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Bitcoin's Election Spread

gm Bankless Nation, as voters await tomorrow's first U.S. Presidential Debate, crypto's hopes of future gains appear to be largely staked on one election outcome.
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Sep 9, 2024 โ€ข 3 min read
Bitcoin's Election Spread
Published on Sept 9, 2024
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MARKET VIBES
Election Spread

๐Ÿ“ธ Daily Market Snapshot: With Harris and Trump set for their first debate tomorrow, Crypto is increasingly seeing the election toss-up as a pivotal moment for crypto markets. The brokerage firm Bernstein predicts a Trump win could take BTC as high as $90K and a Harris win could bring the asset as low as $30K. It's a bold prediction but mirrors a lack of effort from Harris to distance herself from Biden admin crypto policy.

Prices as of 6pm ET 24hr 7d
Crypto $2.03T โ†— 4.5% โ†˜ 3.0%
BTC $57,367 โ†— 5.7% โ†˜ 3.0%
ETH $2,360 โ†— 2.0% โ†˜ 7.2%
MPLX $0.258 โ†— 5.3% โ†˜ 5.7%

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