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Bitcoin Options Investors Are Starting to Hedge Against Potential Price Pullback

The one-month implied volatility, which is influenced by the demand for call and put options, jumped from roughly 55% to a four-month high of 70.5% in the past two days, suggesting increased expectations for price turbulence over the next four weeks.

That's quite a hedge.

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Deutsche Bank Says Investors Increasingly Prefer Bitcoin Over Gold as Inflation Hedge

The Deutsche Bank analyst's comments are another sign of bitcoin's increasing acceptance in the mainstream of finance.

Deutsche Bank logo (Shutterstock)

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Bitcoin Indicator Suggests Bull Market Is Still in Early Phase

The Mayer Multiple indicator suggests the bull market is still far from peaking, even as bitcoin closes in on its all-time high.

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Bitcoin Closes in on All-Time High as Price Hits $18K

Bitcoin's price broke through $18,000 in what some experts are attributing to global events and bullish fundamentals in crypto.

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Gold Lags Far Behind Bitcoin as Vaccine Optimism Buoys Markets

Bitcoin is outshining the precious metal by a significant margin as expectations soar of a swift global economic recovery enabled by promising coronavirus vaccines.

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Bitcoin Slices Through $17,000 as Market Cap Nears All-Time High

Bitcoin last traded above $17,000 on Jan. 7, 2018.

Monthly volumes for Coinbase's BTC/USD market

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Litecoin Flips Bitcoin Cash in Crypto Rankings With Rally to 9-Month Highs

Litecoin is now the seventh-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after a rise to $75.

Litecoin prices over the last month

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Record Levels of Negative-Yielding Debt Strengthen Case for Bitcoin: Analysts

With negative-yielding bonds at a new high, investors are looking elsewhere for returns.

dripping tap faucet (CoinDesk Archives)

Finance

Galaxy Digital Makes Twin Acquisitions in Bid to Strengthen Institutional Appeal

The cryptocurrency merchant bank has acquired a lending firm and a trading company as it seeks to become the "go to" platform for institutional access to digital assets, the firm said Friday.

Michael Novogratz of Galaxy Digital

Markets

Bitcoin Rally Falters as Price Drops Below $16K

The cryptocurrency dropped as low as $15,750, having hit highs over $16,300 in the Asian trading hours.

Bitcoin prices for 24 hours, Saturday Nov. 14

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