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  "path": "/bitcoin-faces-a-brutal-irony-as-the-treasury-refuses-to-save-the-asset-from-its-own-political-success/",
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  "textContent": "Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Congress he has no authority to bail out Bitcoin. The exchange came during a Senate Banking Committee hearing, when Senator Brad Sherman asked whether the Treasury could intervene to support cryptocurrency prices. Bessent's answer was direct: he cannot use taxpayer dollars to buy Bitcoin, and the question falls outside his […]\n\nThe post Bitcoin faces a brutal irony as the Treasury refuses to save BTC from its own political success appeared first on CryptoSlate.",
  "title": "Bitcoin faces a brutal irony as the Treasury refuses to save BTC from its own political success"
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