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Applications for the spot Bitcoin ETF got full approval from the SEC on Jan. 10 and started trading on Jan. 11.
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Bitcoin surged to $47,000 Thursday morning, after the SEC approved multiple U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs Wednesday.
The World Economic Forum warns that artificial intelligence could adversely impact healthcare, information integrity, and labor markets.
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What will the approval of a spot Bitcoin ETF mean for BTC’s price in the long term?
Bets on Ethereum tokens may spark a reversal of fortunes for ETH investors, especially as the token underperformed bitcoin in 2023.
Grayscale's conversion of its $27 billion bitcoin trust into an ETF was finally approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday.
Three out of five committee members approved the various filings that gave the green light for the first-ever spot bitcoin ETFs to be offered in the U.S.
OpenAI has opened conversations with major news telecasters including CNN, Fox and Time about licensing their work for AI training to avoid copyright violations.
Franklin Templeton, the $1.5 trillion asset manager, gave its famous logo a glowing, crypto-y tweak after the SEC approved bitcoin ETFs, possibly girding for a tough battle with BlackRock and other Wall Street giants.
During a Thursday hearing on proposed guidelines for stablecoin issuers, European Banking Authority officials urged stakeholders to engage with regulators to "start on the right footing."
BlackRock’s iShares Trust was up by 22.5% while Grayscale’s ETF was up by 2% during pre-market trading.
Optimism that a spot Ethereum ETF will follow close on the heels of multiple Bitcoin ETF approvals has propelled ETH to an 18-month high.
Months after the EU got its first Bitcoin ETF, the U.S. joins the game and one EU analyst speculates the market access it could open up, along with a potential kick off to a bull market.
The figure is several times lower than the overall figure for women in startups in various fields.
Exchange transaction volume dominance sees new all-time highs as the debate over whether the Bitcoin ETFs are "priced in" continues.
Polymarket saw betting contracts worth more than $5.7 million change hands on Wednesday.
One community member on X described the move as “another black eye” for the NFT industry.
ETFs offer better investor protection, increased liquidity and lower tracking error than close-ended funds and trusts, the report said.
BlackRock filed for a spot Ether ETF in November 2023, with the final deadline for the SEC’s decision slated for May 2024.
Much has changed since the Winklevoss filed unsuccessfully for the first Bitcoin ETF in July 2013.
SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda cited “strong concerns” with three aspects of the spot Bitcoin ETF approval order.
Some market watchers have termed the trade a possible “marketing stunt,” one that could have drawn attention to WIF as prices took a hit in recent weeks.
The company announced in a blog that the store will initially be rolled out to users on paid ChatGPT plans.
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.
Majority of token holders favor onboard PYUSD in AAVE's Ethereum pool, the ongoing vote shows.
While the crypto sector celebrated the landmark approval of several spot Bitcoin ETFs, not everyone was pleased by the decision.
The central bank plans to allocate the lion’s share of its $1.3 billion contract budget for providers to work on enabling offline payments for a digital euro.