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Bitcoin Heads for Best Quarter in 2 Years, Outperforms Ether, Gold, Nasdaq

One observer said poor order book depth is primarily responsible for the rally, while others pointed to the cryptocurrency's sound money appeal and Fed pivot speculation as bigger catalysts.

By Omkar Godbole

Mar 29, 2023 at 9:30 a.m. UTC

Mar 29, 2023

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Goldman Sachs Sees Gold Outperforming Bitcoin in the Longer Term

Bitcoin adoption will need to be driven by the development of real uses rather than speculative interest, the report said.

By Will Canny

Dec 13, 2022 at 11:35 a.m. UTC

Dec 13, 2022

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Fintech Firm Qenta to Go Public Through SPAC Merger

The startup tracks the origins and ownership of precious metals with blockchain technology.

By Oliver Knight

Nov 10, 2022 at 2:48 p.m. UTC

Nov 10, 2022

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Bitcoin’s Correlation With Gold Hits Highest Level in Over a Year

But the relationship between the two assets remains only mildly strong.

By Jocelyn Yang

Oct 6, 2022 at 9:19 p.m. UTC

Oct 6, 2022

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Sorry, Ether: Sound Money Doesn’t Exist and Neither Does 'Ultra' Sound Money

Sound money should reliably store value over time. No currency – not bitcoin, not ether, not the U.S. dollar – seems to be doing that these days.

By George Kaloudis

Oct 2, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC

Oct 2, 2022

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Crypto News Roundup for Sept. 1, 2022

With bitcoin dropping below the critical level of $20K as MicroStrategy's Michael Saylor gets sued by the District of Columbia for tax fraud, plus a look at why speculation can be healthy for crypto, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with its latest news roundup.

By Adam B. Levine Adrian Blust

Sep 1, 2022 at 3:32 p.m. UTC

Sep 1, 2022

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Crypto News Roundup for July 20, 2022

With bitcoin rallying towards $24K and bringing the broader crypto markets up with it, plus a look at how the euro, gold and bitcoin are all connected, CoinDesk’s “Markets Daily” is back with the latest news roundup.

By Adam B. Levine Adrian Blust

Jul 20, 2022 at 7:34 p.m. UTC

Jul 20, 2022

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Bitcoin’s Up, Gold’s Down, the Euro Is Dragging – and It’s All Inexorably Tied

Bitcoin the inflation hedge; the prodigal child returns.

By George Kaloudis

Jul 17, 2022 at 2:50 p.m. UTC

Jul 17, 2022

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First Mover Asia: Bitcoin as Digital Gold and Inflation Hedge. Really? BTC Is Under Water, While the Metal You Can Hold Is Breathing Air; Cryptos Rebound Sunday

A Sunday rally had bitcoin perched back over $20K and ether above $1.1K, but the recent Terra and Celsius debacles have increased investor anxiety about the digital assets' ability to maintain those levels.

By Sam Reynolds James Rubin

Jun 19, 2022 at 11:55 p.m. UTC

Jun 19, 2022

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