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Bitcoin at $81,000, XRP, Dogecoin Plunge 7%: What Is Going On?
Benzinga ·
Benzinga reports: Bitcoin fell below $81,000 Thursday, with $489 million liquidated across crypto markets in a single hour, as three separate catalysts hit at once. Catalyst One: The Government Moved $1 Billion in Bitcoin Arkham data showed Thursday that wallets linked to the US government moved 12,267 BTC, worth about $1.01 billion, from a Bitfinex hack seizure wallet to new, unlabeled addresses according to Coindesk. No exchange deposit showed up in the transaction, a pattern that points…