Bitcoin Price Inches Back Towards 7K

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8 July, 2018

The price of bitcoin was sitting around $6700 early Sunday Eastern Standard Time, nearing closer to $7000 after having taken a pounding this past week.

All the crypto markets were on a solid upswing Sunday.

BTC was up nearly 4%, bitcoin cash 6.5%, ethereum just shy of 6%. EOS was up slightly over 5% Sunday evening.

At one point Sunday afternoon, bitcoin had gained over $230 in value in a single hour.

This news is music to the ears of online gambling operators, some of whom report better than 50% of their businesses relying on cryptocurrencies.

- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com

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