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Bitcoin Jumps Above $14.5K, Taking 2020 Gains to Over 100%

Bitcoin's price jumped to a 33-month high of $14,558 soon before press time, taking the year-to-date gains to 101%.

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Tech

Wasabi Wallet 2.0 Will Offer Automatic CoinJoins by Default to Boost Privacy

One of the main Wasabi Wallet 2.0 improvements is not just to the CoinJoin design through WabiSabi, but also its usability. We could see it debut in about nine months.

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Tech

Blockstream Is Working on Simpler, More Private Multisig Bitcoin Transactions

Made possible by Taproot, MuSig2 is designed to make multi-signature Bitcoin transactions less complex without sacrificing privacy.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Jumps to $14.2K; Ethereum Gas Usage Grows 113% YTD

Bitcoin’s price bounced Wednesday as Ethereum transaction fee data shows a DeFi downturn.

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Markets

$14.1K: Bitcoin Breaks New 2020 High With US Election Still Undecided

Bitcoin has broken fresh 2020 highs as uncertainty remains in the U.S. presidential election.

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Markets

First Mover: Just Another Day for Bitcoin as US Election Slides Into Discord, Division

Prediction markets show Trump losing, though bitcoin bulls didn't get Democratic "blue wave" that might have brought speedy stimulus package.

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Markets

Nearly $1B in Bitcoin Moves From Wallet Linked to Silk Road

A wallet possibly belonging to early dark net market Silk Road moved almost $1 billion worth of bitcoin early on Wednesday.

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Markets

Bitcoin Dips as Trump Threatens to Stop Vote Counting

Bitcoin fell after President Trump alleged "fraud” in the presidential election and pledged to stop vote counting.

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Policy

Commentary: CoinDesk Covers the 2020 US Election and Crypto Impact

CoinDesk is covering Election 2020 live, with real-time analysis of its impact on the crypto space.

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Markets

First Mover: 11 Election Talking Points on Bitcoin as TRUMP Futures Point to Loss

From a look back to bitcoin's price reaction in November 2016 to the ramifications of a "blue wave" (or red), here's how to play the election.

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