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After a record-setting 2024, many analysts believe bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could see another big surge this year. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun eats a banana artwork composed of a fresh banana stuck to a wall with duct tape in Hong Kong on Friday after buying the provocative work of conceptual art by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan at a New York auction for $6.2 million. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Stocks and cryptocurrencies surged after former President Trump won the presidential election. Pictured are traders working on the New York Stock Exchange in New York on Oct. 22. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
The office of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, pictured here, sued a crypto scam company known as SpireBit and seized its assets. The proceeds have now been handed back to victims of the scheme. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Bitcoin has just experienced a quadrennial event called the halving. It comes at a time when the digital currency was already surging. Dale De La Rey/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court in New York City on Aug. 11, 2023. Bankman-Fried was sentenced on Thursday to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of fraud last year. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Bitcoin hit a record high following a rally sparked by the Securities and Exchange Commission's approval of bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
The Securities and Exchange Commission, under Chair Gary Gensler, has approved several spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which will track the cryptocurrency's price. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. says yes to new bitcoin funds, paving the way for more Americans to buy crypto
Tuesday
A bitcoin ATM is seen in Brooklyn, N.Y., on June 13, 2022. Virtual currencies like bitcoin are recovering from a tough period partly on rising hopes that bad actors have been weeded out and that confidence can return to the sector. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
After a brutal stretch, a remarkable thing is happening: Cryptocurrencies are surging
Tuesday
Changpeng Zhao, widely known as CZ, will step down from Binance, the crypto company he founded in 2017, as part of a deal with the Department of Justice and U.S. regulators. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sunday
A jury took less than five hours to convict former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried of fraud and money laundering. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
He lost $200,000 when FTX imploded last year. He's still waiting to get it back
Saturday
After a monthlong trial, New York City jury found former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried guilty of seven criminal counts, including securities fraud. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption
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Sam Bankman-Fried leaves a Manhattan federal court in New York City on Jan. 3, 2023. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption