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Bitcoin holds above $37k, altcoins decline amid thin holiday trading
Cryptocurrency prices declined marginally on Thursday as Bitcoin and Ether traded lower on thin Thanksgiving holiday volumes, while altcoins that had been trending higher followed the leaders downward. The recent legal judgments against former Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao and former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried further supported the belief within the sector that the worst of the crypto winter and the U.S. regulatory actions it brought were now behind it. U.S. stock markets were closed on Thursday, but will reopen for a half-day of trading on Friday. After rocketing through $37,000 early Wednesday afternoon and testing ... (full story)