Bitcoin climbs to record $123,000 as US to debate crypto rules
Source: Reuters
SINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) - Bitcoin surpassed $120,000 for the first time on Monday, marking a milestone for the world's largest cryptocurrency as investors bet on long-sought policy wins for the industry this week.
Bitcoin scaled a record high of $123,153.22 before pulling back slightly to trade 2.4% higher around $122,000.
Later in the day, the U.S. House of Representatives will debate a series of bills to provide the digital asset industry with the nation's regulatory framework it has long demanded.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/bitcoin-crosses-120000-record-high-2025-07-14/

Javaman
(64,244 posts)Hope22
(4,053 posts)Proposing that crypto losses for financial institutions be covered first by cash deposits in the institution. They are looking to steal the savings of people who think they are protected by FDIC. Keep an eye open to what is actually in this legislation.
Javaman
(64,244 posts)propping up a fiat currency with something of actual worth.
aka the perfect con job.
Hope22
(4,053 posts)Kid Berwyn
(21,227 posts)Tradition. And it allows the inside players to move the cash to the Caymans and wherever offshore to Switzerland.
FredGarvin
(668 posts)The USD is tanking.
There is a no safer haven than a currency tied to nothing other than manipulation.
Zero intrinsic value.
When the USD suddenly craters shits gonna get really bad for US citizens
Torchlight
(5,073 posts)and has even convinced about seventeen or eighteen people who aren't gullible (though four of them are sealions) to show their hands to the dealer. A new variation on selling an old bill of goods.