Is Scam Selling Suppressing the Price of Bitcoin?

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Today’s edition of The Breakdown is an extended version of the Brief, this time covering five topics.  New Jobless claims - sticking stubbornly at ~1.5 million new claims per week, despite economist expectations  The “whack-a-mole” economy...

Today’s edition of The Breakdown is an extended version of the Brief, this time covering five topics. <ul> <li>New Jobless claims - sticking stubbornly at ~1.5 million new claims per week, despite economist expectations </li> <li>The “whack-a-mole” economy - Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers predicts as much as 30% of the economy may need to close to get COVID-19 under control</li> <li>PlusToken scam pressure on BTC price: Has scam selling suppressed the price of bitcoin since early last year? </li> <li>Biggest ever bitcoin option expiry; more than $1 billion in notational value BTC options are set to expire tomorrow, Friday, June 26</li> <li>Apple’s UX privacy triumph: Users will have to opt-in to allow apps to track them across other apps as well </li> </ul>

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