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    Payments fintech Square said it has no plans to buy more bitcoin for its corporate treasuries, after losing $20m on…

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    Amid a backdrop of massive government stimulus and rock-bottom interest rates, cryptocurrencies have been experiencing a boom. The prices of the…

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    Elon Musk is working with dogecoin developers to improve its efficiency after his electric car company Tesla suspended payments in…

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    The price of Bitcoin fell steeply to dip below $50,000 after Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said over Twitter the…

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    Tesla Inc. will halt sales of cars using bitcoin due to the effects on the environment that cryptocurrency mining can…

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    Ether has reached a market capitalisation of more than $500bn, making the cryptocurrency worth more than financial heavyweights like JPMorgan and…

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    Several recent episodes including “meme stocks” and Archegos Capital Management clearly show how risky and opaque transactions among non-banks can…

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    It has been a big year for cryptocurrency. Bitcoin is worth six times what it was 12 months ago, and the joke…

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    Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren in an interview with MarketWatch on Wednesday dismissed talk of scaling back asset purchases…

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    Wealthy investor Mike Novogratz says that the run-up in dogecoin is a reflection of the disenchantment of younger investors in…

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    The likelihood of dogecoin reaching $5 in value this year is at 17%, according to bookmakers, as the meme coin’s…

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    Traders will soon be able to track the performance of the world’s two biggest cryptocurrencies on Wall Street, as S&P…

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    Every dog has its day…but a whole year? Indeed, dogecoin, the meme crypto which has become linked to an image…

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    Legendary investor Warren Buffett told his faithful over the weekend that the U.S. economy is “red hot,” suggesting money in…

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    The numbers: Jobless benefit claims fell to 553,000 last week from a revised 566,000 a week earlier, the U.S. Labor…

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    The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its strategy of helping the U.S. economy with ultra-low interest rates even as…

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    Elon Musk is now — apparently — The Dogefather. Dogecoin DOGEUSD, +12.77% shot up 32% in the wee hours of…

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    Now “Disaster Girl” really has something to smirk about.  The face of the beloved meme — which features a young…

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    Cryptocurrency prices have fallen across the board, ending a recent rally for ether and pushing bitcoin below the $50,000 mark.…

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    It was a $1 or bust for the dogecoin community on Wednesday—and now it seems like dogecoin fanatics are just…

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    American teens are spending their money on chicken sandwiches from Chick-fil-A, athletic gear from Nike NKE, -4.12% and cryptocurrencies like…

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    The value of cryptocurrency Dogecoin has increased almost 140% in the last 24 hours. The digital currency, represented by a…

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    TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday as jubilance over positive U.S. economic data and a Wall Street record…

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    Coinbase is set to make history for cryptocurrency companies everywhere this week, as it prepares to list its shares publicly on…

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    The numbers: Two U.S. regional gauges of manufacturing sentiment showed strength in April, according to data released Thursday. The Philadelphia…

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    NEW YORK (Project Syndicate)—There is a growing debate about whether the inflation that will arise over the next few months…

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    Coinbase Global Inc. became the most valuable U.S. exchange Wednesday amid strong demand for the cryptocurrency platform’s newly public stock.…

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    Even though Coinbase’s revenue surged over the past 12 months, the company has little to no chance of meeting the…

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    Shares of Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. surged more than 5% Monday in Hong Kong trading, after the e-commerce giant was…

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    Tom Jessop, head of Fidelity Digital Assets at Fidelity Investments, says that the maturation and adoption of digital assets as…

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    The numbers: Initial jobless benefit claims filed through the states rose 16,000 to 744,000 in the week ended April 3,…

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    A financial paradigm shift may be evolving right under our very noses. The nature of money, and in many cases…

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    Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase Global Inc. revealed late Tuesday preliminary first-quarter revenue that topped $1 billion, surpassing revenue for all of…

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    The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday raised its global economic outlook, citing a much brighter picture for the U.S. economy.…

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    Strong performances from bitcoin and ethereum have taken the market capitalisation of cryptocurrencies above $2tn for the first-time ever. Ethereum…

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    Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Monday she is working with the most influential countries around the world to end the…

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    The price of bitcoin jumped to nearly $60,000 following an announcement by PayPal that it would allow users to use…

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    The $1.9 trillion stimulus package recently passed by the U.S. Congress won’t spur persistently higher inflation, said Federal Reserve Vice…

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    Fidelity Investments unveiled plans 24 March to launch an exchange-traded fund that tracks the price of bitcoin, furthering the money manager’s…

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    Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could face a “brutal” price correction when regulators eventually weigh in on the sector, Europe’s largest…

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    Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has said that the company’s electric cars can now be bought using the cryptocurrency bitcoin.…

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    Bitcoin prices could reach $300,000 soon — but then sink into a dark period, if history is any gauge, according…

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    Stimulus checks are quickly making their way into Americans’ bank accounts and mailboxes. Many Americans will put the money towards…

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    The numbers: The Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s business activity index jumped to 51.8 in March from 23.1 in the prior month.…

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    Analysts at Bank of America have attacked bitcoin as “exceptionally volatile” and “impractical” in a 17 March research note. In…

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    The European markets regulator has repeated warnings about the risks of cryptoassets for investors, noting that record prices for cryptocurrencies…

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    Bitcoin has retreated from its all-time high of $61,000 over the weekend, edging down more than 8% in intra-day trading…

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    The numbers: The Empire State Manufacturing Index rose to a reading of 17.4 in March from 12.1 in the prior…

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    The number of women investing in cryptocurrencies on zero-commission trading app Robinhood is surging in the wake of bitcoin’s recent…

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    The numbers: U.S. job openings rose to 6.92 million in January from a revised 6.75 million in the previous month,…

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