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Waiting for guidance on Federal Reserve interest rates, while geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East drive safe asset purchases. Spanish bank BBVA advises wealthy clients to hold 3%-7% in cryptocurrency, particularly BTC and ETH, indicating an increasingly positive stance from traditional institutions. A 19-year-old man from Connecticut, USA, pleaded guilty in a case involving the theft of $245 million in Bitcoin and kidnapping, raising concerns about security regulation.