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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cautioned El Salvador against using tokenized bonds to fund Bitcoin purchases and urged it to reconsider its plan to expand its exposure to the cryptocurrency.

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Embrace the quirkiness: Empty blocks are a normal part of the Bitcoin blockchain and happen more regularly than expected.

Bitcoin bulls struggle to influence the trend as CPI nerves combine with already weak low-timeframe performance.

Bitcoin was little changed in Monday morning trading in Asia in a mixed morning for the top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty level edged down 0.5% in the two weeks through Sunday after hitting an all-time high in the previous adjustment, according to data from BTC.com.

Bitcoin continued to trade below US$22,000 in Monday afternoon trading in Asia. All other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies dropped except Dogecoin.

Traders will be watching for a slew of corporate earnings this week, and on Tuesday fresh consumer price index data comes out.

In a tweet that posted a picture of the pair seated next to each other, with a caption asking what they were discussing, Musk simply said: "Dogecoin."

The twins adopted Bitcoin early on, launched the Gemini crypto exchange and also have a cover band.

Analysts at Cathie Wood's Ark Invest believe the worst might be over for Bitcoin.

Bitcoin is becoming especially popular in countries like Nigeria and Kenya while African refugees are also turning to bitcoin when other cross-border tools fall short.