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May 19 2026FINANCE

Bitcoin hits $78K and traders scramble as wild price swings expose market weak spots

Bitcoin just crashed below $78, 000 after weeks of high hopes for a new US crypto law. Instead of cheering the progress, traders watched $80 billion vanish in hours. Nearly a billion dollars in bets got wiped out when prices dropped fast. But the real damage came from inside the market - too many pe

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