Bitcoin News Roundup for June 30, 2020

As Zimbabwe embarks on its fifth bout of hyperinflation in modern history, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.

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As Zimbabwe embarks on its fifth bout of hyperinflation in modern history, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with another bitcoin news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace.

Today's stories:

Bitcoin is still outperforming the top traditional financial assets so far in 2020 – even after a dour performance this month. 

Witnesses will discuss stablecoins and tokenized dollars during Tuesday's Senate Banking Committee hearing on the digitization of money. 

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Lyllah Ledesma

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