Accelerate Financial Technologies Inc. is planning to unveil a new bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) soon, and in return, the company has stated that it will plant more than 3,000 young trees as a means of fighting the carbon footprint that mining bitcoin is alleged to leave behind. Accelerate Financial Technologies Is Trying to Offset Bitcoin’s Negativity Over the past several months, there have been many arguments that mining cryptocurrency is somehow hazardous...
Read More »Experts Think Regulation Will Dominate Crypto
It’s been a rather big year for crypto thus far, but what will the future bring? Many analysts are weighing in where bitcoin and its altcoin cousins will be standing in the next five to ten years. Where Will Crypto Be in the Next Few Years? Dave Abner – head of global development at Gemini – said in a statement: There’s tremendous focus and attention being paid to [the crypto industry]. One of the big focuses we have been seeing over the past few months is on regulation....
Read More »Hester Pierce Slams SEC For Slow BTC ETF Approval
Hester Pierce – playfully known as the “Crypto Mom” thanks to her loose attitude towards digital currencies – has had it with the government agency she works with – the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – and all the people in it working to prevent a bitcoin or crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). Hester Pierce: The SEC Is Too Slow Bitcoin ETFs have been all the rage for several years amongst crypto heads. They all think an ETF will be the next revolutionary...
Read More »Ark Invest Seeks Approval on New BTC ETF Application
Cathie Wood of Ark Invest fame has filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) through her business. Another Bitcoin ETF Is Headed to the SEC Per official paperwork, the point of the ETF would be to track the price of bitcoin. It would also trade under the ticker “ARKB” should it garner approval. Ark is working hand in hand with a firm known as 21 Shares to unveil the ETF. While this is all fine...
Read More »The SEC Is Again Looking at Bitcoin ETF Applications
We are back at it again, folks. The bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) game is in play all over again in the United States as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now reviewing bitcoin ETF applications submitted by companies such as Fidelity and Sky Bridge Capital, led by Anthony Scaramucci. There Are Still Questions Surrounding a Bitcoin ETF The big question is not whether these products are good or useful in some way, but rather if the SEC finally has...
Read More »Canada’s First Bitcoin ETF Has Truly Exploded
Not too long ago, Canada – the United States’ neighbor to the north – introduced its respective continent to the first ever bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). The product has experienced solid popularity in this short period and is now valued at more than $1 billion in total assets. A Bitcoin ETF Is Truly as Popular as They Said It Would Be This past year’s cryptocurrency boom has arguably caused many people to swiftly jump into the cryptocurrency space. It has...
Read More »Hester Pierce: We Should Have Approved a BTC ETF
Hester Pierce – the commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – admits that perhaps the agency’s reluctance to approve a bitcoin or crypto-based exchange-traded fund (ETF) was a bit of a mistake now that Canada has come so far in this department. Pierce: A Bitcoin ETF Is Now Being Pushed More Than Ever Over the years, many companies – from Van Eck to Bitwise – have submitted applications to get bitcoin ETFs approved by the Securities and Exchange...
Read More »Grayscale Is Hiring a Crypto ETF Unit, Claiming the U.S. Will Soon Follow Canada’s Footsteps
Canada has unveiled three bitcoin-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) over the past few weeks, and the United States seems to believe that its day in the crypto ETF spotlight is rather close. So much, in fact, that now Grayscale Investments – one of the largest crypto investing firms in America – is hiring an ETF team for the coming future. Grayscale Is Looking to Hire for Its New ETF Divison A crypto-based ETF has been the envy of many people involved in the digital...
Read More »Canada’s BTC ETF Is Experiencing Slump in Activity
Canada’s first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) was released to the public not too long ago. The idea of a bitcoin-based ETF had been in the back of investors’ minds for some time, and now that the product has been unveiled, it looks like many fantasies are becoming real, but is it possible that the product has already worn out its welcome? The First Bitcoin ETF Is Already Seeing Trading Dips According to new data, trading in the bitcoin-based ETF has already taken a...
Read More »Canada Is Now Looking to Unveil an Ethereum ETF
It’s only been a few weeks since Canada introduced the world to the first bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF). Now, it looks like an Ethereum-based ETF may be on its way. The Case for Canada and the Crypto ETF Evolve Funds is the company behind Canada’s BTC ETF, and it looks like the company is already experiencing heavy success with this product. So much, in fact, that it wants to bring similar products to the market, and it feels that Ethereum may be the way to...
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