Following escalations between Israel and Iran, bitcoin prices (BTC-USD) have seen some bounce back in price after dropping from their all-time high in recent weeks. Investors have moved into other assets while the bitcoin halving event approaches this weekend. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Ines Ferre breaks down the recent movements in bitcoin and crypto stocks after rising tensions in the Middle East and the advent of bitcoin's halving. Want to learn more about the bitcoin halving? Watch this video from Yahoo Finance for a quick explainer: Bitcoin halving: Explained For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated a pair of widely used industrial chemicals as hazardous substances under the country's Superfund program, accelerating a crackdown on toxic compounds known as "forever chemicals." The rule will require companies to report leaks of two of the most commonly used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, and help pay to clean up existing contamination. The EPA last week announced its first drinking water standards to guard against PFAS pollution.