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Markets

Exploding Gold Sales at Pawnshops Offers Lesson for Bitcoin Bulls

As always, rising prices bring forth boosted supply.

All but one of the recently launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETF) charge a lower fee than the largest gold ETF, making them a cheaper investment into a gold-like asset. (Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin’s Acceptance as 'Digital Gold' May Spur Demand From New Investors: Coinbase

Gold has outperformed after the Federal Reserve expressed a cautious stance on the pace of future interest-rate cuts, the report said.

Graph on a blackboard showing the relationship between supply and demand.

Finance

DeFi Protocol Cega's New Options Product Marries Gold, Ether to Offer Up to 83% Yield

The Gold Rush product offers a trifecta of attractive return, market exposure and protection from losses.

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Policy

HSBC’s Gold Token Goes Live for Retail Investors in Hong Kong

HSBC is claiming bragging rights for being the first bank to create a blockchain-based real world asset aimed at retail investors.

HSBC's building in Hong Kong. (Christian Mueller/Shutterstock)

Videos

Bitcoin Is a More 'Superior Form of Sound Money' Than Gold: Kraken Head of Strategy

Kraken Head of Strategy Thomas Perfumo discusses the comparison between bitcoin and gold as stores of value and inflation hedges. Bitcoin has a "more predictable and programmatic supply curve because it's built on mining and the halvings," Perfumo said.

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Videos

Upcoming Halving Will Be 'Most Symbolic' One Bitcoin Will Ever Have, Kraken Head of Strategy Says

Kraken Head of Strategy Thomas Perfumo joins CoinDesk with insights on recent movements in the crypto markets as bitcoin (BTC) slipped to as low as the $62,000 level on Tuesday. Plus, what the next halving means for bitcoin and the potential for spot ether ETF approval in the U.S.

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Videos

Bitcoin to Gold Ratio Closing in on All-Time High: Kaiko

Data from Kaiko shows that the bitcoin to gold ratio, which measures the relative performance of the two assets, is getting close to its all-time high from November 2021, an indication that the largest cryptocurrency by market cap is outperforming gold. Does this mean that bitcoin will replace gold as the ultimate store of value? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "The Chart of the Day."

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Markets

Gold Investors Aren't Switching Into Bitcoin, JPMorgan Says

Outflows from gold exchange-traded funds and a surge in bitcoin ETF inflows fueled speculation investors were shifting from the precious metal into the cryptocurrency.

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Opinion

‘Greater Fools Are Watching’: Bitcoin Is Here to Stay, Elites Admit

From the Rockefeller Foundation to Donald Trump, critics who wrote Bitcoin autopsies are now examining their own heads.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s Market Cap Jumps to $1.4T, Surpassing Silver

Bitcoin jumped to a record high on Monday, fuelled by continued positive momentum of the spot ETFs.

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