The latest news and insights from the global crypto industry.
SEC suspends its investigation into Ethereum ETH
Deutsche Bank ties up with Bitpanda for real-time crypto payments
Standard Chartered Expects Ethereum ETF Approval This Week, Calls For $8000 ETH This Year
Donald Trump “Crypto is moving out of the U.S because of hostility toward crypto. We’ll stop it because I don’t want that.”
Donald Trump announces he is accepting presidential campaign donations in cryptocurrency.
5-6-2024
Bitcoin BTC trades below 57,500 ahead of the FED interest rate decision
Grayscale Investments filed a Form S-3 to register shares of Grayscale Ethereum Trust (OTCQX: ETHE) under the Securities Act of 1933
Tesla TSLA said that none of their $711,050,000 worth of Bitcoin was sold in the first quarter of 2024
Fidelity Digital Assets has revised its medium-term outlook for Bitcoin BTC from “positive” to “neutral”
Standard Chartered analyst Geoff Kendrick, has reiterated the firm’s price target of $150,000 for Bitcoin by the end of 2024
Hong Kong reportedly expected to approve some spot Bitcoin ETFs next week
Ether awaiting the SEC decision on Ether ETF approval by May 23
4-7-2024
HSBC launched tokenised gold to retail customers in Hong Kong
BlackRock Launches First Tokenized Fund on Ethereum Network
BlackRock’s IBIT bitcoin ETF reported inflows of 586.5 million on Wednesday
MicroStrategy MSTR to offer $500 million of convertible senior notes due 2031
VanEck announces the removal of all spot Bitcoin ETF trading fees
The London Stock Exchange confirms it will accept applications for the admission of Bitcoin and Ethereum crypto ETNs in the second quarter of 2024
Bitcoin hits all time highs at 71,463
3-8-2024
The Spanish Agency for the Protection of Data (AEPD) has ordered Worldcoin, an open-source crypto blockchain to end mass data collection
MicroStrategy MSTR CEO Michael Saylor “We thought that maybe Bitcoin was a competitor to gold, but it has actually run up the leaderboard, and now it’s starting to nip at the heels of the S&P 500 Index ETFs,”
Bitcoin breaks above 67,000
TiFi Illuminates Crypto Market by Burning $4 M Worth of Token
MicroStrategy MSTR Will Offer $600M in Convertible Notes to Buy More Bitcoin
Shiba Inu SHIB is up 275% this week, currently trading at 0.00003939
Dogecoin DOGE is up by 100% this week, now trading at 0.1816
SEC delays decision on BlackRock’s Ethereum ETF application
Bitcoin briefly hits 68,830 and retreats to 66,600
Ethereum ETH breaks above 3,500!
Bitcoin hits 65,300
Deribit Exchange platform open interest passed USD 29 billion yesterday, an all-time high!!
Gemini Crypto Exchange to Return $1.1B to Customers
Morgan Stanley MS Considering Offering Spot Bitcoin ETF’s
Peruvian Stock Exchange Announces Bitcoin Spot ETF Listings
2-25-2024
Bitcoin 51,754 – Ethereum 2,787 – Solana 109.24 – XRP 0.,551 – Cardano 0.5978
Bitcoin trades above $52,100
Franklin Templeton had officially filed for a spot ethereum exchange-traded fund
Kevin Worth is no longer the CEO of CoinDesk. He was replaced by Sara Stratoberdha as part of a restructuring initiated by the company’s new owner, the cryptocurrency exchange Bullish
MetaMask has collaborated with Robinhood HOOD to enable direct crypto purchases for users
MicroStrategy MSTR bought 850 more Bitcoin for $37.2 million
Standard Chartered Sees Ether ETH HItting $4,000 By May When Ethereum ETF Is Approved
2-4-2024
Bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius have started paying its creditors up to $3 billion
Transak Partners With Visa V for Crypto to Fiat Conversion in 145 Nations
Bitcoin halving will occur in April 2024, when the number of blocks reaches 840,000
US government plans to sell $130 million worth of Bitcoin seized from SilkRoad
Tiger Brokers will provide cryptocurrency trading services to professional investor clients in Hong Kong
SEC has delayed its decision on BlackRock’s application to launch a spot Ethereum ETF to March
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific CORZQ relists on Nasdaq
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust acquires 6,495 BTC from Coinbase Prime
Trezor Wallet Says 66,000 of Its Users Affected in Data Breach Last Week
FTX trading arm has dropped its lawsuit against Grayscale Investments
FTX sold about $1 billion of Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin
Terraform Labs files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware
ARK Next Generation ETF (ARKW) sold 758k shares of BITO, worth $15 million, and bought 365k shares of ARKB, its own bitcoin ETF, also worth $15 million
Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) declines retail spot Bitcoin ETF listings
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan: “I defend your right to do Bitcoin… It’s OK. I don’t want to tell you what to do. My advice is don’t get involved.”
