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Bitcoin bulls could make a strong comeback if prices find acceptance above the key resistance at $8,300.

Bitcoin is trading just above $28,500, up 5%, after a false report about the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving the first bitcoin spot ETF pushed up markets early Monday U.S. time.Earlier Monday, Bitcoin's price surged toward $30,000 due to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by the crypto news site Cointelegraph of a spot

news It’s unrealistic and bad for the crypto industry to expect exchanges to send know-your-customer (KYC) information to recipient platforms with every transaction. That’s the gist of a public comment letter filed this week by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis, in response to a draft recommendation by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an intergovernmental organization dedicated…

markets View Bitcoin continues to chart bearish lower highs along the 50-candle moving average on the 6-hour chart. The immediate bias remains bearish while the cryptocurrency is held below that average line, currently at $3,450. Recent history shows bull failures at the 6-hour 50-candle moving average are often followed by a drop below the recent…

Nov 26, 2020 at 1:02 p.m. UTCUpdated Nov 26, 2020 at 1:18 p.m. UTCForget Boat Races, Oxford and Cambridge Students Are Competing at Crypto TradingThe British universities of Oxford and Cambridge, famed for their annual boat race, are bringing their traditional rivalry into the crypto arena.Students from both universities will take part in an algorithmic…

Featured SpeakerChristy Goldsmith RomeroCommissionerU.S. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionExplore the policy fallout from the 2022 market crash, the advance of CBDCs and more.Nikhilesh De is CoinDesk's managing editor for global policy and regulation. He owns marginal amounts of bitcoin and ether.Jesse Hamilton is CoinDesk's deputy managing editor for global policy and regulation. He doesn't hold any…

Apr 15, 2020 at 21:40 UTCYou know things are weird when bitcoin is getting less volatile and stocks aren’t.After surging about a month ago during a frantic sell-off, the 30-day volatility of daily returns from the leading cryptocurrency has dropped in recent days, and is almost back to where it was before the panic started…

Michael Saylor's MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, has bought another 27,200 BTC for $2 billion. Its bitcoin stash was acquired for a cumulative $11.9 billion, meaning MicroStrategy is currently in profit to the tune of around $11 billion. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April

Sep 22, 2020 at 16:00 UTCSkynet Labs team photo (Skeynet Labs)The startup formerly known as Nebulous has raised a $3 million funding round led by Paradigm with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, A.Capital, Collaborative Fund, Dragonfly Capital Partners, Hack VC, INBlockchain, First Star Ventures and others.  The startup also rebranded, as Skynet…