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CoinDesk Indices

A Smarter Way to Crypto Diversification?

Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to crypto, but the key question is whether to focus solely on bitcoin or diversify across multiple cryptocurrencies to optimize risk-adjusted returns and portfolio resilience.

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Opinion

Narrow Boom: The Mismatch of Token Supply and Demand in the Current Cycle

While BTC and Ethereum have made strong comebacks in the last year, much of the rest of the market is still catching up, say Kevin Kelly and Jason Pagoulatos, of Delphi Digital.

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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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A Look Back at Bitcoin's Performance in 2022

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $16,500 after falling roughly 65 percent year-to-date. This comes as digital assets have had a historically lousy year, with crypto’s total market cap falling below $800 billion, according to data from TradingView. "All About Bitcoin" host Lawrence Lewitinn presents "The Chart of The Day."

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Crypto’s Swooning: Total Market Cap Falling to Early 2021 Levels

On the heels of the collapse of crypto exchange FTX, crypto’s overall market cap has sunk to as low as $763 billion from a peak of $2.5 trillion in May 2021. Bitcoin’s market cap has plunged to $319 billion from above $1 trillion last November. The current market cap for the industry hasn’t been this low since early last year. "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Bitcoin Slips Below $20K Following Ethereum’s Successful Upgrade

Bitcoin (BTC) is dipping slightly below $20,000 after the Ethereum Merge was completed Thursday. With bitcoin’s dominance also slipping to 40%, many are suggesting that ether (ETH) could one day surpass bitcoin in market cap. “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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'Distinct Demand Patterns' With Ether Futures: CME Group Exec

Bitcoin and ether are "trading about the same," says Tim McCourt, Global Head of Equity & FX Products at CME Group, "But, we have seen more ... distinct enthusiasm around ether." He outlines how the top two cryptocurrencies by market cap are trading on CME.

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Could Ether Flip Bitcoin’s Market Cap in the Next 12 Months?

CoinDesk took to Twitter to ask whether ether (ETH)'s market cap could surpass bitcoin (BTC)'s in the next 12 months. "First Mover" hosts Amitoj Singh and Lawrence Lewitinn discuss the results and why a "flippening" may not be on the near-term horizon.

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Crypto Market Cap Falls Below $1T for First Time Since Early 2021

Bitcoin lost some 13% of its value in the past 24 hours.

Capitalización del mercado cripto cae 12% en las últimas 24 horas. (CoinMarketCap)

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'$DAI Will Die' Tweet Twisted Back on Terra's Kwon as UST Loses $1 Peg

Terra's UST briefly fell below $6.5 billion in market cap on Wednesday morning, allowing DAI to be the fourth-biggest stablecoin on the market for a time.

Do Kwon, a cofounder of Terraform Labs

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