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Bitcoin Slides Towards $81,000 as Oil Above $110 Revives Rate-Hike Bets

Bitcoin Slides Towards $81,000 as Oil Above $110 Revives Rate-Hike Bets

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Bitcoin is currently in so-called Uptober, a month when the asset is supposed to rally. But it’s being held back — at least for now. Bitcoin’s price on Thursday slid — erasing the gains it made earlier in the week — after oil prices jumped. The largest cryptocurrency was down by nearly 4% over a 24-hour period on Thursday in New York, trading as low as $81,331 at one point. On Wednesday, the price of the top cryptocurrency was fast closing in on $85,000 as investors piled back into tech stocks following Elon Musk’s SpaceX earnings .

Source: Bitcoin Magazine

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