Already up around 3% on the Fed news, bitcoin (BTC) rose further after Kennedy’s announcement, trading at $63,800 at press time, or up 5.6% over the past 24 hours. The broader CoinDesk 20 Index rose 4.7% in the same period, with ether (ETH)tezos {{XTX}} and solana (SUN) among tokens that recorded gains of 5% or more.