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Bitcoin Blasts Through $23.5K as Powell Speaks Following Fed Rate Hike

The U.S. central bank earlier Wednesday lifted its benchmark interest rate 25 basis points.

Bitcoin price chart shows a price jump on Wednesday. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Decentralized Exchange Vela’s DXP Token Surges Ahead of Beta Release on Arbitrum

The utility token has rallied 50% in the past 24 hours and more than doubled since Wednesday ahead of the release of its widely anticipated beta version next week.

Traders are betting Vela, which means sail in Spanish, can take a share of the growing decentralized exchange activity on Arbitrum. (Johannes Plenio/Unsplash)

Markets

Maple Finance Plots Comeback With New $100M Liquidity Pool for Tax Receivables With 10% Yield

After defaults and a major overhaul, crypto lending protocol Maple Finance moves away from uncollateralized lending toward bringing yield-generating real-world assets to crypto investors.

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Markets

Dogecoin and Ether Lead Crypto Market Pullback as Bulls Take a Breather

Crypto market capitalization dropped 3.5% in the past 24 hours following a decline in U.S. equity markets.

Gráfico de precios de DOGE. (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)

Markets

Bitcoin Soars Over $22K to Reach Four-Month High

Bitcoin rose over 5% and hit its highest level since mid-September. Market watchers will be eyeing the Federal Reserve’s next utterances.

Bitcoin price chart shows a price jump on Friday. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Solana Blockchain SOL Token Doubles From FTX-Crash-Induced Lows, but Will It Continue to Rebound?

SOL’s price has surged 114% so far this year, slowly recovering from losses from early November.

Oficinas de Solana en Nueva York, Estados Unidos. (Danny Nelson)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Steady Near $21K Even as Equities Slide

Bitcoin was hovering near $21,100 Thursday in afternoon trading. Investors have priced in Genesis’ looming bankruptcy filing and the crypto industry’s other recent travails, one analyst said.

Bitcoin price chart on Thursday afternoon. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether, Bitcoin Long Traders See $110M Liquidations on Bitzlato-Induced Volatility

Over 76% of all traders betting on the market’s growth were liquidated yesterday, only for prices to recover slightly on Thursday.

Racha perdedora. (Jhorrocks)

Finance

Skybridge Capital Founder: The Time to Invest in Crypto Is Now

Anthony Scaramucci says long-term investors should keep a three- to five-year time frame and ignore day-to-day price movements.

Anthony Scaramucci, founder of SkyBridge Capital, in Davos. (CoinDesk TV)

Markets

Bitcoin Surge Causes Over $500M in Liquidations, Highest in 3 Months

Crypto markets regained the $1 trillion capitalization mark for the first time since November.

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