News wouldn't hurt but, actually, if BTC behaves like other markets, the market moves and then the news follows. When a market moves, the reporters of news search for something to justify, in their minds, the price action. There's always something to "explain" a movement, whether the move is up or down.
I think that the increasing acceptance of BTC and the increasing turmoil throughout the world will work to raise the value of BTC regardless of whatever "news" might pop up.
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