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  "id": 3111535,
  "title": "Bitcoin has beaten stocks and gold over six months. Now it’s closing in on $80,000.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/bitcoin-has-beaten-stocks-and-gold-over-six-months-now-its-closing-in",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-24T20:53:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MarketWatch Top",
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    "url": "https://www.marketwatch.com/story/bitcoin-has-beaten-stocks-and-gold-over-six-months-now-its-closing-in-on-80-000-b8aa48f9?mod=mw_rss_topstories"
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  "summary": "Bitcoin was rising Monday near the $80,000 level that it last touched in May, after the cryptocurrency surged last week on the Treasury Department’s plans to buy back longer-dated Treasurys.",
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        "title": "Bitcoin has beaten stocks and gold over six months. Now it’s closing in on $80,000.",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/bitcoin-has-beaten-stocks-and-gold-over-six-months-now-its-closing-in-3114434",
        "published": "2026-08-24T20:53:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}