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DeFi
12 Jan 2024

Rough Day for Spot BTC ETFs Amid $4.6 Billion Traded

Amid a $4.6 billion total transaction volume, the highly anticipated launch of Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) was met with a difficult start, making it a volatile day for the ETFs and Bitcoin itself. Varinder Singh from CoinGape has described the introduction of Spot B

Tomas Reiner3 min
Altcoins
12 Jan 2024

Top Performing Altcoin Emerge as SEC Approves BTC ETFs

Following the historic revelation that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), there was a great deal of excitement in the cryptocurrency market, which resulted in substantial rallies in a number of altcoins. The native tok

Elena Marsh3 min
Ethereum
12 Jan 2024

Vitalik Buterin Applauds Optimism’s $100 Million Developer Fund

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has commended Optimism for its substantial $100 million funding initiative aimed at supporting developers. Buterin Lauds Optimism’s Funding Efforts Speaking on the platform X (formerly known as Twitter ), Buterin expressed his admiration for Op

Priya Nandan2 min
DeFi
8 Jan 2024

XRP Returns to GDLC, Speculates for an XRP ETF Rise

The re-entry of XRP into the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund (GDLC) has sparked speculation about the potential creation of an XRP exchange-traded fund (ETF), which has been described as a major move for the cryptocurrency industry. The GDLC Fund has again embraced XRP, highligh

Priya Nandan3 min
Bitcoin
7 Jan 2024

VanEck Moves to Donate 5% of its BTC Profit To Lead Developers

VanEck has announced its commitment to donate 5% of the profits from its upcoming Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) to the core developers of the BTC. This development has been described as a move that represents a significant step towards supporting the development and maintena

Priya Nandan3 min
Regulation
7 Jan 2024

Experts Analysis Put BTC ETF Approval at 90%, SEC Maintains

Industry insiders estimate that there is a 90% chance that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will approve a Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF), which is highly anticipated by the cryptocurrency community as they await a possible breakthrough. This decisio

Tomas Reiner2 min
Blockchain
4 Jan 2024

Matrixport Predicts SEC Won’t Be Approving Spot BTC ETF January

Latest update on spot BTC ETF says that a cryptocurrency financial services platform, Matrixport, has made a bold forecast indicating that Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that track Bitcoin spot prices won’t be approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in January

Tomas Reiner2 min
DeFi
4 Jan 2024

Andre Dragosch Forecasts ETH Domination of BTC in 2024

According to prominent cryptocurrency expert and the lead researcher at ETC Group, André Dragosch, Ethereum is expected to surpass Bitcoin in 2024. Dragosch’s prediction on the possible trajectory of Ethereum and its relative performance to Bitcoin has prompted discussions among

Elena Marsh3 min
Bitcoin
3 Jan 2024

Bitcoin Advocate Michael Saylor Sells MicroStrategy Shares Worth Over $200M

Michael Saylor, the executive chairman and co-founder of MicroStrategy, has set in motion a significant financial strategy by initiating the sale of 315,000 shares of his company, amounting to nearly $216 million. This decision was first announced during the company’s third-quart

Elena Marsh2 min