surged to almost $48,000 on Tuesday after a fake tweet from the US Securities and Exchange Commission said it had approved spot-Bitcoin exchange traded funds.The false tweet, published on X at 4.11pm, came from the SEC's official account and read: 'Today the SEC grants approval for #Bitcoin ETFs for listing on all registered national securities exchanges.'Fifteen minutes later the SEC's chief Gary Gensler tweeted from his own account: 'The SECGov account was compromised, and an unauthorized tweet was posted. The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products.'
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