"Bitcoin's Price Fluctuations Amid Halving and Geopolitical Tensions"

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"Bitcoin's Price Fluctuations Amid Halving and Geopolitical Tensions"
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Bitcoin's price briefly dropped below $60,000 before rebounding to over $64,000, experiencing volatility ahead of the upcoming halving event, which slashes rewards for miners in half every four years. Other cryptocurrencies also saw gains, with Ether up over 3% and Solana gaining around 10%. The market has been impacted by geopolitical tensions and bearish sentiments across miners' behavior, trading volumes, ETF flows, and US inflation data, leading to heavy selling from miners and negative net flows through spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Despite the volatility, bitcoin's price is up 50% this year, hitting an all-time high above $73,000 in March.

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