The price of bitcoin popped on Friday to $47,884, an increase of 10% compared to the day before and a two-week high for the cryptocurrency. Other cryptocurrencies like ether, Ripple’s XRP and dogecoin saw their prices rise as well. The price jumps follow promising comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who said Thursday during a House Financial Services Committee meeting that he...
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