Live updates: Bitcoin holds $78,000 as yen breaks 160 and rate-hike bets lift the dollar

CoinDesk2h agoUpdated 58m ago
Live updates: Bitcoin holds $78,000 as yen breaks 160 and rate-hike bets lift the dollar
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Bitcoin is holding just under $78,000 as August closes. The dollar strength that pushed the yen past its intervention line is the same force capping crypto.

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