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Bitcoin News Roundup for July 13, 2020
With BTC mining difficulty reaching a new record high, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup!
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 9:30 a.m. Published Jul 13, 2020, 4:00 p.m.
With BTC mining difficulty reaching a new record high, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup!
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Today's Bitcoin News:
Drop in Bitcoin 'Whale' Addresses Suggests Market May Be Decentralizing
The number of bitcoin addresses holding at least 10,000 coins has dropped to a 14-month low alongside an uptick in lower-value addresses.
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New Record High 2 Months After Halving
Two months after the network's halving event, it's harder than ever to mine bitcoin.
Crypto Long & Short: Dogecoin, Market Manipulation and the Downside of a Coinbase IPO
Noelle Acheson explains how the dogecoin rise exemplifies the creative destruction underway in markets, and what a potential Coinbase listing could mean for the development of crypto.
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