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Crypto market recap: Bitcoin reclaims $65K to open the week — why a round number matters

Bitcoin nudged back above $65,000 as the market added a little green to start a new week. The fear gauge slipped a point but stayed in 'fear.' Here is why traders fuss over round numbers.

7 minEditorial Team2d ago
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Crypto market recap: a flat, slightly red day — but the ETF buying keeps climbing

Bitcoin dipped a hair to around $64,800 and the market went sideways. Underneath, big funds bought for a sixth day running. Here is why price and flows can point different ways.

7 minEditorial Team3d ago
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Crypto market recap: a third quiet green day, and the fear gauge is slowly thawing

Bitcoin sits just under $65K after three calm, slightly-up days. The Fear and Greed Index has crept from extreme fear to plain fear. Here is what that actually means for a beginner.

7 minEditorial Team4d ago
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Crypto market recap: Ethereum leads a green day — while ETF money quietly walks the other way

A quiet, green Wednesday: Ethereum is the day's standout, up over 2%, while Bitcoin ticks up a fraction. Two things are worth a beginner's minute. First, the Bitcoin-fund turn we have tracked all week has now officially held a full week — the big Bitcoin ETFs have not had a single day of net selling in August. Second, and more instructive: Ethereum's price rose today even as money left its ETFs, a clean little lesson in why fund flows are one signal, not the whole story.

7 minEditorial TeamAug 5
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Crypto market recap: prices barely move — and Bitcoin is trading like a tech stock again

Another quiet, pale-green day: Bitcoin sits near $64,300, the whole board is up a fraction, and the mood is still cautious. Two things are worth a beginner's time. First, the big Bitcoin funds keep pulling money in — over $170 million on Tuesday alone — which extends the ETF turn we flagged yesterday. Second, Bitcoin is once again moving in near-lockstep with the stock market and gold, and understanding why is one of the most useful things a new investor can learn.

7 minEditorial TeamAug 4
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Crypto market recap: your regular brokerage now sells Bitcoin — and the ETF tide just turned

Two things worth your attention today. First, prices barely moved: Bitcoin holds near $64,000, and the whole board is a quiet, pale green. Second, the plumbing shifted underneath. Morgan Stanley's E*TRADE has finished rolling out spot Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana trading to roughly 8.6 million everyday clients — and after a summer of Ethereum out-gathering Bitcoin, the big Bitcoin funds have suddenly flipped back to strong inflows. Here is what both actually mean for a beginner.

7 minEditorial TeamAug 3
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