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Hawkish Fed Has Bitcoin Market Feeling Most Fearful in 3 Months

Crypto traders initial worries about a hawkish Fed materialized Wednesday as Chairman Jerome Powell cut…

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Bitcoin’s Nosedive to Under $100K Shaves $700M Crypto Longs, XRP Drops 5%

A bitcoin (BTC) slump spiraled into over $700 million worth of liquidations across futures tracking…

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Crypto’s Estate Planning Problem: A Wake-Up Call

As 2024 draws to a close, cryptocurrency stands at a turning point. Bitcoin has crossed…

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‘DeFi on Bitcoin’ Gets a Boost as BOB L2 Integrates $6B BTC Staking Protocol Babylon

BOB, the “hybrid layer-2” network seeking to make Bitcoin the center of the decentralized finance…

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How Wall Street’s Relationship With Bitcoin Will Transform in 2025: 5 Predictions

When Michael Saylor announced MicroStrategy’s conversion of $250 million in Treasury reserves to bitcoin in…

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Thames Water to get green light to hike bills by more than a third by 2030

Exclusive: Long-awaited decision by water regulator Ofwat falls short of utility’s requested 59% rise Troubled…

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The Protocol: Solana’s Allure for Devs; Avalanche’s Big Upgrade

Welcome to The Protocol, CoinDesk’s weekly wrap-up of the most important stories in cryptocurrency tech…

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Deutsche Bank’s L2 Blockchain to Be ‘Public and Permissioned,’ Says Tech Partner

Banking giant Deutsche Bank is building out a layer-2 rollup network on Ethereum with Matter…

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Fed Cuts Interest Rates by 25 Basis Points, Bitcoin Slips Below $104K on Hawkish Tone

The U.S. Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points to…

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‘Pick and mix of horror’ online pushes young people to violence, UK police chief says

Counter-terrorism leader says there is often no ideology behind ‘grotesque fascinations’ with extreme content More…

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