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Bearish Sentiment Grips Bitcoin Ahead of $3B Options Expiry

Bitcoin’s put options become pricier amid Fed rate hike fears.

Bitcoin: November expiry options open interest (Deribit)

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Metaverse Platform The Sandbox’s SAND Token Surges 25% After Adidas Teases Partnership

SAND has rallied over 600% since Facebook’s rebrand as Meta.

Sandbox's metaverse

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Stablecoin Tether Crashes on Indian Exchanges, Traders Buy The Dip

A single tether is supposed to be worth $1 or rupees 74.37 as per the current dollar-rupee exchange rate.

Tether crash and recovery on Indian exchanges (WazirX)

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Crypto Options Traders Turn to DeFi for Altcoin Bets as QCP Slings $1B

The Singapore-based firm QCP now trades more than $1B of crypto options per month using decentralized financial applications, including $1 million worth of AAVE options recently with Ribbon Finance.

Traders have never seen anything like the cryptocurrency options trading happening these days in decentralized finance. (Thomas Shotter Boys, 1842/Art Institute of Chicago, modified by CoinDesk)

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Axie Infinity Finds Ready Players in Hyperinflation-Racked Venezuela

As they have in the Philippines, some players are making enough money to feed their families.

Bolívar Avenue in Maturín, the city in Venezuela where Axie player Juan Tirado lives. (Cesar Pérez via Wikipedia)

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Bitcoin Still Trading in Bullish Channel Despite Price Support Break

Powell’s reappointment as Fed’s chairman has reinforced fears of faster rate hikes to control inflation

Chart showing bitcoin trading in a bullish channel (Stack Funds, TradingView)

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Bitcoin Struggles at $60K Resistance; Support Above $53K

Short-term downside is likely into the Asia trading day.

Bitcoin four-hour price chart shows short-term resistance levels with RSI in second panel. (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

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Junk-Rated El Salvador’s ‘Bitcoin Bonds’ Look Explosive (Think Volcano)

Anyone buying Salvador’s bitcoin-backed bond is betting on the cryptocurrency in a very big way, ignoring the country’s distressed-debt situation, one strategist said.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele announces new "bitcoin bonds" at an event on Saturday. (Samson Mow via Twitter)

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Shiba Inu Slips in Coinbase Volume Rankings After Topping the List for 2 Weeks

With speculative frenzy in SHIB cooling, market focus may shift back to top cryptocurrencies.

A Shiba inu, the dog breed that inspired both DOGE and SHIB, is getting a ride in cryptocurrency markets. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Attempts Price Recovery After a Derivatives-Led Slide to Sub-$56K

Fears about a supply glut from the Mt. Gox settlement are unfounded, one analyst said.

Chart showing bitcoin's recovery from five-week lows

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