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Bitcoin Tumbles to $53K, Ether Turns Negative for 2024 as Panic Grips Markets
Japan's Nikkei fell more than another 6% early Monday, bringing that index's three-day decline to about 15%.

As Trump Suggests Crypto as a Fix to U.S. Debt, Harris Camp Highlights His Remarks
Former President Donald Trump shared some more thoughts on his recent crypto crush, and the campaign for Kamala Harris responded as it often has: It shared Trump's own words.

Bitcoin Slumps Below $63K, Altcoins Rekt, as Crypto Succumbs to Risk Off Mood
Likely also hitting prices was the movement of nearly $2 billion of BTC and ETH in wallets linked with Genesis Trading.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Gains 1.2% With BCH and ETC Leading
Bitcoin cash rose 3% and Ethereum classic added 2.5%.

U.S. Added Just 114K Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Shoots Up to 4.3%
The price of bitcoin initially showed little reaction to the soft data even as traders quickly amped up bets on big Fed rate cuts in the second half of the year.

MicroStrategy Reports Q2 Loss; Bitcoin Holdings Rise to 226,500
Still not switching over to mark-to-market, the company booked an impairment charge of $180.1 million in the second quarter.

DeFi Protocol Convergence Hacked, CVG Token Plunges 99% on Curve
The exploiter created 58 million of the protocol's CVG token and then swapped for roughly $200,000 worth of wrapped ETH and crvFRAX and forwarded to Tornado Cash.

Bitcoin Plunges More Than 10% Since Hitting $70K 72 Hours Ago
The slide in the odds of a Donald Trump victory in November might have bulls rethinking some bets.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ICP and RNDR Lead Losses as Index Slips 2.2%
ICP dropped by 5.3% and RNDR fell by 4.1% in overnight trading.

Fed Holds Policy Steady, Expresses More Caution Than Expected on September Rate Cut
Prior to today's meeting, markets had priced in a 100% chance of a rate cut at the bank's September meeting.

