Bitcoin (BTC)

With the Bitwise ETF application gone, the crypto community is now awaiting the SEC’s decision on the remaining applications by WisdomTree, Invesco Galaxy, Valkyrie, VanEck, and Fidelity. In a surprising move, Bitwise, an asset management company based in San Francisco, has decided to withdraw its application for the Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Market Cap Weight Strategy Exchange-traded fund (ETF) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last month. The...

Bitcoin cash price started a downside correction from the $230 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading above the $195 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance near $208 on the 4-hour chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $200 and $195 support levels. Bitcoin cash price is declining from the $230 zone against the...

After suffering defeat against Grayscale in court, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is faced with a difficult decision on how to handle the wave of Bitcoin spot ETF applications knocking on its door. The agency need not approve the applications, however: instead, it may choose to rescind prior approval of the nation’s Bitcoin futures ETFs, leaving all Bitcoin ETF options unavailable to U.S. buyers. Will The SEC Spite BItcoiners? Though an unlikely outcome,...

As expected by analysts, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has again delayed its upcoming decision on whether to approve a slew of Bitcoin spot ETF applications. This pushes forward their respective decision dates by another 45 days. According to the SEC’s website, decisions for proposed ETFs from Blackrock, Invesco, WisdomTree, Valkyrie, Bitwise, VanEck, and Fidelity have all been postponed. “The Commission finds it appropriate to designate a longer period within...

The American entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who is one of the US Presidential nominees of the Republican Party, thinks Grayscale’s court victory against the SEC is positive news that could keep Bitcoin and blockchain innovation within the States rather than see it relocate abroad. The 38-year-old businessman has presented himself as a proponent of the primary cryptocurrency and a critic of the possible launch of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in America.  Praising...

US-based investing and trading platform giant Robinhood has been identified as the owner of the fifth largest Ethereum (ETH) wallet address, accounting for the second-largest crypto holding in its portfolio after Bitcoin (BTC). The company’s wallet app recently added support for Bitcoin and Dogecoin while including an Ethereum swap feature. Robinhood Has 1.493 Million ETH in its Cold Wallet Data by Arkham Intelligence shows that a Robhinhood cold wallet address holds...

Bitcoin’s rally to nearly $28,000 this week was short-lived. On Thursday, the top crypto asset fell back to $26,300, which was roughly its level before the pump. According to Coinglass, the price dump has triggered $103.58 million in liquidations over the past 24 hours, including $3.12 million liquidation on Bybit.In total, over 34,700 traders were liquidated by the price drop. The collapse comes shortly after a brief rally for Bitcoin on Tuesday, when Grayscale confirmed a...

Aside from dismissing the case against Uniswap, the judge also classified popular cryptocurrencies Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) as commodities. United States District Judge Katherine Polk Failla has dismissed with prejudice the class action suit against the decentralized exchange Uniswap. Recall that in April 2022, six former investors on Uniswap filed a suit against the exchange for allowing scam tokens on its platform. The individuals claimed to have bought scam tokens EthereumMax...

As the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) faces mounting political pressure to greenlight a bitcoin ETF following its recent court loss, there’s an opposing viewpoint that insists on maintaining the current stance. However, CoinShares product head Townsend Landing believes the financial regulator is stuck in a maze of its own making. ‘Hoist With His Own Petard’ The Court, comprising three judges, each representing different political inclinations, reached a unanimous...

Shiba Inu’s native token has been demonstrating bearish price action over the past few weeks since getting rejected at a critical resistance level. Yet, a more severe decline may still occur in the short term. Technical Analysis By Edris The SHIB/USDT Chart On the USDT-paired chart, the price has been rejected from the $0.000011 resistance level, leading to an impulsive drop below the 50-day and the 200-day moving averages located around the $0.0000085 and $0.0000095 levels,...