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Bitcoin Sees Record Number of Active Users as Price Almost Hits $20K

As bitcoin set a new price high closer to $20,000 on Tuesday, the network also saw record-breaking user activity.

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Privacy Concerns Over Bitcoin Upgrade Taproot Are a 'Non-Issue,' Experts Say

Bitcoin privacy experts are unimpressed with a circulating slideshow-style privacy report that targets upcoming Bitcoin upgrade Taproot.

Taproot privacy a non-issue

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $18.1K as Correlation to Ether Picks Up

Bitcoin’s bull run stalls while ether is still acting like a little brother despite the audacious Eth 2.0 upgrade.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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Missed the Bitcoin Rally? Here’s a Low-Risk Strategy to Ride the Bull Market

Investors looking to buy bitcoin now should consider implementing a dollar-cost averaging (DCA) strategy, according to leading traders in the cryptocurrency space.

When riding a bull market it helps to have safety padding.

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Why a $631B Asset Manager Just Changed Its Mind on Bitcoin

In a research note intended for clients, investing giant AllianceBernstein says it changed its mind on bitcoin’s role in asset allocation.

Breakdown 12.1 $631B Asset Manager AllianceBernstein Bitcoin

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Almost 20% of PayPal Users Have Used App to Trade Bitcoin, Mizuho Says

About 65% of users would use bitcoin as a currency at PayPal's 28 million merchants.

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First Mover: Bitcoin's Failure to Break $20K Shows Big Investors Only Just Arriving

Institutional adoption is the buzzword du jour, probably a factor in bitcoin's price rally close to $20,000, and not even really happening yet.  

Cryptocurrency analysts were assessing the fallout as bitcoin retreated from a new all-time high price.

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Google Searches for 'Bitcoin Price' Hit 18-Month High

Google searches for "bitcoin price" are double levels seen a few weeks ago.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin All-Time High Tops Out at $19,850 as Ether Options Market Goes Mega-Bullish

A combination of volume, derivatives action and infrastructure improvements led bitcoin’s price to go where it hasn’t gone before. Ether is looking supremely bullish, too.

CoinDesk 20 Bitcoin Price Index

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Bitcoin's All-Time High Price Rally Is Sustainable. Analysts Explain Why

After bitcoin's price hit its previous all-time high in 2017, it fell. Analysts explain why the latest rally will be different.

Analysts are convinced the latest bitcoin rally will live long and prosper.