![Bitcoin rallied past $47,000 for the first time in 21 months on Tuesday, helped by the optimism that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission might approve Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Electronic display board at Bithumb office in Seocho District, southern Seoul, show Bitcoin’s price on Tuesday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/01/09/5d51a8b4-35a2-4907-9a1c-92e5c339e9fe.jpg)
Bitcoin rallied past $47,000 for the first time in 21 months on Tuesday, helped by the optimism that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission might approve Bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Electronic display board at Bithumb office in Seocho District, southern Seoul, show Bitcoin’s price on Tuesday. [YONHAP]
![Katy Yaroslavsky, a Los Angeles City Council member (center), speaks about addressing homelessness and strengthening public safety at a press conference on January 29. [Kyeongjun Kim, The Korea Daily]](https://www.koreadailyus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/0130-Yaroslavsky-100x70.jpg "“LA’s homelessness policy is broken”")
![Materials from the time capsule are now on display in the lobby of the Los Angeles Central Library. [Sangjin Kim, The Korea Daily]](https://www.koreadailyus.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/0130-timecapsule-1-100x70.jpg "Los Angeles unveils time capsule buried 100 years ago")
