Bitcoin shows growing strength during market downturn — Wintermute

Bitcoin shows growing strength during market downturn — Wintermute

Bitcoin is showing increasing resilience to macroeconomic turbulence, weathering the market downturn better than many traditional assets and signaling a shift in its historical behavior. Bitcoin is showing growing resilience to macroeconomic headwinds compared with traditional financial markets, according to an April 14 report from crypto market maker Wintermute. The report noted that Bitcoin (BTC)…

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Trade wars could spur governments to embrace Web3 — Truebit

Trade wars could spur governments to embrace Web3 — Truebit

Trustless verification of a product’s origins could become an important use case for blockchain networks. Escalating trade wars are rattling cryptocurrency markets — but they are also creating new use cases for blockchain networks, Truebit executives told Cointelegraph.  On April 2, President Donald Trump announced plans to charge sweeping tariffs on US imports, prompting other…

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Asia holds crypto liquidity, but US Treasurys will unlock institutional funds

Asia holds crypto liquidity, but US Treasurys will unlock institutional funds

The disconnect between Asia’s crypto liquidity hubs and US capital markets has hindered institutional adoption of digital assets. Opinion by: Jack Lu, CEO of BounceBit For years, crypto has promised a more open and efficient financial system. A fundamental inefficiency remains: the disconnect between US capital markets and Asia’s liquidity hubs. The United States dominates…

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Bitcoin holds K as US dollar falls to 3-year low and PPI inflation drops sharply

Bitcoin holds $82K as US dollar falls to 3-year low and PPI inflation drops sharply

Developing bull market signals could continue to boost Bitcoin prices despite the tense atmosphere of the US trade war. Bitcoin (BTC) sought higher levels around the April 11 Wall Street open as the week’s final US inflation data gave bulls hope. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD…

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Tariffs, capital controls could fragment blockchain networks — Execs

Tariffs, capital controls could fragment blockchain networks — Execs

The Bitcoin network is especially vulnerable to geopolitical tensions because of its physical hardware requirements, crypto executives said. Escalating geopolitical tensions threaten to balkanize blockchain networks and restrict users’ access, crypto executives told Cointelegraph.  On April 9, US President Donald Trump announced a pause in the rollout of tariffs imposed on certain countries — but…

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