Bitcoin this week: an oil shock, a $25m corporate buy and loans without selling
Bitcoin slipped below $83,000 as Brent rose above $102 on an Iran strike-plan report, a day after about $550m of leveraged bets were liquidated. Robinhood added $25m of bitcoin to its balance sheet, and Ledger launched self-custodial bitcoin-backed loans via Morpho. What happened, what each move means, and the risks. No price predictions.
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