BlackRock stole the show, but Grayscale may have been the biggest winner. The crypto-native fund enjoyed its best day of trading ever.
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Many speculated that the SEC chair had no choice but to approve the investment vehicle after a court-ordered review of Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin ETF application.
ARK Invest's CEO previously predicted the price to reach $1 million by 2030.
They make the asset class "less of a scary concept" to mainstream audiences, bitcoin advocate Jameson Lopp said.
Bitcoin hit its highest price in more than two years Thursday before it fell back to $46,000 as the highly anticipated spot bitcoin ETF debut unleashed volatility.
After the historic approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF on Wednesday, analysts say a spot ETH ETF could be imminent.
The spike comes as spot Bitcoin ETFs launch on Wall Street for the first time ever, following Wednesday's long-awaited SEC approval.
BTC price volatility keeps up the pace as the first spot ETFs prepare to trade, but Ethereum hijacks Bitcoin when it comes to gains.
Bitfinity unveils a plan to integrate EVM with the Bitcoin blockchain, targeting DeFi services.
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Jan. 11, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Finney, who died in August 2014, was also the first person besides Bitcoin’s pseudonymous creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, to download and run Bitcoin’s software.
One X account has maintained radio silence after it unwillingly “bungled” the spot Bitcoin ETF announcement when it was hacked a day earlier.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs will start trading Thursday, but one crypto-friendly SEC Commissioner says it's a day far too long in coming.
The Bitcoin blockchain permanently commemorates another historic moment: the SEC chair’s Bitcoin ETF approval statement.
Effective S-1 approvals are being checked off, meaning that spot Bitcoin ETFs are set to begin trading as early as Jan. 11.
Bitcoin's price action has been choppy since the SEC officially approved spot ETFs in the United States, while Ethereum hit an 18-month high.
After the spot bitcoin ETF approval, all attention turns to how much demand these investment vehicles will attract.
Speculators had previously guessed the fake post, which rattled markets yesterday, was a real SEC tweet that was published prematurely.
A Bitcoin user inscribed the text “SEC Chairman on the brink of second ETF approval” into a Bitcoin transaction’s OP_RETURN field.
Jokester pays $2.97 to record the one-liner "SEC Chairman on the brink of second ETF approval" on the blockchain.
The report provides a detailed examination of Bitcoin’s growing influence in institutional investing, highlighting how it reshapes investment strategies and decision-making.
The latest price moves in bitcoin [BTC] and crypto markets in context for Jan. 10, 2024. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
Those tweets caused bitcoin prices to immediately spike to $47,680 from the $46,800 level. It then fell as low as $45,400 as the tweets were found to be fake.
Bitcoin briefly hit a two-year high after apparent news of a spot ETF approval, but the price fell sharply after it was revealed to be false.
"The SEC has not approved the listing and trading of spot bitcoin exchange-traded products," SEC Chair Gary Gensler said on Tuesday afternoon.
Luke Dashjr's technical proposal sounded innocuous enough: to make the popular Bitcoin Core software "effective with newer datacarrying styles." In reality, the effort represented a sophisticated but controversial plan to block the suddenly popular "inscriptions" known as "NFTs on Bitcoin."
Authorized participants are needed to provide the liquidity in the ETF market, and their bona fides are very important to the SEC.
Ether has lost 43% of its value against bitcoin since Sept. 7.
Bitcoin CME gaps, resulting from the market’s non-stop nature, present opportunities and challenges for traders.