Live updates: Bitcoin holds $78,000 as yen breaks 160 and rate-hike bets lift the dollar
Bitcoin is holding just under $78,000 as August closes. The dollar strength that pushed the yen past its intervention line is the same force capping crypto.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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Bitcoin is showing up inside the Macro & Rates theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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