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If you’ve been reading Forward Guidance, you know the last few days in crypto land have been — to put it mildly — eventful. 

Bitcoin surged to a new all-time high the day Donald Trump was sworn in. After a pullback, BTC’s price rebounded yesterday to $107,000. BTC hovered around $104,200 at 1:30 pm ET.

Despite a lack of crypto-specific executive orders, optimism stemmed from word of a new Hester Peirce-led SEC crypto task force.

Those watching the space know Peirce’s name; Wormhole Foundation general counsel Cathy Yoon called it “a relief” that she would guide this…

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