Bitcoin Holds $18K Even as Mnuchin Ends Some of Pandemic-Related Funds

Bitcoin Holds $18K Even as Mnuchin Ends Some of Pandemic-Related Funds

Bitcoin rose on Friday as traders refused to bow down before Steven Mnuchin decided to end some of the Federal Reserve's crisis-fighting facilities.


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