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Happy Friday eve, readers. I'm Phil Rosen. As a financial journalist, I'm always trying to distill complex ideas into plain language (for my own understanding as much as yours). 

As for Opening Bell, I've found it helpful to remember that the stock market operates as a zero-sum game.

Like poker or chess, one player's win means another player's loss. 

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Happy Tuesday Opening Bell crew. I'm Phil Rosen — it's been a moment since we've checked in on the cryptocurrency sector. 

Rest assured it's still humming along, with bitcoin seeing nearly a 70% gain in the first three months of the year. 

Even meme token dogecoin saw a 20% jump late Monday after the Shiba Inu mascot replaced Twitter's bird logo.

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