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Bitcoin is enjoying price spikes and increased trading volumes as Fidelity and others amend proposals while the market awaits an approval. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) hit $28,817 today in response to amendments to spot Bitcoin ETF applications submitted to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, as of this writing, Bitcoin has fallen to $28,379 according to data from CoinMarketCap, a 4.3% increase over the last 7 days. The initial increase put Bitcoin at a new...

TL;DR False reports claimed the SEC approved BlackRock’s BTC ETF, but the SEC cautioned against unverified sources. US attorney John E. Deaton criticized the SEC, referencing court opinions that have deemed the agency’s actions inconsistent. The SEC has had multiple legal confrontations with crypto entities, including losses to Ripple and Grayscale and lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. The SEC is ‘Arbitrary and Capricious’ The breaking reports from yesterday (October...

Larry Fink – CEO of $10 trillion investment management giant BlackRock – says crypto is a “flight to safety” asset class, comparable it to the likes of gold and US Treasuries. In an interview with Fox Business, Fink dismissed the idea that Bitcoin (BTC)’s rally on Monday was merely due to a false rumor about his fund’s spot ETF application being approved by regulators. “This rally is way beyond the rumor,” he said. “I think the rally today is about a flight to quality with...

On-chain data shows that a wealthy crypto investor lost $49,000 on a bad trade following false reports about BlackRock receiving approval on its Bitcoin ETF application. As noted by analysts from Lookonchain on Monday, an anonymous whale traded $613,201 in USDC for 20.5 Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) using 1Inch shortly after the initial report dropped. At first, Bitcoin’s price had cracked above $29,000 in light of the news. However, after sources at Blackrock confirmed the news was...

The progress on the Grayscale conversion front offers a welcome degree of clarity to the ETF approval process, which had been somewhat murky. The crypto community has witnessed a significant milestone as recent reports indicate that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) decided not to appeal a court ruling that could potentially pave the way for Grayscale Investments to convert its Bitcoin Trust into an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF). This development has left analysts and investors...

TL;DR The crypto sector anticipates the US SEC’s decision on spot Bitcoin ETFs from top finance companies. Crypto Rover points to the date as the SEC’s appeal deadline for Grayscale’s ETF, suggesting possible approval for all Spot ETFs if untouched. Industry figures, including Cathie Wood, speculate that the SEC could simultaneously greenlight multiple spot BTC ETF applications. Friday the 13th Seems Like a Pivotal Date It is safe to assume that most cryptocurrency...

According to the filing, “over 95% of the 500 most popular sites on the Internet are the subject of typosquatting”. The New York-based investment giant BlackRock Inc has called for a crackdown on dozens of domain names that have been registered to imitate the investment firm as they could potentially be used to defraud investors. Blackrock is seeking a court-ordered strike on the domains and  “typosquatting” sites, some of which are crypto-related. According to an October 10 legal...

JPMorgan has announced a significant milestone, revealing that it successfully conducted its inaugural live blockchain-based collateral settlement transaction involving BlackRock and Barclays. This transaction utilized JPMorgan’s Ethereum-based Onyx blockchain and the bank’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN). BlackRock employed this system to tokenize shares from one of its money market funds, which were subsequently transferred to Barclays Plc to serve as collateral in an...

The move signals a major stride on the part of JPMorgan as it intensifies its efforts towards boosting the commercial applications of blockchain technology. United States’ largest bank by assets, JPMorgan Chase & Co may have started using its blockchain-based collateral settlement for customers. This follows after a recent transaction between BlackRock Inc and Barclays Plc saw the duo use JPMorgan’s Tokenized Collateral Network (TCN) to effect the trade. According to Tyrone Lobban,...

Former BlackRock managing director Steven Schoenfield, who now serves as the CEO of MarketVector Indexes, predicts that the U.S. SEC will approve a Spot Bitcoin ETF within three to six months. Schoenfield shared this estimate during a panel discussion on ETFs at CCData’s Digital Asset Summit in London, where he was joined by another ex-BlackRock director, Martin Bednall, now CEO of Jacobi Asset Management. SEC’s ETF Approval Could Come Sooner Schoenfield’s response came after...