A clever jokester pays tribute to the world's biggest blockchain hype as speculation reaches fever pitch over the impending approval of a Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the US It seems like he put a lot of effort into it.
While analysts speculated that approval could come as early as Wednesday, and that vehicles could theoretically begin trading as early as Thursday, one Bitcoin user posted: . transaction A coded message late Tuesday included the following: “The SEC Chairman is on the verge of approving a second ETF.”
The statement was embedded using Bitcoin OP_RETURN This function disables transactions, but allows up to 80 bytes of data. The fee paid was $2.97, according to mempool.space, a website that tracks activity on the Bitcoin blockchain.
The choice of wording for Tuesday's Bitcoin trading stunt is reminiscent of a message allegedly embedded in the blockchain's original “Genesis” block in 2009. The headline in Britain's Times newspaper read: “Prime Minister on the verge of second bailout of banks”.
