Your Evening Briefing: Bitcoin Goes On Crazy One-Day Roller Coaster Ride
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A 31% plunge in the morning. A 33% surge in the afternoon. Such was the wild ride Bitcoin took investors on Wednesday, lopping off billions of dollars in value before comments from some big name-fans helped propel it skyward again. The extreme price swings, crazy even for an asset known for its intrinsic turbulence, caused outages on major crypto exchanges. —David E. Rovella
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