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Is the AI Boom Keeping Bitcoin from Its Next Bull Run? | Markets Outlook
20 minutes Posted Nov 4, 2026 at 9:24 pm.
Shubh Varma Joins Markets Outlook
Why Bitcoin Shrugged Off the Biggest Hack in History
The Spot vs. Perps Signal to Watch
Is Alt Season Dead for Good?
Do Retail Investors Even Need to Trade Crypto Anymore?
What the Midterm Blue Wave Means for Crypto
Is AI Stealing Bitcoin’s Bull Run?
The Contrarian Bull Case for 2027
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Hyblock Capital co-founder and CEO Shubh Varma joins CoinDesk’s Ray Salmond on Markets Outlook in the aftermath of the largest hack in crypto history. Varma says the order books barely moved because Binance could cover the $6.3 billion loss and refunded users in coin, not dollars. Plus, what the Democrats’ midterm wave means for crypto regulation, why he thinks Bitcoin’s next run will come from capital rotating out of the AI trade, and his contrarian call that 2027 will be bullish despite a Fed that’s raising rates.
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