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Over the past 24 hours, the Bitcoin Dominance Index reached its highest point since December last year. Because altcoin losses were much more significant than Bitcoin's losses over the past few days, the index rose from 51% to 55%.
The price of BTC in Iran jumped sharply on Wednesday after President Hassan Rouhani's government approved plans to develop bitcoin mining as the value of the state currency plummets.
The cryptocurrency market appears to be recovering from a strong year-long bearish trend and bulls may be gaining ground, so several experts have taken on the task of analyzing the future of the cryptocurrency market. One such expert is Michael Moreau, CEO of Genesis Global Trading.
This year, Bitcoin has surpassed PayPal in the value of processed transactions amounting to more than $1.3 trillion.
The clear dynamics of declining bearish positions on the futures market give hope for a new round of the bullish trend.
Bitcoin broke out of its week-long consolidation in dramatic fashion, receiving an unexpected boost following the planned shutdown of BitMex, a trading platform with a 40% market share of BTC trading.
Iran, following the example of North Korea, which began using Bitcoin during the economic crisis, is planning to do the same, given the difficult economic situation. Bitcoin is now more popular in the country than the national currency, the rial. In this regard, US State Department cybersecurity expert Morgan Wright believes that hackers will intensify Bitcoin extortion in the near future.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to review another pair of proposed ETFs from ProShares later this week.
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