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A milestone week that began with the introduction of the first Bitcoin-based exchange traded fund (ETF) ended just as it began — with a new fund based on the world’s leading cryptocurrency.  On Friday, digital asset manager Valkyrie launched its Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BTF) on the Nasdaq exchange. The company anticipates its fund will be the first of at least a couple more, as big and small investors flock to crypto investments. Valkyrie’s Bitcoin ETF followed the debut of the Proshares… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Just days after launch, the first U.S. Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund risks becoming too popular for its own good. Most Read from Bloomberg The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker BITO) is already on track to breach a limit on the number of futures contracts it is permitted to hold by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. After two days trading BITO owns nearly 1,900 contracts for October, and CME rules cap the number of front-month… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Optimism about digital assets stoked by Bitcoin’s run to a record high has helped push the overall value of cryptocurrencies to an all-time peak of more than $2.7 trillion. Most Read from Bloomberg That’s a climb of about $200 billion from the last high in May for a sector that now spans almost 10,000 coins, according to data from tracker CoinGecko. The ascent shows how bets on cryptos are spreading beyond Bitcoin amid enthusiasm about more mainstream adoption of digital… Source link

Bitcoin sits above $64,000 on Tuesday, zeroing in on a record high as excitement over its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) — and another soon to come — reached a fever pitch. As the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rallied by over 4% on the day, The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) launched on the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — the first ever BTC (BTC) related fund available to U.S. investors. While some market participants have questioned the utility of the… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Grayscale Investments LLC and the New York Stock Exchange filed to convert the world’s biggest Bitcoin fund into an ETF, appealing to regulators for approval just as its wildly popular vehicle is beset with competition. Most Read from Bloomberg The application to flip the $40 billion Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (ticker GBTC) landed on the same day that the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) debuted, becoming the first exchange-traded fund in the U.S. investing in futures on the… Source link

The U.S. now leads the world in Bitcoin mining, according to data from the Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI), which tracks Bitcoin’s energy consumption by geography. According to data added to the index, the United States currently makes up 42.7% of the Bitcoin network’s “hashrate,” a metric unit that measures how much power the Bitcoin network consumes. Up 14%, the growth in America’s hashrate — also known as hashpower — reflects the changing geopolitical… Source link

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said recently bitcoin is worthless. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman said Thursday crypto isn’t a fad, but isn’t sure on the outlook for prices.  Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity’s director of global macro, is more clear-minded on the direction for bitcoin: $100,000 by 2023.  “So this move up [in bitcoin] has come without the help of momentum chasers, which I think is a good sign because it means there is something else making bitcoin go up. And, that is fundamental demand… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Cathie Wood is joining the slate of Wall Street players hoping U.S. regulators will soon greenlight an ETF tracking Bitcoin futures. Most Read from Bloomberg The ARK 21Shares Bitcoin Futures Strategy ETF, ticker ARKA, plans to invest in Bitcoin futures contracts that trade on commodity exchanges, according to a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Alpha Architect, a white-label issuer of ETFs, submitted the filing, while 21Shares US LLC — an affiliate of… Source link

In July, major crypto lender BlockFi officially launched its credit card that lets customers earn cryptocurrency rewards based on spending. Today, the company said the number of BlockFi cardholders has grown to over 50,000 in the last three months. Unlike cryptocurrency debit cards offered by companies like BitPay and Coinbase – which let customers spend their crypto – the BlockFi credit card incentivizes users to spend U.S. dollars in order to earn crypto. BlockFi first announced its… Source link

After hitting a low of around $31,000 in mid-July, bitcoin (BTC-USD) has healthily recovered, currently trading at around $55,000 following resistance at around $45,000 during September. Amid talks of regulation over cryptocurrency markets, however, OANDA Market Analyst Craig Erlam believes that bitcoin’s momentum will continue. “You look at the charts, for example, and that’s all we really have to go off right now — and there just still seems to be plenty of momentum in the move,”… Source link