CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Closes in on All-Time High as it Blasts Through $18K

Bitcoin's price broke through $18,000 in what some experts are attributing to global events and bullish fundamentals in crypto.

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CryptoCurrency News: Grayscale’s Crypto Assets Under Management Break $10B

Price appreciation in all cryptocurrencies this month is a factor behind the growth, but so are inflows.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bridgewater’s Dalio: ‘I’d Love to Be Corrected’ on Bitcoin. Twitter Obliges

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio asked for and received a heaping dose of “radical candor” Tuesday.

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CryptoCurrency News: CME Sees Record High Open Interest for Bitcoin Futures on Wave of Institutional Inflows

Open interest surged to $976 million Monday.

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CryptoCurrency News: ConsenSys Acquires Blockchain Developer Toolmaker Truffle Suite

ConsenSys is adding dapp development platform Truffle Suite back to its lineup of wholly-owned Ethereum tools.

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CryptoCurrency News: HODL FOMO vs. Speculative FOMO: Why This Bitcoin Bull Market Will Be Different

As bitcoin crosses $17,000 it’s not retail speculation but a new, long-term investor mindset driving the price up.

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CryptoCurrency News: Robinhood Gearing Up for Potential IPO in Early 2021: Report

Robinhood is looking for a banking team to partner in an IPO that could come next year.

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CryptoCurrency News: This $29B Asset Advisory Is Giving Wealth Managers and Clients a Bitcoin On-Ramp

Mariner Wealth Advisors has tapped crypto firm Eaglebrook for its new bitcoin allocation engine.

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CryptoCurrency News: Traders Brace for Major Volatility as Bitcoin Price Nears Record Highs

Volatility has stayed relatively low through Bitcoin’s slow march toward record highs.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Run, Uniswap’s Hemorrhaging Value, Anchorage’s Banking Bid

Bitcoin is nearing all-time highs in price and market cap last set three years ago.

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CryptoCurrency News: Blockchain Startup Raises $12M Series A to Turn Brands Into Cellular Networks

Blockchain startup OXIO raised a $12 million Series A to make “Telecom-as-a-Service” as common as SaaS.

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CryptoCurrency News: The Smart Money Economy

Digital money in a crypto wallet is only the first step. The bigger shift is a new software economy anchored in programmable blockchains.

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CryptoCurrency News: Airbnb’s IPO Prospectus Says Firm May Consider Crypto and Blockchain

The prospectus says Airbnb's "future success" will depend on it adapting to technologies like blockchain and cryptocurrency.

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CryptoCurrency News: First Mover: Bitcoin Tops $17K as Scaramucci Makes Entrée, Ethereum Meets Rival

Ethereum's success as dominant "smart contracts" blockchain attracts rivals, and some investors speculate Polkadot might have momentum.

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CryptoCurrency News: Balaji Srinivasan, HashKey Back $2M Round in Twitter Privacy Tool Mask Network

Mask Network, the protocol that allows users to send encrypted messages and even cryptocurrencies over Twitter, announced a funding round Tuesday.

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CryptoCurrency News: New Mac Update Leaves Users No Room to Escape Data Collection

Following a recent Mac update, users will have to find alternatives if they want out from under Apple’s eye.

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CryptoCurrency News: Gold Lags Far Behind Bitcoin as Vaccine Optimism Buoys Markets

Bitcoin is outshining the precious metal by a significant margin as expectations soar of a swift global economic recovery enabled by promising coronavirus vaccines.

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CryptoCurrency News: Bitcoin Slices Through $17,000 as Market Cap Nears All-Time High

Bitcoin last traded above $17,000 on Jan. 7, 2018.

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CryptoCurrency News: Galaxy Digital Gets Initial Approval for New Bitcoin Fund in Canada

The CI Galaxy Bitcoin Fund has had a preliminary prospectus approved by Canadian securities regulators for an initial public offering.

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CryptoCurrency News: As DeFi Grows, Investors Look to Polkadot to Be the Next Ethereum

In a cryptocurrency ecosystem where the programmable-money juggernaut has long been Ethereum, Polkadot, a project that has been quietly developing an alternative solution since 2016, is ready to take on the blockchain world.

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CryptoCurrency News: Western Union Suspends US Dollar Transfers to Cuba

The move follows the latest sanction from the Trump administration.

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CryptoCurrency News: Litecoin Flips Bitcoin Cash in Crypto Rankings With Rally to 9-Month Highs

Litecoin is now the seventh-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization after a rise to $75.

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CryptoCurrency News: Twitter Hires Noted Hacker as Head of Security Months After Bitcoin Scam

Twitter has hired Peiter Zatko, a prominent white-hat hacker going by the handle "Mudge," to help prevent future security breaches.

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