Gemini crypto exchange gains regulatory approval to operate in France
Google Cloud GOOGL enters the blockchain infrastructure industry by joining Flare as a network validator and infrastructure provider
1-16-2024
US Spot Bitcoin ETFs volume hits $7.69B in first two trading days
GameStop has decided to wind down the NFT marketplace due to the continuing regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space
Robinhood HOOD has added all 11 SEC-approved spot Bitcoin ETFs
Bitcoin ETF turnover hits $4.6 bln in the first trading day
Vanguard says they will not offer spot Bitcoin ETFs
Spot Bitcoin ETF volume surpasses $1 billion after US market open
Bitcoin hits 48,000 as spot ETFs go live in the US
CEO Vlad Tenev said that Robinhood HOOD plans to list Bitcoin ETFs following SEC approval
Spot #Bitcoin ETFs approved by SEC:
• Ark Invest
• BlackRock
• VanEck
• Bitwise
• Fidelity
• Franklin
• Valkyrie
• Hashdex
• Invesco Galaxy
• Grayscale
• WisdomTree
“As described in more detail in the Proposals’ respective amended filings, 15 each Proposal seeks to list and trade shares of a Trust that would hold spot bitcoin,16 in whole or in part.17 This order approves the Proposals on an accelerated basis. 18”
NYSE Arca proposes to list and trade shares of (1) the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust3 and (2) the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF4 under NYSE Arca Rule 8.201-E (Commodity-Based Trust Shares), and (3) the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF5 under NYSE Arca Rule 8.500-E (Trust Units);
Bitcoin ETF: SEC “THEREFORE ORDERED, pursuant to Section 19(b)(2) of the Exchange Act,87 that the Proposals (SR-NYSEARCA-2021-90; SR-NYSEARCA-2023-44; SR-NYSEARCA2023-58; SR-NASDAQ-2023-016; SR-NASDAQ-2023-019; SR-CboeBZX-2023-028; SRCboeBZX-2023-038; SR-CboeBZX-2023-040; SR-CboeBZX-2023-042; SR-CboeBZX-2023- 044; SR-CboeBZX-2023-072) be, and hereby are, approved on an accelerated basis”
Mercari e-commerce platform, has announced plans to accept Bitcoin transactions on its platform
1-8-2024
Crypto traders await a decision on the Ark 21 Shares spot Bitcoin ETF on Wednesday, January 10
Van Eck will donate 5% of their Bitcoin ETF profits to Bitcoin Core developers for at least 10 years
Visa V Launches Web3 Loyalty Reward System to Enhance Customer Engagement
Marathon Digital Holdings MARA produced 1,853 bitcoins in December and 12,852 bitcoins in 2023
Former executives of Citigroup Inc. C will offer Bitcoin -backed securities that do not require SEC approval
ARK Invest sold another 166,183 Coinbase COIN shares
SEC Engages In Crucial Talks With Major Exchanges about Bitcoin ETF
South Korea proposes ban on credit card payments for crypto
Goldman Sachs is considering a partnership with BlackRock and Grayscale for Bitcoin ETFs.
Microstrategy MSTR bought 14,620 bitcoin at around 42,113 per bitcoin
12-31-2023
Cathie Wood expects the SEC to approve a spot bitcoin ETF in January 2024
Crypto YTD Performance:
Bitcoin $BTCUSD +163.78%
Ethereum $ETHUSD +91.09
XRP +79.79
Bitcoin Cash $BCH +140.419%
Litecoin $LTC +6.54%
Monero $XMR
Crypto today:
Bitcoin 43,760 +0.03%
Ethereum 2,295.62 -0.86%
XRP 0.6189 -0.46%
Bitcoin Cash 231.81 -2.56%
Litecoin 72.1400 -1.70%
Monero 177.30 +0.84%
Russia integrates the digital Ruble into its tax code
French regulator approves Coinbase COIN as a virtual asset service provider in France
SEC delays decision on Ethereum ETFs to May 2024
Most cryptocurrencies are up today:
$DOTUSD +12.92%
$SOLUSD +11.43%
$ADAUSD +3.00%
$ETHUSD +2.16%
$UNIUSD +2.09%
$BTCUSD +0.45%
A BVI court has issued an order freezing approximately $1.14 billion in assets belonging to the founders of Three Arrows Capital.
Mike Novogratz Galaxy Digital CEO Urges Removal of Senator Warren
Revolut has launched cryptocurrency trading services in New Zealand
Coinbase CEO, Armstrong Says Being Anti-Crypto is Bad Political Strategy
The US government takes complete ownership of 69,370 Bitcoin BTC linked to the Silk Road
40% of American Investors Expect Crypto To Be Part of Their Future Portfolio, According to Grayscale Poll
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