Weekly Crypto Recap: Bitcoin hits $5000, SEC crypto guidance, and more!

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Join the conversation with Caitlin Long, Shawn Owen, and Chris Karabats

Bitcoin price his $5000 for first time since November.
https://cryptoinsider.com/checking-in-on-bitcoins-price-charts/
We speculate on the causes
BitMEX Compensates users affected by Auto-Deleveraging during unexpected bullrun
Haters come back out of the woodwork when Bitcoin markets start moving again
Some suspect $100 million buy order across Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp was the catalyst for BTC’s breakout
https://cryptoinsider.com/bitcoin-breaks-through-huge-resistance/

The SEC releases long-awaited crypto token guidance. Caitlin Long of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition talks us through it

Call to action:
Here are the 2 bills that Caitlin Long says viewers should send to their state representatives & senators to ask them to enact:
(1) utility tokens aren't securities https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2018/HB0070
(2) direct property rights in digital assets https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/sf0125
https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1096821184652443648

New blockchain association, the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications, to launch with SWIFT, IBM, Ripple and around 100 other firms and organizations, to promote adoption of blockchain tech across the EU

Canadian Court Rules Drug Dealer Must Hand Over $1.4 Million in Bitcoin -- a change from traditionally when accounts would just be frozen and assets seized

Altbet wallet update has a trojan and many wallets hacked

Swedish bank stops customers buying crypto to "prevent money laundering", while they themselves are accused of laundering billions.

Elon Musk: New "CEO" of Dogecoin

Brock Pierce takes our bitcoin-backed mortgage, news outlet mistakenly calls this the first. We chat to Shawn Owen about the history of crypto-backed mortgages that have been going on for a while

Trump: "economy would take off like 'a rocket ship' if Fed cut rates". Why this is problematic

Canadian Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin soon to come