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Gold

Is Bitcoin digital gold? It seems investors prefer the real thing

| Sebastian Bowen

Store of value? Perhaps not.

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin price volatility is back. Should ASX investors pay attention?

| Leigh Gant

Bitcoin’s wild week is a reminder of how quickly digital asset markets can reverse.

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Cryptocurrencies

How to join the more than 10% of Aussies now invested in cryptocurrencies

| Cameron England

Cryptocurrencies are now the third most popular investment for Australians, behind shares and cash.

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin and gold surge to record highs as investors pile into the debasement trade

| Leigh Gant

A weakening dollar and record bitcoin price have investors chasing hard assets in 2025’s defining market trend.

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Cryptocurrencies

Is it better to buy Bitcoin directly, or use Bitcoin ETFs?

| Sebastian Bowen

Owning Bitcoin has never been easier on the ASX.

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Cryptocurrencies

US$10,000 invested in Bitcoin 3 years ago is now worth…

| Bernd Struben

Crypto investors have realised some outsized gains on their Bitcoin investments over three years.

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Cryptocurrencies

Here's what owning Bitcoin for 7 years has taught me

| Sebastian Bowen

Bitcoin has been a fantastic investment for me, but not without its pitfalls.

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin price blasts past US$100,000 milestone before an unexpected move

| Bernd Struben

Boom! The Bitcoin price just smashed through the US$100,000 mark.

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Recent Cryptocurrencies News

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Cryptocurrencies

The Bitcoin price just tumbled back below US$20,000. What's happening?

| Bernd Struben

With interest rates ratcheting up rapidly in 2022, most cryptos are deep in the red for the calendar year.

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Cryptocurrencies

This is the biggest concern for crypto investors heading into the new quarter

| Bernd Struben

Many top cryptos showed resiliency in September, but can that last?

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Share Market News

Did the Bitcoin price outperform the ASX 200 in the first quarter?

| Bernd Struben

For most of this year, the Bitcoin price has magnified the moves of share markets.

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Cryptocurrencies

What can crypto investors expect from the Bitcoin price in October?

| Bernd Struben

Crypto investors will be keeping a close eye on the latest CPI data due out of the US next week.

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Cryptocurrencies

Why did the Bitcoin price outperform the NASDAQ in September?

| Bernd Struben

With banks ramping up interest rates, risk assets have come under tremendous pressure.

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Cryptocurrencies

Why buying Bitcoin might be the best investment right now: broker

| Bernd Struben

The broader crypto rout has been driven by fast-rising interest rates across the world to combat soaring inflation.

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Share Market News

Has the Bitcoin price found a floor?

| Bernd Struben

Something rather remarkable has been happening with the world’s original crypto over the past week.

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin price rallies 6% to leap back over US$20,000

| James Mickleboro

The Bitcoin price has been on fire on Tuesday. What's happening?

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin isn't as 'smart' as Ethereum… and that's why I hold it

| Mitchell Lawler

Isn't Bitcoin old and irrelevant now?

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Cryptocurrencies

Soy boy and bitshaming: Here's your guide to crypto slang

| Tony Yoo

There is a whole subculture that has driven the rise of cryptocurrencies for the last 15 years. We explain some…

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Cryptocurrencies

Dogecoin price gains send it back among top 10 global cryptos

| Bernd Struben

It remains to be seen how cryptos operating under proof of work protocols will fare over the coming year.

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Share Market News

How will the Ethereum merge impact the Bitcoin price?

| Bernd Struben

The world’s original crypto has been overshadowed in the media in recent weeks by Ethereum’s transition to a proof of…

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Cryptocurrencies

Spinoff token EthereumPOW price crashes 86% post merge. Here's why

| Bernd Struben

EthereumPOW came about as the result of last week’s merge of the Ethereum blockchain.

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Cryptocurrencies

3 reasons the Ethereum price could gain in the post-Merge months

| Bernd Struben

In the months, and indeed years, ahead, the Merge looks like it might offer some strong tailwinds for Ethereum.

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Cryptocurrencies

Will the Ethereum Merge leave the crypto at greater risk of hacking?

| Bernd Struben

Investors are applauding the huge reduction in energy use from the transition to proof of stake but are concerned over…

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Cryptocurrencies

Why did the Bitcoin price just dip below US$20,000?

| Bernd Struben

Cryptos and other risk assets like high growth tech shares have been closely correlated this year.

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Cryptocurrencies

The Bitcoin price has tumbled 50% in 2022 but this expert says crypto 'is here to stay'

| Bernd Struben

Cryptos have come under intense pressure in 2022 amid fast rising interest rates that have seen most risk assets sell…

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Cryptocurrencies

What's supporting the Dogecoin price in September?

| Bernd Struben

Like Bitcoin, Dogecoin will continue to operate a proof of work (PoW) protocol for the foreseeable future.

