On April 1, 2019, Bitcoin’s price reached $5,000, then its highest level since November 2018.
While the price movement was likely the result of several factors, some thought it might have been due to a prank article at crypto news site Finance Magnates called “SEC Drops the Bomb: Approves Bitcoin ETFs.”
Two years later, and a U.S. Bitcoin ETF has yet to materialize, but Bitcoin is definitely in on the joke, as its price is near $60,000 and big-name brands are leveraging Bitcoin’s booming popularity (but still-confusing workings) to market themselves.
Until this year, many of the April Fools’ stories involving Bitcoin had been aimed at insiders with a working knowledge of the ecosystem and its players. Last year, for example, Bitfinex, the sister exchange of stablecoin issuer Tether, announced Bitfinex Energy, a Monster-like drink. Bitfinex tweeted, “Bitcoin never sleeps so why should you?”
Bitcoin never sleeps so why should you?Introducing The Bitfinex energy drink, coming
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