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Bitcoin News Roundup for May 11, 2020

Bitcoin's third halving, Consensus:Distributed and a pullback after the bulls make another run at $10,000. It's Markets Daily from CoinDesk.

Updated Dec 11, 2022, 7:35 p.m. Published May 11, 2020, 1:20 p.m.
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Bitcoin's third halving, Consensus: Distributed and a pullback after the bulls make another run at $10,000.

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Today's stories:

CME Says Volume Surge Shows Strong Institutional Interest Before Bitcoin Halving

Coinbase Suffers Brief Outage as Bitcoin Tumbles 10% in 30 Minutes

North Korean Hackers Ramp Up Efforts to Steal Crypto Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

Croatian Financial Regulator Approves Bitcoin Fund

Blockchain Bites: Your Guide to Consensus Distributed

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