Bitcoin could rally 40% by the end of the year, according to a top blockchain founder

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Welcome to the weekend. Phil Rosen here, writing to you from Manhattan. 

I'm somewhat of a skeptic when it comes to digital assets, but so far this year bitcoin's been the top performing asset by a landslide — it's up more than 73%.

I caught up with a blockchain executive to get the scoop on why that rally could see more upside as the economy slows down. 

Video appears to show Ukraine striking a Russian warehouse in Bakhmut with devastating effects using US-made smart bombs

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The video appears to show US-made JDAM-ER bomb kits in action in Bakhmut.
The video appears to show US-made JDAM-ER bomb kits in action in Bakhmut.

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Leaked docs show 'Putin's chef' is increasingly at odds with the Russian leader over Wagner mercenary deaths

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Prigozhin vs
Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right).

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Massive incendiary attack in Bakhmut shows Russia's 'scorched earth' tactics have turned the eastern Ukrainian city to rubble

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BAKHMUT, UKRAINE - JUL 24: A teacher walks through the rubble of a school bombed by the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 24 July 2022. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A teacher walks through the rubble of a school bombed by the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 24 July 2022.

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Ukraine's risky gamble in Bakhmut may be paying off as infighting in Russia's ranks threatens its hopes of capturing the city, experts say

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Ukrainian soldiers ride atop an APC in the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, April 9, 2023.
Ukrainian soldiers ride atop an APC in the heaviest battles with the Russian invaders in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, April 9, 2023.

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Russia's economy is suffering from industrial decline as satellites detect less pollution in the air

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Russia's main tank factory
Russia's main tank factory in October 2022.

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A Ukrainian farmer stripped pieces off wrecked Russian tanks to make an armored, remote-controlled, mine-sweeping tractor

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Remote controlled demining machine made of tractor and armoured plates from destroyed Russian military vehicles is seen in a field near the village of Hrakove.
The remote-controlled de-mining machine proudly displays painted Ukrainian flags.

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Russia says there's a problem with billions of rupees it has in India that need to be converted

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A worker at a fuel station checks a 500 Indian rupee note after filing a vehicle with fuel in Kolkata February 3, 2011.

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Russia is using the supposed Kremlin drone strike as an excuse to scale back its Victory Day celebrations and hide its military losses, experts say

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A composite image shows Soviet tanks T-34 roll in Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2021, and a destroyed Russian in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in January 2023.
A composite image shows Soviet T-34 tanks in Red Square during the Victory Day parade in Moscow, Russia on May 9, 2021, and a destroyed Russian tank in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in January 2023.

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Wagner Group boss says he's pulling his troops out of Bakhmut after posting an expletive-filled tirade against Putin's war chiefs

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A furious Yevgeny Prigozhin screams at Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov.
A furious Yevgeny Prigozhin screams at Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and General Valery Gerasimov.

Screenshot/Press Service of Prigozhin/Telegram

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