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BTC price today (CoinDesk)
Markets
Market wrap
Bitcoin Grapples with $28K Resistance, but ‘Uncorrelated Asset’ Allure Could Mean Higher Prices, Says Analyst
The crypto is on track for gains on Friday despite bearish U.S. jobs numbers which initially sent it down nearly 2%.
BTC price today (CoinDesk)
By Krisztian Sandor
Oct 6, 2023 at 7:49 p.m. UTC
Oct 6, 2023
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Zimbabwe flag (Nabil Kamara/ GettyImages)
Policy
Analysis
Zimbabwe's Gold-Backed Digital Token Won't Fix the Country's Currency Woes, Economists Say
Sound macroeconomic policies like raising interest rates and bringing down the country's deficit could dampen Zimbabwe's currency instability, economists said.
Zimbabwe flag (Nabil Kamara/ GettyImages)
By Camomile Shumba
Jun 27, 2023 at 7:46 a.m. UTC
Jun 27, 2023
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Consensus Magazine
Money reimagined
Fed Policy Win Could Harm Bitcoin’s Wall Street Narrative
The January rebound in equities and knockout employment report may have undermined a few buy-bitcoin narratives, but the real value proposition behind bitcoin lies far beyond...
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By Michael J. Casey
Feb 3, 2023 at 7:28 p.m. UTC
Feb 3, 2023
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Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz thinks bitcoin is “ready for prime time.” (Mina De La O/Getty images)
Finance
Bitcoin
Galaxy’s Novogratz and Bakkt’s Michael Differ on Bitcoin’s Case as Digital Gold
Each spoke separately Wednesday during the Barclays Crypto and Blockchain Summit.
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz thinks bitcoin is “ready for prime time.” (Mina De La O/Getty images)
By Michael Bellusci
Mar 30, 2022 at 6:55 p.m. UTC
Mar 30, 2022
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Apple Stock Outpaces Bitcoin
Video
Bitcoin
Apple Stock Outpaces Bitcoin
A chart by Bloomberg’s Joe Weisenthal shows Apple stock outperformed bitcoin in year-over-year returns. In this Chart of the Day report, Galen Moore reflects on whether both i...
Apple Stock Outpaces Bitcoin
By CoinDesk Staff
Jan 4, 2022 at 9:46 p.m. UTC
Jan 4, 2022
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$100 bill engraving of Ben Franklin peering out from a gap in a wall of binary code.
Markets
Paypal
Why Bitcoin Is More Like a $100 Bill Than Gold
Data and headlines on bitcoin's use in commerce point to an attribute that sets it apart from the yellow metal.
$100 bill engraving of Ben Franklin peering out from a gap in a wall of binary code.
By Galen Moore
Mar 12, 2021 at 9:31 p.m. UTC
Mar 12, 2021
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Bitcoin symbol made of gold with gold nuggets around it, as today’s discussion with author Nik Bhatia centers around monetary history leading to Bitcoin, as a better form of gold.
Podcasts
Podcasts
How 2,000 Years of Monetary History Led Us to Bitcoin, Feat. Nik Bhatia
A conversation with the author of the new book “Layered Money: From Gold and Dollars to Bitcoin and Central Bank Digital Currencies.”
Bitcoin symbol made of gold with gold nuggets around it, as today’s discussion with author Nik Bhatia centers around monetary history leading to Bitcoin, as a better form of gold.
By Nathaniel Whittemore
Feb 18, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
Feb 18, 2021
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Digital Gold: How Should Financial Advisors Be Thinking About Bitcoin?
Podcasts
Podcasts
Digital Gold: How Should Financial Advisors Be Thinking About Bitcoin?
Is bitcoin digital gold? In this episode of "On Purpose, With Tyrone Ross," we dig into bitcoin narratives as financial advisors see them and explore the concept of bitcoin as...
Digital Gold: How Should Financial Advisors Be Thinking About Bitcoin?
By CoinDesk
Feb 6, 2021 at 5:20 p.m. UTC
Feb 6, 2021
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