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Bitcoin Price Up 40% YTD, but Gold Wins on Risk-Adjusted Returns

Gold has a significantly higher volatility ratio than bitcoin in 2024, according to analysis by Goldman Sachs.

Absolute YTD returns and return to volatility ratios for key assets, including BTC and ETH  (Goldman Sachs)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Drops as China's Stimulus Plans Disappoint

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 8, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Oct. 8 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

U.S. Election 2024: Bitcoin and S&P 500 Options Diverge, Hinting at Major Market Moves

"Either the strong positive correlation between BTC and the S&P 500 is about to break and flip negative, or one of these markets is mispriced. The excitement lies in the uncertainty."

(Phil Hearing/Unsplash)

Markets

Bullish Bitcoin Hopes Dented as China Eases Stimulus Plans

The lack of new measures and announcements of new stimulus at a Chinese briefing today pared hopes of a long-drawn stimulus package - one that contributed to a bitcoin run in the past few weeks.

16:9 Crop: Shanghai, China (Li Yang / Unsplash)

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Markets

MicroStrategy Surges to 6-Month High as Bitcoin Wrestles With Key Moving Average

NEAR, UNI and APT led crypto gains, while bitcoin faded after pushing through $64,000 earlier in the day.

Bitcoin price on 10/07 (CoinDesk)

Opinion

My Friend, Satoshi?

A forthcoming HBO documentary has reopened speculation that Len Sassaman was the creator of Bitcoin. I knew Len. The theory is plausible.

Len Sassaman circa 2006 (Simon Law/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

First Mover Americas: Bitcoin Tests $64K Ahead of Busy U.S. Economic Data Week

The latest price moves in crypto markets in context for Oct. 7, 2024.

BTC price, FMA Oct. 7 2024 (CoinDesk)

Markets

The Notion of Aggressively Dovish Fed Fades as U.S. Inflation Report Looms

Bitcoin is struggling to gain upside traction as a hawkish rethink of Fed interest-rate policy raises Treasury yields and strengthens the dollar.

(Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Finance

Bitcoin Miner Marathon's Anduro Unveils Tokenization Platform, Starts With Whiskey

Anduro has developed the real-world assets (RWA) project Avant alongside tokenization platform Vertalo, and they will tokenize whiskey barrels in a pilot project.

Whiskey (eitamasui/Pixabay)

Finance

Japan's Metaplanet Buys Another $6.7M Worth of Bitcoin

Metaplanet bought around 108.8 BTC at an average price of just under 9.2 million yen per coin

Tokyo, Japan (Ryo Yoshitake/Unsplash)

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