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Bitcoin Draws Stability From $20K Price Floor as Traditional Markets Slide

Bitcoin traded above the psychologically important price level for a 10th consecutive day, even as stocks took a hit from the U.S. central bank’s ongoing move to tighten monetary conditions.

Cryptocurrencies have stabilized for now, but analysts are mulling a further downside. (Unsplash)

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NFT Platform ImmutableX’s $66M Unlocking Looms, Putting Sell Pressure on IMX Token

Immutable will release some 110 million IMX tokens to investors who bought the token in a private sale before the token's start a year ago. Some investors may see a 500% return on their holdings.

ImmutableX's IMX token unlock is approaching and will allow early private investors to sell some of their holdings. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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CoinDesk Market Index Adds Convex, Serum, 12 Other Digital Assets

The digital-asset index deleted Polymath and Tribe as constituents, in a series of changes that take effect Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. ET.

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Federal Reserve Hikes Rates as Expected, Will Watch 'Lags' in Monetary Policy; Bitcoin Rises

The U.S. central bank raised the main interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, as expected. Officials say they'll monitor "lags" in the impact of "cumulative" efforts so far, possibly a tip that a dovish shift is being considered.

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C.. (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin and Ether Steady Ahead of Fed Decision

Bitcoin's price was trading around $20,400, little changed from the past 24 hours as investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision at 2 p.m. ET.

Bitcoin and ether traded slightly higher following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s latest comments on inflation and the economy. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

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Ether and Bitcoin 'Straddles' Can Help Capture Post-Fed Price Swings

Straddle, an options strategy that involves buying both bullish calls and bearish puts, looks cheap, one observer said.

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Markets

Crypto Trading Platform Talos Taps Amber Group for Liquidity Amid Increased Buying Demand

Amber Group will join Talos’ extensive partner network of over 40 liquidity venues, such as exchanges Binance, Coinbase and FTX.

The price of ether has risen 16% in the past week. (Getty Images)

Markets

Uniswap Surpasses Bitcoin as Fed Rate Hike Decision Nears

The decentralized exchange’s native token has risen 5% in the past 24 hours and 10% over the past week.

Price chart shows that UNI's price rose on Tuesday. (CoinDesk)

Markets

Dollar Reversal Could Bring Inflationary Pressure, Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers Warns

Speculation is mounting over when the Federal Reserve might pivot dovish. But economists, including Summers, warn any such move might lead to weakness in the U.S. dollar versus other global currencies, in turn driving up prices for imports.

Federal Reserve officials may need to consider the U.S. dollar's role in helping to restrain inflation as they consider pivoting to a softer monetary policy as a meeting this week in Washington. (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Fund Manager Bitwise Offers Active Trading Strategies in Institutional Push

The firm will utilize low-risk strategies like arbitrage trading to generate a yield for institutional clients.

Hunter Horsley, CEO of Bitwise (YouTube/CoinDesk screenshot)