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Bitcoin Hovers Around $28K as Options Worth Billions of Dollars Expire

Bitcoin (BTC) is under pressure on Friday as options worth billions of dollars expired and some traders took bearish bets on the cryptocurrency's Ethereum-based wrapped version, WBTC. Bannockburn Global Forex Chief Market Strategist Marc Chandler shares his crypto markets analysis and the impact the ongoing banking crisis may have on the U.S. Federal Reserve's fight against inflation. "We know that banking crises, financial crises tend to be deflationary. What we don't know is the magnitude and the duration," Chandler said.

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Bitcoin Hovers Around $28K as PCE Rose 0.3% in February

Bitcoin is trading around $28,000 as the PCE price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge, increased 0.3% in February. Bannockburn Global Forex Chief Market Strategist Marc Chandler weighs in on the state of inflation in the U.S. and how current macroeconomic conditions could impact the crypto market.

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Opinion

3 Strategies Crypto Firms Can Use to Land a New Banking Partner

After the recent collapse of three crypto-friendly banks, many firms are left hunting for new banking partnerships. Brett Philbin, Rachel Millard and Rosie Gillam of Edelman Smithfield offer advice.

Author and investor Tatiana Koffman is just one among many who have turned to bitcoin amid a plague of bank runs – possibly the beginning of what she has described as the "Great Reset." (K8/Unsplash)

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Rep. McHenry Questions Regulators on SVB Collapse

U.S. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) questions U.S. Treasury Undersecretary For Domestic Finance Nellie Liang, Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg on Silicon Valley Bank's collapse during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday.

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Markets

Cryptos Gained in Q1 Despite Weakened Asset Class Perceptions

Glenn Williams Jr. discusses the confounding first quarter, which delivered massive gains to crypto investors even as the industry’s prospects appeared to worsen.

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Bitcoin Bounces Back Above $27K Amid Regulatory Uncertainty

Bitcoin (BTC) is bouncing back above $27,000 as crypto traders react to the CFTC's lawsuit against Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao. XBTO Group head of trading Paul Eisma shares his analysis. Plus, a closer look at how the Federal Reserve's attempts to limit the banking sector crisis while balancing looming inflation concerns could impact the crypto markets.

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Opinion

Why Bitcoin Is Your Best Bet Against Inflation

Angel investor Tatiana Koffman discusses decades of Federal Reserve monetary policy, and why billionaire Paul Tudor Jones once predicted that bitcoin would become a workable inflation hedge.

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The Federal Reserve Has a ‘Math Problem’: Analyst

DFD Partners President Bilal Little explains the Federal Reserve's "math problem" and why it is unlikely for the central bank to raise interest rates continuously. 

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Policy

U.S. Bank Regulators Investigating Leaders of the Failed Tech Banks

FDIC chief Martin Gruenberg said a probe is underway as he and Fed Vice Chairman Michael Barr get set to tell U.S. senators what went on at Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and Silvergate Bank.

Martin Gruenberg, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.  (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Fed Is Looking in the Rearview Mirror: Strategist

MarketVector Indexes Digital Asset Product Strategist Martin Leinweber shares his take on the U.S. Federal Reserve's continued interest rate hikes saying, "the problem is that the Fed is looking in the rearview mirror." He added "if you look at the forward looking indicators ... you already see that we are in a deflationary environment."

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