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Bitcoin Slips Below $20K as October Doldrums Continue

Bitcoin (BTC) has yet to find inspiration in what has historically been a strong month, trading flat at $19,300. Opimas CEO and founder Octavio Marenzi discusses his crypto outlook ahead of the CPI report this week. Plus, insights into the correlation between bitcoin and gold.

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Bitcoin’s Correlation With Gold Hits Highest Level in Over a Year

Last week, the 30-day correlation between gold and bitcoin (BTC) reached over 0.3, its highest in over a year, even as cryptocurrencies decoupled from equities, according to Kaiko. The 30-day correlation between gold and bitcoin has ranged between positive and negative 0.2 since late last year. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Bitcoin’s Correlation With Gold Hits Highest Level in Over a Year

But the relationship between the two assets remains only mildly strong.

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Sorry, Ether: Sound Money Doesn’t Exist and Neither Does 'Ultra' Sound Money

Sound money should reliably store value over time. No currency – not bitcoin, not ether, not the U.S. dollar – seems to be doing that these days.

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Gold 2.0 in Bitcoin?

Data on the performance of bitcoin (BTC) vs. gold since Wednesday shows BTC is finally doing what has long been touted — acting as the ultimate inflation hedge. “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Bitcoin’s Up, Gold’s Down, the Euro Is Dragging – and It’s All Inexorably Tied

Bitcoin the inflation hedge; the prodigal child returns.

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin as Digital Gold and Inflation Hedge. Really? BTC Is Under Water, While the Metal You Can Hold Is Breathing Air; Cryptos Rebound Sunday

A Sunday rally had bitcoin perched back over $20K and ether above $1.1K, but the recent Terra and Celsius debacles have increased investor anxiety about the digital assets' ability to maintain those levels.

Inflation and fears of a global recession are weighing heavily on investors. (Colin Anderson/Getty Images)

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VanEck CEO: Bitcoin Becoming Competitor to Gold

VanEck CEO Jan van Eck discusses bitcoin as an "overvalued" investments and the potential competition between bitcoin and gold.

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