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Another Data Point Suggests Bitcoin Close to Prolonged Bull Market

Bitcoin could be on the verge of breaking into a multi-month bull run, according to a lesser-known data metric.

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Market Wrap: DeFi Is Helping Ether Outpace Bitcoin This Year

Thanks to growing interest in DeFi, ether is outperforming bitcoin when the market is moving higher.

Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

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LocalBitcoins' Volume Holds Steady Despite Stricter Compliance Procedures

Banning cash transactions and requiring identity verification has not noticeably hurt bitcoin’s oldest operating peer-to-peer exchange, market data shows.

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Bitcoin News Roundup for June 9, 2020

With the price of bitcoin again struggling to breach $10,000 and volatility falling to recent lows, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.

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Bitcoin Price Volatility Hits 3-Month Low

Bitcoin's price volatility is now as low as it was before the "Black Thursday" crash on March 12.

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Market Wrap: $10,000 Remains Bitcoin’s Price to Beat

Store of value? Bitcoin has outperformed gold and trounced U.S. equities so far this year.

Source: CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index

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Bitcoin Options Growth Outpaces Futures, Swaps

Bitcoin options trading is growing faster than the futures and swaps market in 2020.

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Bitcoin's Forks Have Trounced Bitcoin This Year

Bitcoin has underperformed its three major fork currencies by as much as triple-digit percentage points so far this year.

Bitcoin Cash successfully split into two blockchains, again.

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Pentagon War Game Envisioned a Generation-Z Rebellion Funded by Bitcoin

The war game was designed in 2018 to prepare troops for future conflicts fought on computers rather than on the battlefield.

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Bitcoin Remains on Hunt for $10K as Holding Sentiment Gains Strength

There are signs investors are increasingly holding bitcoin, confident that a long-term bull market lies ahead.

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