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Cryptocurrencies Price Prediction: Bitcoin, Polygon & Dogecoin — Asian Wrap 19 August

What Bitcoin did this week and what to expect from BTC

Bitcoin (BTC) hovers around key psychological support at $60,000 on August 18, at the time of writing. Data from IntoTheBlock shows that Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) recorded nearly $13 million in net flows during the week. 

Polygon confirms September 4 migration of MATIC to POL, here’s what to expect

Polygon, the largest Ethereum scaling solution announced that MATIC token will migrate to POL on September 4. The new token will replace MATIC as a native gas and staking token for the Polygon Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network. 

Dogecoin whales surge by 50% in 30 days, here’s what this means for DOGE

Dogecoin (DOGE), the largest meme coin in the crypto ecosystem noted a surge in whale wallet holdings. Data from on-chain intelligence tracker IntoTheBlock show a 50% increase in the count of wallet addresses holding over 10 billion DOGE. 

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