Bitcoin News Roundup for June 12, 2020

With the price of BTC dropping more than 6% overnight, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.

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Updated Aug 19, 2021 at 2:31 a.m. UTC

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With the price of BTC dropping more than 6% overnight, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup.

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  • This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace.

    Today's stories:

    The week-long calm in the bitcoin market ended with a sudden $800 price drop on Thursday. Here are three likely reasons why.

    The Ontario Securities Commission has published a scathing report calling now-defunct Canadian exchange QuadrigaCX a "Ponzi," and denouncing the practices of founder and CEO Gerald Cotten.

    Decentralized blogging is coming to a .crypto URL near you thanks to a partnership between Unstoppable Domains and Protocol Labs.

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