Bitcoin treads water above US$30,000; SEC approves first leveraged Bitcoin #futures #ETF......

#Bitcoin dipped but held above the US$30,000 threshold on Monday morning in Asia, with nearly all other top 10 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies rising. The gains follow a number of traditional financial institutions showing interest in launching #crypto-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and the U.S. securities #regulator approved the first leveraged Bitcoin futures ETFs in the country on Friday.