Bitcoin News Roundup for July 13, 2020

With BTC mining difficulty reaching a new record high, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup!

AccessTimeIconJul 13, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. UTC
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With BTC mining difficulty reaching a new record high, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup!

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Today's Bitcoin News:

The number of bitcoin addresses holding at least 10,000 coins has dropped to a 14-month low alongside an uptick in lower-value addresses. 

Two months after the network's halving event, it's harder than ever to mine bitcoin.

Noelle Acheson explains how the dogecoin rise exemplifies the creative destruction underway in markets, and what a potential Coinbase listing could mean for the development of crypto. 

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