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Crypto Daybook Americas: Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue, Inflation Is Hot, but Bitcoin Shines Through

By James Van Straten (All times ET unless indicated otherwise) Bitcoin (BTC) continues to climb the wall of worry, pushing above $97,000 despite hotter-than-expected U.S. consumer and producer price inflation reports in the past couple of days. That’s a surprise. With prices rising and the likelihood of a Fed rate cut receding, you’d expect risky […]

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Bitcoin Short-Term Holders Now Possess Over 4M BTC, Shows Cycle Has More Room To Run: Van Straten

Short-term bitcoin (BTC) holders (STHs) have added 1.5 million bitcoin (BTC) since September taking the total to over 4 million bitcoin, according to Glassnode. This equates to an average accumulation of approximately 300,000 BTC per month. During this period, bitcoin surged from $60,000 to $109,000 before pulling back below $100,000. Glassnode defines STHs as those

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Coinbase Benefits From Strong Near-Term Momentum, 2025 Is Off to a Good Start: JMP

Coinbase (COIN) finished 2024 with very strong business momentum as sentiment about the wider digital asset industry improved, broker JMP said in a research report on Thursday after the crypto exchange’s fourth quarter results. JMP raised its Coinbase price target to $475 from $400 and reiterated its market outperform rating. The shares dropped 1.3% to

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Japanese Energy Firm Remixpoint Boosts Crypto Holdings More Than 8,000% in 9 Months

Remixpoint (3825), a Japanese energy consulting firm that decided build up cryptocurrency reserves, boosted its holdings by more than 8,000% in the nine months ended Dec. 31 and is now close to having spent its target of 10 billion yen ($65 million). The Tokyo-based company held 5.8 billion yen ($38 million) of crypto at year-end,

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XRP, DOGE Rally as SEC Acknowledges ETF Filings, JUP Cheers Token Buyback Plan

Alternative cryptocurrencies, or altcoins, made waves Friday as XRP and dogecoin (DOGE) drew strength from spot ETF optimism and Solana-based decentralized exchange Jupiter’s JUP token cheered the platform’s buyback program. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has acknowledged Grasycale’s applications for XRP and dogecoin (DOGE) spot ETFs, Fed. 13 updates by the market regulator

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Bitcoin Bull Market Is Far From Over, Suggests Historical BTC Trend Tied to 200-Week Average

Historical trends tied to a key indicator suggest that bitcoin (BTC) has plenty of upside left as renewed inflation in the U.S. threatens to challenge the current uptrend. The 200-week simple moving average (SMA) of bitcoin’s price, which smooths out short-term market fluctuations to provide a clearer picture of the overall trend, stood at $44,200

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Story Protocol Launches to Let People to Register IP and Get Paid For It

Story Protocol launched its intellectual property-focused blockchain and associated IP token on Thursday. The blockchain is positioned as the “world’s intellectual property network,” providing users with a way to register their IP and track how others use it. The aptly named “$IP” token, which Story announced last week, is used for transaction fees and offers

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Coinbase Posts $2.27B in Q4 Revenue, Blowing Through $1.84B Estimate

Coinbase (COIN) topped already strong estimates for fourth quarter results, posting a 138% year-over-year gain in revenue amid the major bull move in crypto surrounding the November election of Donald Trump. The leading U.S. crypto exchange posted fourth quarter revenue of $$2.27 billion against consensus $1.84 billion and $1.26 billion three months prior. Adjusted earnings

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HashFlare Co-Founders Plead Guilty in $577M Crypto Mining Ponzi Scheme

The co-founders of Hashflare, a crypto mining ponzi scheme that stole $577 million from hundreds of thousands of investors around the world, both pleaded guilty on Wednesday to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin, both 40, were arrested in their native Estonia in November 2022 and extradited to the U.S. on

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