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The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has seen extreme volatility in the past 24 hours. After the Dow Jones Industrial Average abruptly rose by more than 800 points, BTC plunged in tandem with gold. Within five hours of achieving a four-day peak at $15,840, the dominant cryptocurrency abruptly plummeted 6.5%. Following the correction of BTC, analysts…

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Trader Joe joins top 5 DEX list as Liquidity Book model thrives on Arbitrum
Trader Joe has risen to the top five decentralized exchanges by trading volume after the launch of its V2 platform on Arbitrum on Feb. 1, 2023. Top five DEX by 7-day trading volume. Source: DeFiLlamaThe project launched a liquidity incentive program to boost deposits for ARB, ETH and USDC trading which shared 300,000 JOE token rewards…

Bitcoin holds 5-week high as trader suggests ‘parabolic’ bear trend is over
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Two individuals indicted for $25M AI crypto trading scam: DOJ
Defendants David Gilbert Saffron and Vincent Anthony Mazzotta Jr. allegedly solicited users’ deposits for investment and used them for lavish personal expenditures. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted two individuals for allegedly operating a $25-million artificial intelligence (AI) crypto-trading Ponzi scheme.According to the Dec. 12 announcement, Australian national David Gilbert Saffron and

SEC could approve spot Bitcoin ETFs as early as 2023 — Bloomberg analysts
“Once crypto exchanges are compliant, the SEC's primary reason for denying spot Bitcoin ETFs would no longer be valid, likely clearing the way for approval,” said the analysts. 146 Total views 12 Total shares Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart, exchange-traded fund analysts for Bloomberg, said that a proposed rule change with the United States Securities…

Bitcoin derivatives show a lack of confidence from bulls
Bitcoin (BTC) has been trending up since mid-July, although the current ascending channel formation holds $21,100 support. This pattern has been holding for 45 days and could potentially drive BTC towards $26,000 by late August.Bitcoin/USD 12-hour price. Source: TradingViewAccording to Bitcoin derivatives data, investors are pricing higher odds of a downturn, but recent improvements in…