Crypto Winter


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Is a Crypto Winter Coming?

Some investors fear an impending “crypto winter” as the global crypto market has shed $1.2 trillion in the last three months. CoinDesk Managing Tech Editor Christie Harkin and Markets Managing Editor Brad Keoun discuss their global outlook on next week’s crypto markets activity.

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Why This Crypto Winter Might Soon Be Over

Bitcoin's 90-day correlation with tech stocks, in contrast to the 2018 sell-off where BTC was not correlated with tech stocks at all, suggests the bottom is not necessarily where the marginal crypto native seller capitulates, but where the marginal legacy macro seller becomes exhausted. Fundstrat's research suggests BTC is much less likely to experience a prolonged crypto winter for this reason. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Crypto 'Winter' Is Giving Bakkt's Bitcoin Futures Plan a Boost, ICE Chief Says

ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher says crypto winter has been "helpful" to bitcoin futures exchange Bakkt by letting it buy firms on the cheap.

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What We're Missing About Institutional Investment in Crypto Winter

Institutional investment in crypto is not as divorced from retail sentiment as many believe, writes Noelle Acheson.

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Smart Contract Auditor Lets Go 80% of Staff in Crypto Winter Cutbacks

After an initial boom, smart contract auditing firm Hosho went from from 37 employees to seven after business slowed in 2018.

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The Crypto Winter Wasn’t the Real Story of 2018, and It Won’t Be for 2019 Either

Eric Piscini, CEO of Citizens Reserve and Deloitte's former blockchain lead, outlines the key threads of 2018 and how they signal what's coming for 2019.

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Things I Did... Bitcoin Braces for Bear Market With Feel-Good Tweets

Crypto Twitter isn't letting the prospect of a downturn in prices get them down, rather they've turned a bitter price run into a digital kumbaya.

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