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PCE data comes in slightly lower than expected; Bitcoin holds firm at $28K

Quick Take U.S. Feb. Core PCE Price Index (MoM): 0.3%, [Est. 0.4%, Prev. 0.5%] U.S. Feb. Core PCE Price Index…

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Lumber to gold ratio breaks down, suggesting a risk-off environment

Quick Take So far, 2023 has been a good year for Bitcoin and risk assets, with Bitcoin up 71%, Nvidia…

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Comparing Bitcoin’s spot and derivatives markets in Q1 2023

Quick Take As Q1 has ended with a remarkable Bitcoin performance of over 70%, it is worth analyzing the spot…

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Bitcoin drops slightly following OPEC production cuts announcement

Quick Take CryptoSlate has discussed the possibility of de-dollarization and moving towards a unipolar world. These trends take decades to…

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Ethereum deposit contract holdings exceed 18 million ETH

Quick Take ETH was deposited to the ETH 2 deposit contract — the current ETH balance has now surpassed 18…

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Binance maintains steady Ethereum reserves, ramps up Bitcoin holdings

Quick Take Binance has been under heavy scrutiny for the past week since the CFTC claimed that Binance had breached…

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Risk-off sentiment evident as crypto-margin plummets to all-time low

Quick Take In the first-quarter review of derivatives, CryptoSlate showed that futures open interest had hit a one-year low. We…

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Investors wary as Shanghai upgrade looms, options market signals negative sentiment

Quick Take The options market is finally starting to price in the Ethereum Shanghai upgrade, supposedly scheduled for April 12.…

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Gold breaks out to new highs as US economy starts to slow down

Quick Take In the past two days, a lot of macro data has come out for the U.S., which shows…

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No more rate hikes: Markets believe the Fed rate pause is nigh

Quick Take Chances of any more rate hikes seem to have disappeared after the recently reported weak U.S. macro data.…

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