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Cryptocurrencies

Will the Ethereum price continue to outperform in 2022 post Merge? Expert panel weighs in

| Bernd Struben

Though still down 55% year-to-date, Ethereum outperformed Bitcoin in July and August.

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Cryptocurrencies

Why the Bitcoin price is not having a 'whale of a time' lately

| Bernd Struben

With the top crypto trading below US$20,000, it looks to have stirred some long dormant whales.

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Cryptocurrencies

The Ethereum price just dropped 8% despite Merge progression

| Bernd Struben

Only two of the top 100 cryptos by market cap are in the green over the past 24 hours.

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Share Market News

The Bitcoin price just fell below US$19,000 What's happening?

| Bernd Struben

With the vast majority of altcoins sharply lower, the total crypto-sphere market valuation has sunk below the US$1 trillion mark.

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Cryptocurrencies

Is El Salvador's great Bitcoin experiment fizzling or just getting started?

| Bernd Struben

The big price falls over the past 10 months have not spurred Salvadorans into rushing to embrace the crypto instead…

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Cryptocurrencies

Ethereum Merge first stage set for tomorrow. What can crypto investors expect next?

| Bernd Struben

Ethereum’s designers have spent several years working to transition the crypto’s blockchain from proof of work (POW) to proof of…

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Cryptocurrencies

Why did the Dogecoin price tumble 12% in August?

| Bernd Struben

It may have been created as a joke, but Dogecoin has a total market valuation north of US$8 billion.

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Cryptocurrencies

The Bitcoin price tanked 15% in August. Here's why

| Bernd Struben

The tech-heavy NASDAQ, a solid proxy for risk appetite, fell 4.6% last month.

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Cryptocurrencies

Why the Ethereum price slipped but still outperformed Bitcoin in August

| Bernd Struben

The last weeks of August saw risk assets sell off as investors priced in a steeper interest rate hike cycle.

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Cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin price resilience 'could be a promising sign': expert

| Bernd Struben

The prospect of more interest rate rises has sent risk assets sharply lower this week, yet Bitcoin has proven surprisingly…

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Cryptocurrencies

Here's why the Bitcoin price just dipped back below US$20,000

| Bernd Struben

All but a handful of cryptos have lost ground since Friday as renewed risk-off sentiment takes hold.

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Technology Shares

Which crypto is ASX 300 tech company Appen holding and why?

| Mitchell Lawler

Appen can be added to the list of public companies holding crypto on its balance sheet...

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Cryptocurrencies

What on earth does Jackson Hole have to do with the Bitcoin price?

| Bernd Struben

Cryptos have been moving closely in line with US growth stocks this year.

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Cryptocurrencies

The Bitcoin price is down today but these 2 cryptos just rocketed 17%

| Bernd Struben

While cryptos have broadly come under pressure amid rising interest rates, investors are still seeing some big daily moves higher.

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Cryptocurrencies

Cryptos retreat. Is the Bitcoin price rally over?

| Bernd Struben

The Bitcoin price has moved very much in tangent with risk assets in 2022, though often with bigger ups and…

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Cryptocurrencies

The Aussie-born crypto platform taking on Ethereum

| Matthew Farley

A new platform is being launched by a 25-year-old Aussie millionaire.

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Cryptocurrencies

This is why Ethereum has been outpacing the Bitcoin price gains. Will it last?

| Bernd Struben

The Ethereum blockchain may make its long-awaited transition to a Proof of Stake protocol next month.

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Cryptocurrencies

Will the next era of computing break the Bitcoin price or boost it?

| Bernd Struben

Cryptos have taken a beating over the past months as interest rates around the world ratcheted higher. But is there…

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Cryptocurrencies

Here's why the Dogecoin price has had such a great week

| Bernd Struben

Economic data out of the United States and a surprise announcement by BlackRock offered some healthy tailwinds to cryptos over…

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Cryptocurrencies

Why this Bitcoin maximalist says all other 'crypto is a scam'

| Bernd Struben

Initially introduced in a 2008 whitepaper by one or more people going by the pseudonym of Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin launched…

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Cryptocurrencies

Why an RBA-issued crypto-like currency could soon be a reality

| Brooke Cooper

The RBA is piloting a central bank-baked digital currency.

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Cryptocurrencies

Can the Bitcoin price reach US$30,000 again in 2022?

| Bernd Struben

Rising interest rates have resulted in significantly less institutional investor interest in cryptos.

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