Bitcoin Hits $60,000 on Coinbase and Morgan Stanley’s Street Swapping

Bitcoin Hits $60,000 on Coinbase and Morgan Stanley’s Street Swapping

Bitcoin briefly surged above $60,000 Friday as the focus shifted on Coinbase and its plans to go public this month alongside Morgan Stanley's latest pro-crypto securities filing.


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