路透社今日发文称，由于市场押注美联储已完成加息并将于 2023 年初开始降息，比特币今年首次突破 40,000 美元，创下 2022 年 4 月以来的最高水平。此外，2024 年内比特币价格上涨了一倍多，摆脱了去年 FTX 交易所倒闭等丑闻所带来的“加密寒冬”低迷，其他利率敏感资产（例如黄金）在过去几周也大幅上涨。

<p>路透社今日发文称，由于市场押注美联储已完成加息并将于 2023 年初开始降息，比特币今年首次突破 40,000 美元，创下 2022 年 4 月以来的最高水平。此外，2024 年内比特币价格上涨了一倍多，摆脱了去年 FTX 交易所倒闭等丑闻所带来的“加密寒冬”低迷，其他利率敏感资产（例如黄金）在过去几周也大幅上涨。</p>

路透社：比特币已摆脱FTX倒闭等丑闻后的“加密寒冬”低迷

Reuters published an article today stating that Bitcoin exceeded $40,000 for the first time this year, hitting its highest level since April 2022, as the market bets that the Federal Reserve has completed raising interest rates and will begin cutting interest rates in early 2023. In addition, Bitcoin prices have more than doubled in 2024, emerging from the "Crypto Winter" downturn caused by scandals such as the collapse of the FTX exchange last year, and other interest-rate-sensitive assets such as gold have also risen sharply in the past few weeks.

<p>Reuters published an article today stating that Bitcoin exceeded $40,000 for the first time this year, hitting its highest level since April 2022, as the market bets that the Federal Reserve has completed raising interest rates and will begin cutting interest rates in early 2023. In addition, Bitcoin prices have more than doubled in 2024, emerging from the &quot;Crypto Winter&quot; downturn caused by scandals such as the collapse of the FTX exchange last year, and other interest-rate-sensitive assets such as gold have also risen sharply in the past few weeks.</p>

Reuters: Bitcoin has emerged from the “Crypto Winter” slump following scandals including the collapse of FTX

Over the past six months, I've gone from being an observer of Web3 to entering the payment industry. Now, I've chosen to stop and cease working on Web3 payments.

This isn't a retreat after a failure, but rather a judgment and adjustment made after truly getting involved. In these past six months, I've traveled to Yiwu, Shuibei, Putian, and even Mexico, seeing how payments are actually implemented in the most prominent places mentioned in reports. I've also been involved, building a Web3 payment MVP, taking over accounts, developing Web3 payment tools, and trying to run my imagined path from the first step to the last.

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