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MicroStrategy Boosts Note Offering to $500M as It Seeks to Buy Yet More Bitcoin: Report

The business intelligence firm originally planned to offer $400 million in senior secured notes.

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Markets

Crypto Exchanges See Biggest Bitcoin Outflow in 7 Months. A Reason to Cheer?

"This traditionally bullish signal should be interpreted with caution and in the context of other indicators," one analyst said.

Blockchain data shows a sudden surge in outflows from big cryptocurrency exchanges, possibly a bullish sign.

Markets

Bitcoin Correction Phase Deepens; Support Around $27K-$30K

BTC will need to remain above $30,000 to avoid entering bear market territory.

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Markets

CEO of Colonial Pipeline to Face Congress Grilling Over Bitcoin Ransom

The CEO will face the Senate Homeland Security Committee to explain the reasoning behind his decision to pay a $4.4M bitcoin ransom.

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Top White House Adviser Tim Wu Holds Millions in Bitcoin: Report

White House antitrust adviser Tim Wu holds bitcoin and filecoin, according to a recent financial disclosure.

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Markets

Bitcoin Suffers Steepest Drop in 10 Days as US Monetary Policy Causes 'Short-Term Jitters'

Bitcoin continues its descent amid whispers of U.S. Federal Reserve tapering economic stimulus and China's ongoing pressure on crypto miners.

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Policy

El Salvador Commerce Secretary: Bitcoin Won't Replace Dollar

Miguel Kattán, a member of President Nayib Bukele’s cabinet, sought to reassure Salvadorans fearful of a full pivot to a bitcoin standard.

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Markets

Bitcoin’s 'Authoritarian Hipster'

El Salvador's Nayib Bukele has built a career by courting the vulnerable while attacking the establishment. Now he wants bitcoin as legal tender.

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Markets

Investors See Possible El Salvador Bitcoin Embrace as Too Little to Move Market

El Salvador's announcement was largely ignored by markets, possibly due to the country's small size, analysts say.

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele speaks via video during a presentation at the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami.

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin in Tight $35K-$36K Range; Ether Volumes Still Beating BTC

Ether’s dominance is at 19.78%, the highest it has been since May 16.

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