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Finance

El Salvador to Create $150M Bitcoin Trust to Facilitate Exchange to US Dollars

The trust will instantly convert bitcoin to dollars, allowing local merchants to offset their exposure to bitcoin.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele

Markets

Bitcoin Rangebound, Holding Support Above $46K

The cryptocurrency is roughly flat over the last week.

Bitcoin four-hour price chart shows short-term support and resistance levels with RSI.

Markets

‘Rare Pepe’ Steeped in Bitcoin History Fetches $500K on NFT Market OpenSea

Frog-themed digital collectible cards from the mid-2010s are getting retooled for fast sales in the white-hot NFT market.

An early blockchain-based digital collectible card combined the Pepe the Frog meme with the likeness of Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto, reported (controversially) in 2014 to be Bitcoin's founder. Now it's an NFT.

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Is Bitcoin Too Big to Fall?

Quantum Economics analyst Jason Deane discusses his outlook for the Bitcoin network, explaining why he believes there's "too much value" and "too much at stake" for it to fall. "It's very, very difficult to stop something that has a full network effect," Deane said. Plus, insights into the global growth of BTC users, the impact of China's mining crackdowns on the hashrate, institutional interest in crypto.

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Premium of Bitcoin Futures to Spot Prices Shrinking on Major Exchanges

A new chart reveals a narrowing spread between futures prices of bitcoin and those of the spot market. It can be tied back to a reduction in leverage in the market as exchanges for futures and other derivatives have reduced the amount by which traders are allowed to borrow to fund their speculative bets.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Consolidates as Altcoin Season Heats Up

Bitcoin’s rally is taking a breather as altcoins outperform.

Bitcoin 24-hour chart, CoinDesk 20

Markets

Investors Add to Altcoin Funds as Bitcoin Outflows Mount

Digital-asset funds focused on Cardano and other altcoins have attracted fresh capital.

Chart shows total AUM and net new assets of crypto funds.

Source: CoinShares

Videos

Square's Jack Dorsey Plans to Build Decentralized Bitcoin Exchange

Payment giant Square plans to build a decentralized bitcoin exchange via its new division focused on creating an open developer platform, with more details TBD, said CEO Jack Dorsey. "The Hash" squad unpacks the industry implications for Dorsey's latest crypto project and the possible hurdles for rolling out such a protocol.

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Tech

Money Trail From Liquid Exchange Hack Points to Wasabi Privacy Wallets

Hackers are using Wasabi wallets to launder BTC stolen from Liquid or received in exchange for other stolen cryptos, according to Crystal Blockchain.

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Finance

Bitpanda’s Success Is Thanks to Timing and Poker

Paul Klanschek, CEO of the $4.1 billion startup, attributes his success to persistence, timing and poker skills.

Paul Klanschek, CEO Bitpanda

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