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Bitcoin (BTC) dipped below $47,000, although technicals suggest support around $43,000 could stabilize the pullback. The cryptocurrency also saw a strong uptick in short-term volatility over the past 24 hours, similar to what occurred during bitcoin's breakout above $45,000 last week, according to data provided by Skew. Original Source
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Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptos are rising after the Luna Foundation Guard purchased $1 billion worth of BTC over the past few days. Some crypto traders are turning bullish, evidenced by the rise in buy volumes across exchanges. Source
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In crypto markets, most alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins) outperformed bitcoin, suggesting that traders are still comfortable with risk, albeit less so relative to last week. BTC was roughly flat over the past 24 hours, compared with a 1% gain in ether (ETH), and a 7% rise in Algorand's ALGO token. Source
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Generally, altcoins outperform during bull markets because they have a greater risk profile relative to bitcoin. And during down markets, bitcoin outperforms as investors reduce their exposure to risk. So, when correlations are high, there is less opportunity to reduce volatility in a crypto portfolio, which is why some traders
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The annualized one-month implied volatility, investors' expectations for price turbulence over the next four weeks, has increased from 68% to 77% this month, according to data provided by Skew. The three- and six-month gauges have gone up from roughly 67% to 74%. Source
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The spread between the six-month ether and bitcoin implied volatilities fell to a two-year low of 13%, perhaps indicating that the cryptocurrencies' fortunes are more strongly tied to each other than before. Implied volatility refers to investors' expectations for price turbulence over a specific period. Original Source
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"We added to our longer-term options position, selling the volatility spike post-invasion," QCP Capital, a crypto trading firm, wrote in a Telegram chat, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The firm has been tactically accumulating a long volatility position, "expecting outsized volatility" going into the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting March
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Bitcoin's recovery from one-month lows has some investors saying the rebound is likely to continue, and activity in the options market suggests they may be right. Source
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“This marketing strategy worked, and the implication is Coinbase could have just signed up enormous new users in 1Q22, at a reasonable cost,” according to Oppenheimer’s Owen Lau. Lau, who maintains an outperform recommendation on the stock, said in a note to clients that this may lead to a jump
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Crypto mining operations based in the United States are committed to increasing their hash power with more hardware despite Bitcoin’s (BTC) three-month downturn.The Marathon Digital Holdings and GEM Mining companies in the U.S. told Cryptox this week that they each expect the size of their respective operations to grow through
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