Weekly Crypto Recap: Bitcoin hits $5000, SEC crypto guidance, and more!

Brought to you by CryptoInsider.com, please visit their website for more news!https://cryptoinsider.com/weekly-roundup-april-1-april-5/Join the conversation with Caitlin Long, Shawn Owen, and Chris KarabatsBitcoin price his $5000 for first time since November.https://cryptoinsider.com/checking-in-on-bitcoins-price-charts/We speculate on the causesBitMEX Compensates users affected by Auto-Deleveraging during unexpected bullrunHaters come back out of the woodwork when Bitcoin markets start moving againSome suspect $100 million buy order across Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp was the catalyst for BTC’s breakouthttps://cryptoinsider.com/bitcoin-breaks-through-huge-resistance/The SEC releases long-awaited crypto token guidance. Caitlin Long of the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition talks us through itCall to action:Here are the 2 bills that Caitlin says viewers should send to their state representatives & senators to ask them to enact: (1) utility tokens aren't securities https://www.wyoleg.gov/Legislation/20(2) direct property rights in digital assets https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2019/sMore info: https://cryptoinsider.com/sec-gives-token-sale-green-light-with-interesting-stipulations/New blockchain association, the International Association of Trusted Blockchain Applications, to launch with SWIFT, IBM, Ripple and around 100 other firms and organizations, to promote adoption of blockchain tech across the EUCanadian Court Rules Drug Dealer Must Hand Over $1.4 Million in Bitcoin -- a change from traditionally when accounts would just be frozen and assets seizedAltbet wallet update has a trojan and many wallets hackedSwedish bank stops customers buying crypto to "prevent money laundering", while they themselves are accused of laundering billions.Elon Musk: New "CEO" of DogecoinBrock Pierce takes our bitcoin-backed mortgage, news outlet mistakenly calls this the first. We chat to Shawn Owen about the history of crypto-backed mortgages that have been going on for a whileTrump: "economy would take off like 'a rocket ship' if Fed cut rates". Why this is problematicCanadian Dollar-Pegged Stablecoin soon to come

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