Bitcoin Tumbles Below $106K as $645M in Liquidations Rattle Crypto Markets
On Thursday, bitcoin slid into a steady decline, slipping beneath the $106,000 threshold and touching a fresh intraday low of $105,798. By 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on June 12, the top cryptocurrency had dropped 2.3% agains...
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