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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.
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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