The US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) approved exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest directly in Bitcoin, after more than a decade of opposition from the regulator. This is considered a watershed moment for the digital-asset industry. Sam Reynolds, senior reporter at Coindesk explains why and if this means that cryptocurrencies have gone mainstream.

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