The initial euphoria for the spot bitcoin ETFs has seemingly dampened and reality is slowly kicking in with inflows recently unable to keep up with the still speedy pace of exits from Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC).
There Are Many Bitcoin Critics Left in Finance, Despite BlackRock’s Newfound Love
At a recent gathering of investors in Miami, skepticism remained high even after finance titan BlackRock’s shift toward touting the original cryptocurrency.
Did Strong Bitcoin ETF Demand Kill Halving’s Potential Bullish Rally?
The much stronger-than-expected inflows into the spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have already caused concerns about a supply shock in the bitcoin market, potentially taking away some of the impacts of the halving.
BlackRock Adds Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Citadel as APs for Bitcoin ETF
BlackRock (BLK) has added five additional authorized participants (APs) to the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), bringing the total number to nine as the fund continues to attract billions of dollars of inflows from investors.
Crypto Venture Capital Fundraising Jumped Over 50% in March Amid Rally
Most capital went into infrastructure and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, data by RootData shows.
Goldman Sachs Clients Not Interested in Crypto, Says Chief Investment Officer: WSJ
Goldman Sachs, nowadays one of the few Wall Street banks to do so, isn’t backing away from its negative stance against crypto, as it doesn’t see the value of the asset itself.
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BlackRock’s Fink Says an Ether ETF Is Possible Even if ETH Is a Security
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink isn’t worried about the U.S. Securities and Exchange classifying Ethereum’s ether as a security.
U.S Has its Eleventh Spot Bitcoin ETF After Hashdex Fund Conversion
Trading under the ticker DEFI, asset manager Hashdex’s Bitcoin Futures ETF – which had been trading as a futures-based fund on the New York Stock Exchange since 2022 – was renamed and converted into the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF and now operates as a spot bitcoin fund.
Hong Kong Likely To Allow In-Kind Creations for Spot Bitcoin ETFs: Bloomberg
Hong Kong’s financial regulator, the Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), is likely to allow in-kind creations and redemptions for spot bitcoin ETFs in the second quarter of this year, according to a report from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Cathie Wood Calls Bitcoin a ‘Financial Super Highway,’ Reiterates $1.5M Price Target
The Ark Invest CEO said the firm has been looking closely at emerging markets, where use cases of the digital asset make her believe that bitcoin is partly a risk-off asset.
BlackRock Seeing Only ‘A Little Bit’ Demand for Ethereum from Clients, Says Head of Digital Assets
Robert Mitchnick, the asset manager’s head of digital assets, said that there’s a misconception that BlackRock will have a “long tail” of other services within crypto.
Ether ETFs Likely Won’t Get Approved in May, Bloomberg Analyst Predicts
Odds that spot ether ETFs will get approved in May have gotten slimmer, according to a Bloomberg ETF analyst who cited U.S. regulators’ seeming lack of engagement with potential issuers over the products.
Fidelity Adds Staking to Ether ETF Application, Sending LIDO Up 9%
Money management giant Fidelity wants to allow traders of its potential ethereum fund to be able to stake some of the assets, it wrote in an amendment with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Fidelity’s Bitcoin Fund Becomes Fifth Most Popular of All ETFs in 2024
Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC) is the fifth most popular exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the market right now, attracting more than $6.9 billion since its introduction on Jan. 12, according to data from Bloomberg Intelligence.
Bitcoin ETFs’ Hot Start Seems Largely Driven by Retail Investors
Data shows that the average trade size for the biggest spot bitcoin ETF suggests that demand is largely coming from retail investors.
Ether ETFs Could Be Bigger Than Bitcoin ETFs, Says VanEck
The issuer of the VanEck Bitcoin Trust this week dropped its management fee to zero for a limited time in an attempt to attract more capital to that fund.
Rapper Drake Posts Michael Saylor’s Bitcoin Video To His 146M Instagram Followers
Michael Saylor said that bitcoin will “eat gold” in an interview with CNBC on Monday.
VanEck Temporarily Cuts Bitcoin ETF Fee to Zero After Lagging in Assets
HODL, VanEck’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), has so far attracted a little over $305 million in assets, which is far below most of its competitors.
‘Bitcoin is Going to Eat Gold’: MicroStrategy’s Michael Saylor
Appearing on CNBC after his company on Monday announced the purchase of an additional 12,000 of bitcoin {{BTC]], MicroStrategy (MSTR) Executive Chairman Michael Saylor said the crypto will be a much more valuable asset than gold in the future.