Bitcoin ticks up after erasing all of 2025 gains
The dip comes amid doubts on future interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.
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The dip comes amid doubts on future interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve.
![Bitcoin has lost $1.2 trillion in market value over the last six weeks [File: Dado Ruvic/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-11-18T105107Z_1670925093_RC2KCBA02VPW_RTRMADP_3_FINTECH-CRYPTO-BITCOIN-1763482151.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Chinese national Zhimin Qian, alias Yadi Zhang, who was convicted for her role in a multibillion-dollar Bitcoin fraud [Photo by Metropolitan Police/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AFP__20251111__83NM6WH__v1__HighRes__FilesBritainChinaCrime-1762917274.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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