Bitcoin News Roundup for July 13, 2020

With BTC mining difficulty reaching a new record high, CoinDesk's Markets Daily is back with your bitcoin news roundup! This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Crypto.com. Today's stories: Drop in Bitcoin 'Whale' Addresses Suggests Market May Be Decentralizing The number of bitcoin addresses holding at least 10,000 coins has dropped to a 14-month low alongside an uptick in lower-value addresses.  Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets New Record High 2 Months After Halving Two months after the network's halving event, it's harder than ever to mine bitcoin. Crypto Long & Short: Dogecoin, Market Manipulation and the Downside of a Coinbase IPO Noelle Acheson explains how the dogecoin rise exemplifies the creative destruction underway in markets, and what a potential Coinbase listing could mean for the development of crypto.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.