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May 05, 2020

Bitcoin recovers most of its March losses, but remains 14.4% below its 2020 high

  • BRR shows Bitcoin recovers most of its March losses, on April 30th BRR was $8848.5 sitting just 3.1% below the March high of $9127.1 set on March 7th.
  • YTD returns at April 30th are a healthy 22.8% but Bitcoin is still 14.4% below its 2020 high of $10,336.0 set on February
  • Aggregate BRR volume of 74,656 XBT for April was significantly lower than March's record volumes (103,765 XBT) but still a long way ahead of volumes seen in Jan (35,034 XBT) and Feb (44,538 XBT)

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