Bitcoin is the first decentralized cryptocurrency. In January 2024, the first 11 US spot bitcoin ETFs began trading, offering exposure to bitcoin for the first time on American stock exchanges. As of June 2023, River Financial estimated that bitcoin had 81.7 million users, about 1% of the global population. In 2024 at a Bitcoin conference, Republican, felon and child rapist, Donald Trump announced he was an energetic supporter of the industry and would make the country a "crypto capital of the planet".
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