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Bitcoin News Roundup for Feb. 12, 2021

With bitcoin slipping after hitting a new all-time high around $49K and Canadian regulators approving a bitcoin ETF, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

Today’s stories:

ByteTree’s Charlie Morris shows how bitcoin’s price gets to $1 million by 2032. PLUS: JPMorgan hounded by own traders over absence in bitcoin market.

JPMorgan employees have hounded senior trading-division management during internal “town hall” meetings over when the largest U.S. bank might get into bitcoin, CNBC reported.

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