ALBAWABA - In a swift start to the new year, Bitcoin, which has long hovered at lower levels, catapulted to $45,400, marking its highest value since April 2022. The surge is attributed to growing expectations that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will soon greenlight Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Market data from Coinmarketcap indicates that the total value of the global cryptocurrency market, inclusive of Bitcoin, exceeded $1.74 trillion ...