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Bitcoin Listless as New 'Bearish Crossover' Looms

Bitcoin's long-term moving averages are about to produce yet another bearish crossover.

Annotated bitcoin daily price chart.

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Synthetix Rallies as DeFi Protocol Announces Layer 2 Launch

"SNX's upside is in part supported by the latest update from the team in relation to the planned collaboration with Optimism," one analyst said.

Synthetix is used to create synthetic versions of stocks like Apple, Google and Coinbase.

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El Salvador Could Face 'Limitation' on Bitcoin's Use as Medium of Exchange: JPMorgan

The bank points to bitcoin's illiquid nature, volatility and U.S. dollar conversion risk as major limitations for its use as legal tender.

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Crypto Long & Short: A Bear Market Doesn’t Spell Doom

Plus: China’s Bitcoin crackdown, and why bitcoin isn’t a “boomer coin.”

Bear sign (CoinDesk Archives)

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SEC Brings Insider Trading Charges Against Dark Web User 'The Bull'

The 30-year-old Greek man allegedly sold fake insider trading tips on AlphaBay.

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Rises After Volatile Week

Analysts see the possibility of further selling pressure despite short-term relief.

Bitcoin 24-hour price chart, CoinDesk 20.

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Traders Make Money Selling 'Strangles' as Bitcoin Goes Quiet

A strangle is essentially a bet that bitcoin’s price won’t break out anytime soon.

Bitcoin options traders are betting the market waters will stay calm.

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Reflation-Trade Rethink Keeps Bitcoin Under Pressure

Reflation bets are those that benefit from a pickup in economic growth and inflation.

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Bitcoin Price Seesaws in Tight Range Awaiting Bullish Catalyst

The daily chart for bitcoin shows prices have been caught between $36,000 and $31,000 since at least June 21.

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