Dollar

Chart showing a drop in bitcoin's price Nov. 16 (CoinDesk, highcharts.com)

Markets

Bitcoin, Ether Lose Ground as Twitter CFO Rules Out Crypto Investment, Dollar Index Hits 16-Month High

Ned Segal’s comments likely provided a reason for traders to take some risk off the table in the wake of the rising dollar and U.S. tax reporting requirement.

By Omkar Godbole

Nov 16, 2021 at 7:50 a.m. UTC

Nov 16, 2021

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Podcasts

Money reimagined

Christopher Giancarlo: Crypto’s Advocate in DC

The former head of the CFTC talks about his new book, an inside-the-Beltway look at the world of financial regulation.

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Nov 1, 2021 at 4:12 p.m. UTC

Nov 1, 2021

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Markets

Bitcoin

Bitcoin Jumps as SEC’s Gensler Reiterates Support for Futures ETF, Dollar Rally May Cap Gains

Bitcoin’s negative correlation with the U.S. dollar is now the strongest since early March.

By Omkar Godbole

Sep 30, 2021 at 3:35 p.m. UTC

Sep 30, 2021

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin, Gold Under Pressure as Dollar Tracks US Treasury Yields Higher

A sustained uptick in real or inflation-adjusted yields, not nominal yields, poses downside risk to bitcoin’s price.

By Omkar Godbole

Sep 28, 2021 at 9:56 a.m. UTC

Sep 28, 2021

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Video

Bitcoin

Bitcoin as Digital Gold?

This Sunday, Aug. 15, will be the 50th anniversary of the end of the Bretton Woods currency system, when then-President Richard Nixon ended the dollar’s convertibility to gold...

By CoinDesk Staff

Aug 13, 2021 at 7:59 p.m. UTC

Aug 13, 2021

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Markets

Inflation

The End of Exorbitant Privilege: Inflation, the Global Dollar and What Comes Next

What would it mean for the dollar to lose its global reserve status? Why might it happen? And what could take its place?

By David Z. Morris

Aug 5, 2021 at 2:41 p.m. UTC

Aug 5, 2021

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Federal reserve

Bitcoin Remains Relatively Resilient Post-Fed as Fiat Currencies Drop Against Dollar

Bitcoin remains relatively resilient, having priced in the Fed's hawkish tilt in advance.

By Omkar Godbole

Jun 18, 2021 at 11:17 a.m. UTC

Jun 18, 2021

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Ransom and Legal Tender: Bitcoin's Diverging Paths on the Global Stage

Podcasts

Coindesk-news

Ransom and Legal Tender: Bitcoin's Diverging Paths on the Global Stage

This week, “Opinionated” co-hosts Ben Schiller, Anna Baydakova and Danny Nelson address two recent and opposing news pieces: the ransomware attacks and El Salvador’s decision...

By Ben Schiller Anna Baydakova Danny Nelson

Jun 12, 2021 at 3:53 p.m. UTC

Jun 12, 2021

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Podcasts

Coindesk-news

DAOs, DeFi and Dollars: the Bold New World of Decentralized Entities

In this week’s episode, we explore how developers and investors are working through the complex process of bridging the human and legal needs of the outside world with these c...

By Michael J. Casey Sheila Warren

Jun 11, 2021 at 4:42 p.m. UTC

Jun 11, 2021