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Why a Chinese New Year Sell-Off May Not Happen This Year
It's the year of the ox, and many traders and investors are holding their bitcoin in anticipation of a bullish market trend.
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UK Man Offers Council $72M if He Finds Discarded Bitcoin Trove at Landfill
The town of Newport in Wales could get a hefty reward if the treasure is found in the trash.
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Blockchain-Based Immunity Passports Don't Resolve Core Privacy Issues: Report
Proposals for immunity or vaccine passes have resurfaced with promising news about vaccines, but the web standards they’re based on contain flaws.
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Breakdown 11.9 Pfizer covid vaccine announcement
The Biggest Macro Event Since March
According to the bright minds of FinTwit, the biggest event isn’t the U.S. presidential election but today’s Pfizer vaccine update.
Breakdown 11.9 Pfizer covid vaccine announcement

Breakdown 10.31
The World Is Never Getting Off Government Stimulus
The Breakdown weekly recap looks at bitcoin buying by Iran, JPM Coin and the latest round of lockdowns coming to Europe.
Breakdown 10.31

Breakdown 10.28
The ‘Everything Crash’ Is Coming? Markets Go Risk-Off as European Stocks See Worst Day in 5 Months
Stocks, oil, even gold are down on fears of resumed COVID-19 lockdowns, but bitcoin hodlers are keeping the faith.
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Breakdown 10.26
Hedge Funds Failures, Bankruptcies and Pandemic Fatigue
As cases rise and the U.S. settles in for a fresh wave of COVID-19, the economic fallout from round one is still being felt, from hedge funds to bankruptcies and beyond.
Breakdown 10.26

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Closing Time for Bitcoin’s Iconic Room 77 – 'And That’s OK,' Says Owner
Room 77 originally opened as a side project, until Bitcoin came and made it an icon. Now, the first bar to ever accept bitcoin is closing.
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Bitcoin, Stocks Fall as Trump Tests Positive for COVID-19
The cryptocurrency and Asian stock markets dumped early Friday after U.S. Pres. Donald Trump announced he and his wife had tested positive to COVID-19.
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The Anxiety Index: 4 Fear Factors Shaping the Economy
From COVID-19 relapses to election insecurity, these factors drive defensiveness up and demand down.
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