According to the Coinshares report, the volume of investments in cryptocurrency products has reached new heights over the past nine weeks, updating the highs of 2021. In the last week of November, investment flows into digital assets, including trusts and futures ETFs, totaled $346 million, which is a record high in recent times. Experts attribute this trend to the growing interest of investors in the potential approval of bitcoin ETFs by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). It is worth noting that the SEC continues its investigation against Binance. According to The Wall Street Journal, the American division of Binance.US and its former head Changpeng Zhao are suspected of unauthorized asset control. Binance.US has already asked the court to stop this investigation. Since the beginning of the trial, the platform has lost about half of its users. Against the background of these events, the shares of the largest American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on the NASDAQ exchange reached a maximum since May 5, 2022, reaching $119.77 per share. Despite the significant price increase in the last year, the stock is still 67% below its historical maximum (it was reached on November 9, 2021 at $368.9). In the context of cryptocurrency history, it is also worth mentioning that exactly 11 years ago, on November 28, 2012, the first halving in the bitcoin network occurred, reducing the reward for a block from 50 to 25 BTC. The second reduction occurred in July 2016, when the remuneration decreased from 25 to 12.5 BTC. The last halving took place in May 2020, reducing the reward to 6.25 BTC.
