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Helium Network Passing Half-Million Hotspots Could Fire Up HNT Price

The crypto-powered distributed network of long-range wireless hotspots has amassed over half a million miners across the world in just two years. But what's next for the HNT token?

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Markets

How the 'Big Short DAO' Bet Against the Crypto Market and Won

The pseudonymous crypto trader @GiganticRebirth was feeling bearish at the market top last November. Here’s how his team of alpha hunters say they made money shorting altcoins in the ensuing sell-off.

The "Big Short," crypto edition. (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Rangebound; Initial Support at $40K

Indicators are neutral as BTC's latest price jump pauses.

Bitcoin four-hour chart shows support/resistance levels (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Markets

Irrelevance of January Fed Minutes Shows How Fast Monetary Policy Is Moving

The Federal Reserve is scheduled to release minutes of its January meeting later Wednesday but the market seems to have already moved on.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell

Finance

First Mover: Bitcoin Rally Stalls Amid Skepticism Over Russia Pullback

The latest moves in crypto markets in context for Feb. 16, 2022.

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Avalanche’s AVAX Surges as Bitcoin Rally Stalls

Major cryptocurrencies faced resistance at significant price levels after jumping as much as 13.5% on Tuesday following the Super Bowl weekend.

AVAX faces resistance at the $95 level. (TradingView)

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Crypto Funds Saw Fourth Week of Inflows as Ether Funds Turned Around

Some $75 million went into digital-asset funds last week as ether funds saw their first inflows in 10 weeks.

US$75 million flew into digital-asset funds last week as ether funds saw first inflows in 10 weeks. (CoinShares)

Markets

Why Investors Have Been Slow to Trust Security Tokens

Blockchain concepts such as digital wallets and smart contracts are not easily understood among traditional investors and regulators. That's where education comes in.

Wall Street sizes up security tokens (Sophie Backes/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Holds Above $41K as Hashrate Surged to All-Time High

The network hit 248.11 million terahashes per second on Saturday.

Bitcoin hit resistance at $45,000 and has since fallen. (TradingView)