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Bitcoin Breaks Below Key Technical Indicator, but Appears Poised to Continue Its Flat Trajectory

Wednesday’s Federal Reserve likely decision to raise the interest rate 25 basis points appears to be priced into crypto markets

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Bitcoin, Ether Headed Toward Losing Months in Usually Upbeat July

BTC could suffer its second monthly downturn of 2023, while ether seems headed for its first losing month.

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Initial Jobless Claims Suggest Continued Fed Tightening, but Investors Appear Unfazed

Bitcoin investors have been unmoved by recent macroeconomic data. Muted reactions suggest that they’ve already priced in much of what has occurred

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Can Bitcoin Break Out of Its Funk? The Answer Appears to Be No

While overall bitcoin and ether price performance have been strong in 2023, it’s largely been a first quarter story

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Are Bitcoin Miner Sales Preventing Breakout to Higher Prices?

Today’s downside breach below the current low point of Bollinger Band bears watching for even weaker prices in the near future.

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XRP Moves Into the Weekly Spotlight, Dwarfing Other Crypto Assets

Along with XRP’s strong week, 172 of 186 CoinDesk Indices assets finished in positive territory

CoinDesk Market Indices weekly performance. (CoinDesk Indices)

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Bitcoin, Ether Maintain Their 2023 Decoupling from Traditional Finance

As bitcoin and ether assert themselves as uncorrelated assets, the impact of macroeconomic catalysts has waned

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Bitcoin Shrugs Off Solid Inflation Report, Holds Steady Over $30K

While hourly data showed increased volatility, bitcoin’s daily price movement was relatively calm

Bitcoin 07/12/23 (CoinDesk Indices)

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Bitcoin Quiets Down in July After a Tumultuous First Half of 2023

While July has historically been one of Bitcoin’s strongest months, the largest crypto by market value’s price has remained range-bound so far this month.

Bitcoin's price has been in the doldrums. (Pixabay)

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FOMC Minutes Show Uncertainty, Cautious Optimism. Large Bitcoin Investors Are Taking Divergent Paths

The largest and smallest bitcoin whales have added to their holdings, but the group in between has jettisoned some of their tokens.

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