Sunday Digest: Bitcoin Price And Other Crypto News

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Bitcoin Price

Well in terms of bitcoin price that week could have gone a lot worse. Although of course, it could also have gone a lot better.

The week opened at around $7200 and continued its downward trend from the end of the week before. Prices dipped to as low as $6600, prompting some to forecast further losses. Bitcoin had other ideas though and bounced straight back up to the $7.2k level.

Meanwhile, the Bitcoin protocol received an upgrade, which was proclaimed ‘nuclear war proof‘.

Prices then started to pump midweek, heading up to $7.5k before eventually topping out at around $7800.

As the weekend came through, gains started to trickle away, down to around $7.3k. However, one analyst thinks that we will soon be trading back at the…