Markets react positively to the first trading day for spot BTC ETFs, with Bitcoin rallying close to $49,000 and ETH hitting a 12-month high.
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.
The unique active wallets for blockchain apps more than doubled in 2023.
The exchange-traded funds will allow better access to bitcoin through regulated entities and draw institutional investors, but the crypto is still a very small asset class, CoinDesk was told.
The U.S. listing of ETFs based on spot BTC is more than a milestone for Bitcoin. Noelle Acheson points out that it is also a milestone for Wall Street.
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 fund saw about $400 million of inflows within 30 minutes of its trading debut, CF Benchmarks said.
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Pinpointing exact volume is difficult at the time of launch as trade volume is currently a moving target.
The spike comes as spot Bitcoin ETFs launch on Wall Street for the first time ever, following Wednesday's long-awaited SEC approval.
The crypto exchange has a dominant role in all but one of the approved ETFs, acting as an issuer or custodian, the report said.
ARK's Tom Staudt believes Bitcoin has become a "public good" and should be available to all investors.
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Grayscale received the regulatory green light to convert its flagship product into an ETF on Wednesday.
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Mining stocks represent an attractive opportunity for investors looking to gain access to the long-term bitcoin adoption trade, the analysts wrote.
Shares of the Bitcoin ETF offered by BlackRock rose roughly 22% in some pre-market activity and are trading at $28.64 at the time of publication.
Here's a ranking of the 11 newly trading bitcoin ETFs, in terms of first-day trading volume.
Here's a ranking of the 11 newly trading bitcoin ETFs, in terms of first-day trading volume.
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Circle did not reveal the number of shares it plans to sell nor the proposed price range for the assets.