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Markets

Bitcoin Little Changed This Week as Broader Crypto Gauge Sheds 1.6%

The theme of relatively flat prices continued as July turned to August.

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Tech

Arbitrum's Most Popular DEX Goes Live With New Version Offering DOGE Pools at 40%

Version 2 of GMX allows trading of riskier assets at lower fees, with some pools yielding as much as an annualized 47%.

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Markets

Bitcoin Wobbles at $29K as XRP Leads Altcoin Losses; SHIB, Helium Gain

Cryptocurrency markets sold off Friday afternoon as equity markets gave up early gains and closed the day in red.

Bitcoin returns to $29K (CoinDesk Indices)

Markets

Binance Boosts First Digital's Stablecoin With Zero Fees to Buy and Sell Bitcoin, Ether

The crypto exchange listed the Hong Kong-regulated First Digital's FDUSD stablecoin last week.

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Markets

Crypto Traders Might Want to Track Ether 'Slippage' Indicator. Here's Why

Hyblock's slippage indicator has consistently marked short-term trend changes in the second-largest cryptocurrency this year.

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Markets

Litecoin Plunges 6% to Fresh Monthly Lows on Halving Day

Historically, LTC has tended to peak ahead of its halving event, at which miner rewards are slashed by 50%.

LTC daily price (CoinDesk)

Finance

Decentralized Exchange THORSwap Introduces New Feature Aimed at Better Price Execution for Large Trades

Called Streaming Swaps, the feature is designed to improve capital efficiency for decentralized finance users who want to execute large trades.

THORSwap is a cross-chain decentralized exchange built on THORChain. (Manuel Salinas/Unsplash)

Markets

Bitcoin Has Been More Stable Than Gold and Stocks; Violent Price Action Could Ensue

Similar uneventful periods in the past preceded major eruptions in volatility for BTC’s price, noted a research firm.

BTC price 5-day volatility compared to gold, Nasdaq and S&P500 (K33 Research)

Markets

Trader Turns $500 to Million-Dollar Fortune With BALD Meme Coin on Coinbase’s Blockchain

A meme coin frenzy has ensued on Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain even as the network is not officially live yet.

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Markets

Bitcoin Won’t Be Stuck Below $30K for Long, Crypto Options Traders Bet

BTC losing the significant price level after a month is likely just a short-term deviation based on derivatives trading data, SynFutures CEO said.

BTC monthly price (CoinDesk)