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Bitcoin has fallen over 34% in the first half of this year as the King Crypto failed to capitalize on a good semester for risk assets despite the woes from the Iran war. With risk-loving investors increasingly looking at AI-related stocks and with no visible catalysts ahead, Bitcoin enters the second half of the year facing a crucial question: can it rebuild demand or will the correction deepen?
Asian stock markets face a sharp sell-off on the last trading day of the week, tracking seeking negative cues from United States equity markets. US technology stocks fell sharply on Thursday as stocks of sophisticated chips extended their losses.
The June CPI fell 0.4% on the month, the largest one-month decline since April 2020, dragging the annual rate to 3.5% from May's 4.2% and snapping a three-month acceleration streak. Core prices went nowhere, flat on the month and down to 2.6% YoY, both under consensus.
