Bitcoin Price Nears $40K As Amazon News Breaks, Why This Could Just Be The Be...

Bitcoin Price Nears $40K As Amazon News Breaks, Why This Could Just Be The Be...

Bitcoinist reported earlier the rumors of an insider in Amazon confirming the company might be integrating bitcoin on its platform. Following on this news has been the massive run-up of bitcoin price. In the past 24 hours, bitcoin’s price has gone up a whopping 12%. Breaking $39,000 on exchanges like Coinbase. But not quite breaking […]


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