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BitcoinACKs Lets You Track Bitcoin Development and Pay Coders for Their Work

BitcoinACKs aggregates pull requests for upgrades to Bitcoin Core and lets users pay for the Bitcoin development they want to see.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Holds at $10.7K; Uniswap Volume Drops

Bitcoin’s price struggles to stick to $10,700 as Uniswap’s decentralized exchange trading volume falls to cap September.

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Bitcoin May Return to Center Stage After Ethereum's White-Hot Summer

With the U.S. elections just five weeks away, the crypto market's focus looks to be shifting back to bitcoin from ether.

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First Mover: Binance CEO Sees Future in DeFi While Bitcoin Volatility Turns Minuscule

Binance CEO isn't ashamed to discuss DeFi's future – and how the fast-moving arena might represent the future of his industry-leading crypto exchange.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao.

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Binance CEO Says He Fully Expects DeFi to Cannibalize His Crypto Exchange

Binance's CEO acknowledges the irony of trying to tap into DeFi while defending his company’s reign among crypto exchanges.

Binance CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao says he agrees that decentralization represents the future. (Zoom/CoinDesk)

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Hits $10.9K; Ether Options Signal Short-Term Volatility

Bitcoin prices approached $11,000 in early trading Monday as the ether options signal short-term gyrations.

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Why Bitcoin's Longest Run Above $10,000 Matters

Bitcoin has been above $10,000 for even longer than the record 2017-18 run, giving confidence to long-term HODLers in the process.

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First Mover: Bitcoin Low Exchange Balance Looks Bullish but Chart Looks Bearish as $11K Nears

Bitcoin balances on exchanges hit two-year low, seen as a bullish sign that traders are holding for the long term, or tokenizing for use in DeFi.

Blockchain provides uncanny transparency into crypto-market data, lately indicating that investors have taken their bitcoin off of cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Bitcoin Has Been Less Volatile Than Tesla Stock for Months

Bitcoin is often criticized for being overly volatile, but it's been a sea of calm compared with Tesla stock in recent months.

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Bitwise Bitcoin Fund Doubles to $9M as Investor Fears Grow Over Runaway Inflation

Record fiscal stimulus has pushed wealthy investors to invest in Bitwise's bitcoin fund as a means to hedge against inflation.

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