was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last month. also in november, the ceo of binance, the world s largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty to anti money laundering and us sanctions violations. he paid a $50 million fine and the company paid a $4.3 billion fine. but bitcoin, it seems, is no worse for the wear. the price climbed above $44,000 tuesday and shares of coinbase global, the largest us crypto exchange, were up as well. bitcoin miners traded higher too. here s some of the wind in their sails. us regulators are expected to approve an exchange traded fund that directly holds bitcoin. it could happen as early as next month and traders are betting on it. data out overnight said higher interest rates are causing businesses to cut costs including recruiting new workers. we re nearly half way in to this year s round of climate talks known as cop28 and there seems to have been progress on some deals already. under one agreement, 110 governments have commi