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Bitcoin’s Price Rips Past $80K as Short Sellers Get Steamrolled

Bitcoin’s Price Rips Past $80K as Short Sellers Get SteamrolledWorldPing

Bitcoin’s price ripped from the mid-$76,000s to nearly $81,000 on Friday at 10:45 a.m. ET, after traders spent the week absorbing a failed U.S. Senate crypto vote and two central-bank rate hikes. The final leg wasn’t simply buyers charging in.

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Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Decrypt