Your day-ahead look for May 4, 2026 This is an excerpt from CoinDesk newsletter 'Daybook.' Sign up here , if you haven't already. Bitcoin BTC $ 78,786.58 has pulled back to $79,000 after briefly topping $80,000 during the Asian hours. As of writing, the leading cryptocurrency by market value was still up 0.4% on a 24-hour basis. The CoinDesk 20 Index was up 0.4% alongside a nearly 1% rise in ether (ETH) and marginal gains in XRP (XRP) and solana (SOL). According to analysts at Ma…
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