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Market Wrap Year-End Review: El Salvador Adopted Bitcoin, Then Bought the Dip

The country’s adoption of BTC as legal tender wasn’t enough to keep the cryptocurrency near $50K in September.

El Salvador (Esaú González, Unsplash)

Finance

Newly Minted Bitcoin Miner Gem Mining Reaches Hashrate of 1.25 EH/s

Gem’s mining power now accounts for about 1% of the Bitcoin network’s total.

Crypto mining machines (lmstockwork/Shutterstock)

Markets

First Mover Asia: Bitcoin Slumps to Below $48K Ahead of $6B Options Expiry

A total of 129,800 option contracts worth more than $6 billion are set to expire on Friday; ether’s price plummets.

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Markets

Market Wrap Year-End Review: Altcoins, NFTs Filled Void When Bitcoin Got Boring

In mid-2021, crypto traders turned their attention to “Ethereum killers” and ridiculous-seeming NFTs that fetched hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Artist's rendition of a Bored Ape NFT. (Adam Levine/CoinDesk)

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Tenedores a largo plazo de bitcoin mantienen posiciones pese a una fuerte caída desde noviembre

El descenso de $20.000 desde el máximo del mes pasado no ha disuadido a los poseedores de la mayor criptomoneda.

Poseedores de bitcoin a largo plazo se mantienen firmes pese a que el precio ha retrocedido este mes. (Pixabay, modificado por CoinDesk)

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5 Ways Bitcoin’s Lightning Network Advanced in 2021

This past year, key developments on the Lightning protocol have been making Bitcoin a better payment system.

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Markets

Bitcoin Long-Term Holders Stay Strong Despite $20K Drop From Last Month’s High

Falling prices have done little to deter holders of the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

Poseedores de bitcoin a largo plazo se mantienen firmes pese a que el precio ha retrocedido este mes. (Pixabay, modificado por CoinDesk)

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Markets

Polkadot Leads Altcoin Losses After Bitcoin Is Rejected at $52K

Markets saw a pullback on Tuesday after a relatively flat weekend.

Rejection. (Shutterstock)

Markets

Crypto Futures See $300M in Losses After Spot Market Drops

Nearly 80% of long positions were liquidated over 24 hours, with $90 million in losses on bitcoin futures alone.

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