Bitcoin slips to $78,800 as BNB and DeFi tokens buck the selloff
CoinDesk· Oliver Knight· Sep 8, 2026 · 10:33 AM
Bitcoin fell 0.42% since midnight UTC to $78,874, but the CoinDesk 20 rose 0.2% and the memecoin index gained 0.41% as BNB Chain tokens rallied.
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