection.

Bitcoin's put-call skews recede as demand for downside protection wanes. (Skew)

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Blockchain Indicator Suggests Bitcoin Could Be Close to Bottoming Out

Bitcoin looks undervalued relative to the annualized dollar value of coin dormancy.

Bitcoin's entity-adjusted dormancy flow drops under $250,000, indicating a price bottom ahead (Glassnode)

Markets

Short Traders Lose $82M as Bitcoin Bounces to $43K

A little over $25 million of the losses came from bitcoin-tracked futures as inflation reassurances by the Fed caused a recovery in prices.

Bitcoin prices spiked after comments from Fed Chair Jerome Powell. (TradingView)

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