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‘I Didn’t Buy It to Sell It. Ever.’ MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor on His $425M Bitcoin Bet

Nathaniel WhittemoreSep 18, 2020

The CEO of publicly traded MicroStrategy (MSTR) shares why he started to feel like he was “sitting on a 500-lb block of ice” and how he came to bitcoin as a solution.

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New on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network: LND Adds Accounting Feature, c-lightning Gets an Upgrade

Colin HarperSep 18, 2020

Lightning Labs made bookkeeping easier for node operators. Blockstream’s c-lightning 0.9.1 release improves channel opening and routing mechanisms.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Tests $11K; Uniswap Passes $1.5B Locked

Daniel CawreySep 18, 2020

Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is captivating the crypto market, and that is causing weakness for bitcoin.

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First Mover: Uniswap’s Sudden $5B Token Valuation Cements Comeback From ‘Vampire Mining’ Attack

Bradley Keoun Muyao Shen Omkar Godbole Sebastian SinclairSep 18, 2020

Uniswap's surprise token delivery has given the decentralized exchange a market value of more than $5 billion, instantly making it No. 1 in DeFi.

Markets

Bitcoin Rises Back to $11K Despite Signs of Indecision in the Market

Omkar GodboleSep 18, 2020

Bitcoin is again looking to establish a foothold above $11,000 on Friday, although the technical charts are anything but stridently bullish.

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Ethereum Fees

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Slumps to $10.7K; Ethereum Fees Rise Again

Daniel Cawrey

Bitcoin's price is heading down while DeFi is helping Ethereum fees go up.

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Federal Reserve

First Mover: Federal Reserve Does What It Wants to Do as Bitcoin Hits $11K

Bradley KeounPaddy BakerSebastian Sinclair

This week's Fed meeting ushered in a new regime for U.S. monetary policy, offering a reminder of just how frequently top officials change the rules.

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Markets

Bitcoin Falls Back Below $11K as Markets Doubt Fed’s Ability to Boost Inflation

Paddy Baker

Prevailing doubts over whether the Fed has what it takes to hit its 2% inflation target hit traditional markets and may have contributed to a bitcoin price drop on Thursday.

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Bitcoin Wallets

Bitcoin ‘Young Investment’ Wallets at Highest Level Since February 2018

Omkar Godbole

New investors are entering the bitcoin market at a faster pace and possibly creating upward pressure on prices, on-chain data shows.

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Ether Options

Market Wrap: With Fed Rate Policy Unchanged, Bitcoin Passes $11K; Ether Options Bet on Price Below $400

Daniel Cawrey

Bitcoin's price continues to trend upward while the ether options market signals bearish sentiment.

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Federal Reserve

Federal Reserve Now Targets Inflation Above 2%, Bitcoin Breaks $11K

Muyao ShenBradley Keoun

Federal Reserve officials said Wednesday they would hold U.S. interest rates at close to zero and work to push inflation above 2% "for some time."

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Bitcoin

Bakkt Bitcoin Futures Daily Trading Volume Hits Record High

Omkar Godbole

Trading volume in physically delivered bitcoin futures listed on Intercontinental Exchange's Bakkt platform surged to record highs on Tuesday.

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Federal Reserve

First Mover: Binance’s CZ Doesn’t Even Dispute That DeFi Might Be Inevitable

Bradley KeounMuyao ShenOmkar GodboleSebastian Sinclair

Big crypto exchanges like Binance, Huobi and OKEx are rushing out DeFi platforms to cash in on the fast-growing industry and stanch user defections.

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Startups

This Crypto Startup Takes Bitcoin Advocacy to a Whole New Level

Leigh Cuen

Patrick Stanley is launching a crypto advocacy company called Freehold, starting with bitcoin (BTC) and Blockstack's STX.

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