Bitcoin breaks out of six-week range, tops $71,000 as $3 billion in shorts get wiped out
Oliver Knight
Publisher CoinDesk
Aug 20, 2026 at 10:46 AM UTC · 1 분 소요

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Bitcoin breaks out of six-week range, tops $71,000 as $3 billion in shorts get wiped out
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