Bitcoin soars, Facebook scandal, SHIBA INU, El Salvador, crypto billionaires

from Crypto Today · host Connor Sephton

In this week’s CoinMarketRecap podcast with Connor Sephton, we’ve got all the latest developments after Bitcoin surged from $43,000 to $55,000 in the space of a week.CrossTower research analyst Martin Gaspar explains why BTC rallied — and what might happen next.In other news, Facebook has had a terrible week. Not only did it suffer a crippling outage on Monday that affected billions of users for almost six hours, but a whistleblower has also made damning allegations about the company. So… is it time for social networks to be decentralized — and could this be a job for cryptocurrencies and blockchains? Fight for the Future activist Lia Holland joins us.Plus — Molly Jane Zuckerman is here for a roundup of the week’s headlines, including SHIBA INU’s 350% surge, the crypto billionaires who have made it onto the list of Forbes’ 400 Richest Americans, and El Salvador marking one month since adopting Bitcoin as legal tender.

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