Bitcoin Slides Toward $62,000 as Trump Rhetoric on Strait of Hormuz Triggers Risk-Asset Selloff
Bitcoin slid toward $62,000 after Trump said the U.S. should run the Strait of Hormuz. Oil jumped 4% as short trading surged and risk assets sold off. The post Bitcoin Slides Toward $62,000 as Trump Rhetoric on Strait of...
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