“Despite the fact that the SEC postponed their decision to approve or disapprove Ark, BlackRock, and Valkyrie’s bitcoin ETFs this week, the market’s hope for spot bitcoin ETF approval seems to have been revitalized following the Ether Futures ETF decision,” analyst Yuya Hasegawa shared.
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Read More »Sam Bankman-Fried Scoops Help CoinDesk Win Major Journalism Award
The centerpiece story was Allison’s explosive Nov. 2, 2022, piece that raised questions about how sturdy Alameda Research, Bankman-Fried’s large trading firm, was – and, by extension, how safe the billionaire’s affiliated and better-known crypto exchange FTX was. Other CoinDesk stories honored by the Loebs revealed the unusual living arrangements …
Read More »Valkyrie Gets Approval to Start Buying ETH Futures For its Existing Bitcoin ETF
«Today, the Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF (Nasdaq: $BTF) began adding exposure to Ether futures contracts, making it the first US ETF to provide exposure to Ether and Bitcoin futures contracts under one wrapper,» a spokesperson told CoinDesk in an email statement.
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“My baseline scenario is bitcoin to move higher and eventually move past that $31,000-$32,000 barrier,” Kampenaer said. But it has to happen in the next 6-8 weeks, he added, otherwise the level could put a lid on BTC’s price for a longer time. “If it remains suppressed and under that …
Read More »Banking Giants Abuzz About Tokenization of Real-World Assets as DeFi Craves Collateral
Edging towards the public Ethereum mainnet has always been a delicate business, given that banks have traditionally viewed public blockchains as more or less radioactive, both a reputational and compliance risk. JPMorgan’s head of Onyx Digital Assets, Tyrone Lobban, noted that the public Ethereum chain has evolved significantly over time, …
Read More »Crypto for Advisors: AI – Friend or Foe to the Advisor?
As AI systems become more advanced at emulating human behaviors and media, they erode authenticity, a key pillar of trust and the bedrock of all successful financial advisor practices. When chatbots, deepfakes, and AI-written text seamlessly impersonate real people, it fosters an atmosphere of misinformation and deception, hardly a successful …
Read More »Crypto Observers Warn of Risk Aversion as Oil Prices Top $93
Higher oil prices are often transmitted to retail fuel prices, raising key inflation metrics like the Consumer Price Index (CPI). That, in turn, weighs over households’ disposable income. Less disposable income means weak consumption, economic growth, and less inclination to invest in high-risk, high-reward assets like bitcoin and technology stocks. …
Read More »Listed Bitcoin Miners Could be the Ultimate Bet for 2024: Matrixport
If bitcoin were to climb to a new all-time high of $70,000 an investor would realize a return of only 167%, the report said. Investors could see larger gains by buying a diversified portfolio of publicly listed bitcoin mining companies including firms, such as HIVE Digital (HIVE), Bitfarms (BITF) and …
Read More »Trader Says Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Need ‘Chaos’ for Price Growth
FxPro markets analyst Alex Kuptsikevich told CoinDesk in a daily note that while cryptocurrencies saw increased buying equity markets were under the most pressure as the dollar was gaining momentum. However, this momentum didn’t last long, which dampened bullish outlooks.
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