From pushback on Facebook’s digital wallet to iris scanning for free coins: 6 things that happened in crypto this past week

From pushback on Facebook’s digital wallet to iris scanning for free coins: 6 things that happened in crypto this past week

The by market value are starting the week in the green after a few major industry milestones. Bitcoin  on Wednesday, topping  after the  made  on Tuesday. It's now trading at around , according to Coin Metrics. Ether set its own record on Thursday, . It's now trading at around . In addition, here are six other key things that happened in the crypto space this past week. On Tuesday, the ProShares  made its market debut on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "BITO." The bitcoin futures ETF of the digital asset, rather than the current or "spot price" of the cryptocurrency itself. As a result, the prices of the ETF and bitcoin won't match. Nonetheless, the ProShares bitcoin futures ETF saw one of the "biggest first days on record for ETFs," , raking in . Also on Tuesday, Senate Democrats to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, in an effort to push the social media giant to end its digital wallet project, Novi. The letter, which was written by Sens. Brian Schatz, D-HI.; Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio.; Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.; and others, came after Facebook launched its Novi pilot program in the U.S. and Guatemala