Cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin rises with pro-crypto name in US Commerce and awaiting Fed minutes

Bitcoin was trading higher in the afternoon of this Wednesday, the 19th, driven by investor optimism after the confirmation of a pro-crypto name for the United States Secretary of Commerce and by the news of the acquisition of a wind farm by MARA Holdings, aiming at increasing profits. The market is also paying attention to the minutes of the last monetary policy meeting of the Federal Reserve (Fed, the North American central bank), which should be released soon.