At 12:34 UTC, at Block 12,965,000, Ethereum’s latest hard fork upgrade, dubbed “London,” officially activated on the network.
$2 Billion Bitcoin Withdrawn From Exchanges
Some $2.4 billion worth of bitcoin has been withdrawn from major crypto exchanges in the past week according to blockchain analytics.
Bitcoin Unmoved as Grayscale Unlocks $1 Billion Shares
Bitcoin’s price has remained at around $30,000 despite some 25,000 bitcoins being unlocked at Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC).
Interactive Brokers to Offer Crypto Trading by End of Summer
Interactive Brokers Chairman and CEO Thomas Peterffy announced the company will begin trading cryptocurrencies “by the end of the summer.”
US Senator’s Advice: Buy, Hold, Save Bitcoin for Retirement as Congress Floods Economy With Trillions of Dollars
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis has encouraged “people to buy and hold” bitcoin in their portfolios. “I encourage them to save bitcoin for their retirement, for their future,” she said, adding that with Congress flooding the economy with trillions and trillions of dollars, “there’s no way” the value of the U.S. dollar will not be debased.