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• Ethereum scaling networks also had a strong week, with Arbitrum (ARB) up 22% and Optimism (OP) popping 16%.Elsewhere in the top 5, Binance Coin (BNB) is down just under 2% this week while Solana has posted a 2% gain..
• But hodlers are still happy to see Bitcoin up over 120% since this time last year.Perennial "distant second" Ethereum saw more green candles, by comparison, buoyed in part by a rise in "wen ETH ETF?".
• But over the last week, it's up over 14%, and up more than 12% for the last month..
• One day later, though, and it plunged back to $43,000—a neighborhood where it's been hanging out for quite a while.Trading just below $43,000 now, Bitcoin is down about 2% from where it was seven days ago..
• After all, Bitcoin spot ETFs aren't exactly new outside the U.S.On the question of up or down, the answer is so far both: The price of Bitcoin flirted across a crowded room with $49,000 when the ETFs were approved..
• Ethereum hit an 18-month high of nearly $2,700 yesterday.ETH is changing hands at $2,568 today, a rise of about 1% from this time yesterday..