Crypto prices climbed to end the week Friday, a day after the largest asset manager in the world jumped into the race to launch the first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund in the U.S.
Bitcoin ended the day higher by 3.75% at $26,355.04, according to CoinMetrics, while ether advanced 3% to $1,718.32.
Even altcoins rose, with the tokens tied to Solana and Cardano gaining 4.5% and 2%, respectively. Binance Coin was 2.75% higher, litecoin gained 3%…