Global investment manager VanEck is set to launch a bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) next week, shortly after ProShares got the SEC’s green light to launch the first BTC ETF. As per a Wednesday post-effective filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), VanEck revealed it had secured approval from the SEC, and it’s now fully authorized to launch its BTC fund next week, after October 23, Saturday. VanEck first applied for the BTC futures ETF in August....
Read More »Bitcoin is Winning the Race Against Gold: Paul Tudor Jones
Paul Tudor Jones – billionaire CEO of Tudor Investment Corporation – has reaffirmed his support for Bitcoin. He said that he has cryptocurrency included in his portfolio, and deemed it superior to gold as an inflation hedge. Jones Remains a Bitcoin Believer The hedge fund manager revealed his thoughts on CNBC’s Squawk Box earlier today. The interviewer referred to a previous episode from May of 2020 when Jones showed newfound support for the primary cryptocurrency. He started...
Read More »3 Reasons Bitcoin’s ATH Looks More Bullish Now Than in April 2021
It’s been a wild few months for Bitcoin’s price. It went all the way up from around $65K in April, down to below $30K in July, and back to a new all-time high today – October 20th. Many are drawing comparisons between the market dynamics in April and now, and as BTC sits in price discovery, it’s worth looking at a few reasons for which things might be a lot more bullish currently compared to before. Retail FOMO Is Not Here First things first, one of the main catalysts of...
Read More »Digital Currency Group Authorizes the Purchase of $1 Billion Worth of GBTC Shares
Digital Currency Group, the organization behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager, has decided to enhance its Bitcoin position by authorizing the acquisition of $1 billion more worth of shares of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust. The press release dated October 20th reads that Digital Currency Group has upped its authorization from $750 million to $1 billion. This means the company will more than triple its current position, which, as of October 19th, 2021, stands at...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Breaks All-Time High Surpassing April’s $64.8K Peak
Bitcoin has broken its former all-time high and is now officially looking at price discovery. This comes on the back of serious developments in the industry – just today, the first-ever SEC-approved futures-backed Bitcoin ETF started trading. The previous all-time high of Bitcoin’s price was set on April 14th, 2021 and it was at $64,895 trading on Bitstamp exchange – exactly 6 months and 6 days ago. As of writing these lines and shortly after breaking the ATH level, Bitcoin...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: What to Expect Following a New ATH for BTC?
Bitcoin’s price continues to show strength, and it’s trading very close to the all-time highs, with an intraday high at around $64,600 (on Bitstamp) at the time of this writing. The spot volume has been increasing for days, which is a sign of strength. The BTC price action has been impressive on the day the futures-backed BTC ETF started trading. However, it’s important to remain cautious in the near term as the open interest continues to increase – currently sitting at $14.4...
Read More »Bitcoin Futures ETF is Live, Generates $500M Volume in Its First Hour of Trading
The moment plenty of people in the cryptocurrency community have been waiting for quite some time is finally here. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF is live, trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The moment many have been waiting for is here and the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy futures-backed ETF, ticked BITO, is now live and trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Data shows that the daily range is between $40.07 as a bottom and $42.1499 as a top, where the ETF...
Read More »First Bitcoin Futures ETF Comes Today: BTC Price Volatility Expected
The talk in the crypto town for the past several days has predominantly been the potential launch of a Bitcoin ETF in the United States. After all, the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission has been reluctant to approve such a product for years, while other nations, like Canada and Brazil, did so earlier this year. The pressure on the SEC is mounting, and the appointment of Gary Gensler, who previously had experience with blockchain, was regarded as a promising step in...
Read More »Andrew Yang Reveals His Political Party Will be Pro Crypto
Andrew Yang – an American entrepreneur, politician, and founder of the newly launched Forward Party – said he wants his organization to represent the US crypto community. In Attempt to Solve America’s Financial Problems “Not right. Not left. Forward.” That is the slogan of the new political party in the United Stated – The Forward Party. According to its pro-crypto founder – Andrew Yang – the digital asset industry is also headed in that direction. Yang – best known for being...
Read More »Crypto Frauds in The UK Resulted in $200 Million Stolen in 2021: Report
The number of cryptocurrency-related crimes in the United Kingdom has significantly surged in the first nine months of 2021 comparing to last year, reads a recent report. The local police warned that bad actors often use a fake celebrity endorsement to lure people in. Youngsters Are The Most in Danger According to a recent Bloomberg coverage, there have been 7,118 reports of schemes related to digital assets in the UK between January and October this year. Victims parted out...
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