Bitcoin (BTC) fell below $20,000 after the SEC rejected Grayscale’s application to turn its Bitcoin trust into a spot Bitcoin ETF. BTC was trading at $18,934 at its lowest following the news but has since marked a small recovery and was trading at $19,047 as of press time, according to CryptoSlate data. Source: TradingView SEC rejects Grayscale and…
Australia’s first spot Bitcoin ETF could see $1 billion in inflows
Australia is set to have its first spot Bitcoin ETF as authorities have approved Cosmos Asset Management Bitcoin ETF to begin trading by April 27, per a report from Australia’s Financial Review. Cosmos beats VanEck, others for Bitcoin ETF approval At launch, Cosmos Bitcoin ETF is expected to attract up to $1 billion in investments…
Grayscale: The SEC must get comfortable with spot Bitcoin ETF
Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of the largest bitcoin and crypto fund Grayscale, has argued that the SEC’s justifications of why it approved Bitcoin futures ETFs but not spot ETFs, don’t add up. The plot thickens on the path to $GBTC’s spot #Bitcoin #ETF conversion… — Sonnenshein (@Sonnenshein) April 7, 2022 The tweet was posted moments after…
Bitcoin at $44.9k as ETFs touch new highs, altcoins continue green rampage
After enduring a rocky start to the year, Bitcoin’s price in recent weeks has made a startling resurgence which has culminated in the value of the asset reaching as high as $44.9k in the early trading hours of today. Since the asset climbed above the $40k level around last week, it has steadily maintained the…
VanEck’s Bitcoin Strategy ETF sees a slow start after issue
After weeks of waiting, VanEck’s Bitcoin Strategy ETF (XBTF) finally began trading on the Chicago Board of Exchange and on its first day had a trading volume of $4.6 million paling significantly against other similar ETFs that began trading last month. VanEck’s ETF has a slow start to life Data from investing.com revealed that shares…
VanEck set to become second Bitcoin ETF in the U.S.
On the heels of ProShares historic trading of the first Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) yesterday, available information has shown that VanEck has also gotten approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). VanEck Bitcoin ETF to begin trading next week According to a filing made by the…
Proshares Bitcoin ETF logs over $1 billion in trading volume
In an indication that the crypto community has been waiting tirelessly for a Bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF), available data has shown that Proshares Bitcoin futures ETF, the first of its kind in the United States, saw a trading volume of over $1 billion in its first day of trading. ProShares sees $1 billion in…
SEC extends decision on four potential Bitcoin ETFs to end of 2021
$5 trillion asset manager Fidelity applies for Bitcoin ETF FD Funds Management, a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments (which manages over $4.9 trillion in assets), yesterday filed a preliminary registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch a Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). 2 min read →