

Senator Cynthia Lummis proposes legislation to add Bitcoin as a strategic reserve asset for the Fed, potentially transforming its role in U.S. monetary policy. Meanwhile, the market for Ethereum ETFs shows mixed signals with significant inflows and outflows, and users from the 2014 Mt. Gox hack are seeing massive returns due to Bitcoin’s skyrocketing value.

Bitcoin briefly topped $71,000 early Monday, riding high on the optimism from the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville over the weekend, before giving up those gains.

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