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Yet another attempt for a US-approved Bitcoin ETF is on the horizon coming from the Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe). The organization’s filing with the SEC aims to build on a previous S-1 filing initiated by VanEck. CryptoPotato reported in late 2020 that the US investment giant with about $50 billion in AUM, VanEck, has filed for its latest S-1 form with the SEC to establish a Bitcoin ETF called The VanEck Bitcoin Trust.  The company’s application indicated that the ETF’s shares would...

In a 100-page deep-dive report dubbed “Bitcoin, at the Tipping Point,” Citibank’s global perspectives and solutions team noted that the cryptocurrency could potentially “become the currency of choice for international trade.”The analysts acknowledged that the massive interest shown by several large institutional investors like Tesla, Microstrategy, and PayPal is one of the major propellants for the digital asset gaining mainstream adoption.The team further noted that several other factors,...

Reports on Reuters today revealed that American multinational investment bank, Goldman Sachs, will offer bitcoin futures and non-deliverable forwards on behalf of its clients starting next week.According to sources familiar with the matter, the move is part of the bank’s effort to take advantage of the fast-growing crypto space, which is gradually becoming an investment of choice for institutional players. Notably, the bank is also considering developing a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF)...

The giant social media platform Twitter has announced plans to raise $1.25 billion through a convertible senior notes offering. Although the company breached “corporate purposes” as the main reason, cryptocurrency proponents speculated if the firm could pull a MicroStrategy and allocate the funds in BTC.Twitter to Raise $1.25BAccording to a press release from earlier today, Twitter will offer a $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due in 2026. The endeavor will...

A few months following a Cardano integration, the DLT project Wolfram Blockchain Labs (WBL) has done the same with Tezos. As a result, developers working on blockchain analytics and computational contracts will be able to employ the Tezos network.WBL Integrates TezosWBL is a provider of distributed ledger technology (DLT) solutions that support the development of a wide variety of smart contracts and decentralized applications. It’s the blockchain subsidiary of Wolfram Research – the creator...

PlanB, the creator of the well-known Stock-to-Flow (S2F) Bitcoin model, took it to Twitter to provide an update on how the cryptocurrency is performing following the latest developments in the market.BTC continues to follow the S2F cross-asset (S2FX) model “like clockwork,” despite the most recent correction and is still on track to reach $288,000 by 2024.What is the S2FX?First things first, the stock-to-flow cross-asset model takes a new approach compared to the stock-to-flow model. It...

FD7 Ventures, the cryptocurrency-oriented fund that recently vowed to dispose of its BTC holdings for ADA and DOT, has set up a $250 million micro-fund focusing on investments in teams working on the ecosystems of Polkadot and Cardano.FD7 Goes to India for DOT and ADABased in Dubai, UAE, FD7 is a crypto-oriented investment fund with over $1 billion in assets under management (AUM). The firm recently announced somewhat bold plans to dispose of $750 million of its BTC holdings and allocate the...

Tether, the company issuing the most widely-used stablecoin, USDT, has revealed that it got a ransom demand for 500 BTC. The sender has threatened the company to leak documents to the public that would “harm the bitcoin ecosystem.”Tether Gets a 500 BTC Ransom DemandTether, the issuer of the popular USDT stablecoin, took it to Twitter to reveal that someone had threatened to leak documents to the public in an attempt to “harm the bitcoin ecosystem.”The company explained that “forged documents...

Can you imagine having an album of your favorite artist, with a song made to your specifications and that only you could listen to it? How much would you pay for that privilege?The well-known American DJ 3LAU wanted to find out. His fans are willing to pay millions: Specifically, $3,666,666 for one song and over 11 Million collectively for an entire collection of digital art tokenized on the blockchain in the form of NFTs.Step Aside, Billboard!The auction for 3LAU’s Ultraviolet album...

What started out as a normal trading day for some PDAX customers led to a favorable turn of fortune, or so it seemed. Their euphoria may have been short-lived by a harsh reality check as the Philippine-based exchange prepares to take legal actions.Philippine Digital Asset Exchange (PDAX) suffered a flaw that led to bitcoin trading 88% below its actual price. The exchange reported that a surge in trading activity was the cause. At the time, bitcoin was trading north of $50k, but traders were...