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Bitcoin Up 27% in First Half of 2020, Beating Gold, Silver and Platinum

Bitcoin showed its luster during the first half of 2020 amid mediocre returns from precious metals.

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Markets

Bitcoin Rises in Line With Stocks After Dip Below $9K

Bitcoin’s positive correlation with stocks continues Monday, with the cryptocurrency drawing bids alongside gains in global equities.

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Bitcoin's Price Correlation With S&P 500 Hits Record Highs

Bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500 is somewhat erratic, but the relationship has gotten stronger. That may not be bad news.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Briefly Breaks Below $9K, but Markets Remain Comatose

Bitcoin briefly broke below $9,000 on Thursday, but the markets remain quiet.

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Bitcoin Miners Saw 23% Revenue Drop in June

Bitcoin mining revenue dropped 23% in June to approximately $380 million.

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Finance

Bitcoin Startup Zap Is Working With Visa

Lightning Network startup Zap, Inc. is partnering with Visa to offer the most user-friendly bitcoin services since Cash App.

Zap founder Jack Mallers speaks at Bitcoin 2019 in San Francisco.

Finance

After Years of Resistance, BitPay Adopts SegWit for Cheaper Bitcoin Transactions

Payments processor BitPay has added support for SegWit, three years after a competing block size proposal fractured the Bitcoin community.

SegWit inventor Pieter Wuille speaks in 2015. (Scaling Bitcoin)

Finance

Why Bitcoin Bulls Are Betting on Explosive Growth in India

Demand for bitcoin is up in India, thanks in part to the economic crisis. But Indian tech startups are more focused on Ethereum.

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Markets

Market Wrap: As Traditional Markets Rally, Bitcoin Gets Boring

Equities show strength as bitcoin stays rangebound above $9,000.

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Satoshi’s Unappreciated Marketing Genius, Feat. Dan Held

There is a constant free market competition to define the Bitcoin narrative, and Kraken’s Dan Held argues this is part of what makes the protocol so strong.

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