Bitcoin Logs Revenge Recovery as Lagarde Calls for Global Regulation

Bitcoin Logs Revenge Recovery as Lagarde Calls for Global Regulation

Bitcoin prices drifted higher on Wednesday, breaking away from bearish calls as Christine Lagarde raised the need to regulate it at the global level. In an interview with Reuters, the European Central Bank President said that Bitcoin is a highly speculative asset that has facilitated “some reprehensible activity,” such as money laundering, adding that “there […]


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