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- Bitcoin rose above $60,000 to a two-week excessive after a prediction market confirmed higher expectation that the assassination try on former President Donald Trump will increase his possibilities of successful the election.
- Trump, who’s scheduled to talk at a bitcoin occasion on July 27, posted on social media that he was shot in the correct ear at a political rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. His marketing campaign mentioned he was “fine” after the capturing and was wanting ahead to attending the Republican Nationwide Conference that begins in Milwaukee on Monday.
- Bitcoin rose as a lot as 2.7% to about $60,160.71 early Sunday morning in New York.
- If market response after final month’s debate between Trump and President Joe Biden is any indication, the U.S. greenback’s worth could rise alongside Treasury yields.