BTC on Track for Best January Since 2013; White House Calls on Congress to ‘Step Up’ Crypto Efforts

The White House published a statement Friday, calling on Congress to step up crypto regulation efforts and “expand regulators’ powers to prevent misuses of customers’ assets”. Bitcoin (BTC) is having its best start to the year in a decade and the price by market capitalization has jumped 40% this month amid weakness in the U.S. dollar.