BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) attracted a record-breaking $872 million in inflows on October 30th. The latest figure marks the highest single-day inflow since the fund launched in January. This surge came just a day after IBIT’s daily trading volume surged to $3.35 billion, reaching its highest level in more than six months. IBIT, which...Read More
BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF, iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), experienced a massive net inflow of $393.40 million on October 16th. According to data from SoSoValue, this figure represents the largest influx since July 22, when IBIT saw $526.7 million in new investments. Spot Bitcoin ETF Market Gains Momentum The spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a total net...Read More
Fidelity Investments – one of the world’s most prominent asset managers – has reported that a data breach in August affected the personal information of over 77,000 customers. The breach, which occurred between August 17 and August 19, 2024, allowed an unauthorized third party to gain access to two customer accounts. No Evidence of Data...Read More
In a post on X on Aug. 15, ETF Store president Nate Geraci cited a report stating that Fidelity’s digital asset management division was evaluating stablecoins and tokenized treasury products. He added that the firm is also reportedly researching on-chain credit and structured products before commenting that the “space is moving *fast*.” Head of Fidelity...Read More
The US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded a daily net inflow of $301 million on July 15th. This extended their winning streak to seven consecutive days amidst a broader market recovery. None of the ETFs recorded outflows for the day. Bitcoin ETFs Rake in $16.11B in Net Inflows Since Jan According to the data compiled by...Read More
The US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw nearly $295 million in net inflows on July 8th. This represented significant buying activity, which was last seen in June, when Bitcoin was hovering above $70,000. Notably, major funds have appeared to have made a comeback despite Bitcoin struggling with downward pressure. BlackRock’s IBIT Tops ETF Inflows...Read More
The US spot Bitcoin ETFs experienced a net outflow of $20.45 million on Wednesday. Interestingly, only two of them showed activity amid market uncertainty. Grayscale’s GBTC saw a $26.99 million exit, while Fidelity’s FBTC gained $6.55 million. The remaining nine funds, including BlackRock’s IBIT, Bitwise’s BITB, and VanEck’s HODL, reported no flows. US Bitcoin ETFs’...Read More
US spot Bitcoin ETFs finally reversed their streak of net outflows, bringing in $31 million in net inflows. This positive shift followed a seven-day period of continuous net outflows across almost all funds. Three funds attracted inflows, two experienced outflows, and the rest recorded no flows for the day. US Bitcoin ETFs Break Week-Long Outflow...Read More
The world’s fourth-largest asset manager has promised to seed its upcoming Ethereum ETF with $4.7 million ahead of launch, according to a regulatory filing. “Total proceeds to the Trust from the sale of the Seed Baskets were $4,749,975.00,” read Fidelity’s S-1 registration form for its “Fidelity Ethereum Fund” filed on Friday. Fidelity Buys Its First...Read More
Ever since mid-January, when the 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs saw the light of day, Grayscale’s converted GBTC has been at the forefront of outflows. This eventually resulted in losing its crown as the world’s largest exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of BTC. In the last two trading days of this week, though, the tides changed,...Read More
Bitcoin is already entering the latter part of its S-curve adoption cycle, leading to less volatility for the asset than old investors may be used to, according to Fidelity’s Director of Global Macro Jurrien Timmer. During an interview published on Tuesday, the macro analyst explained how he believes Bitcoin will size up next to gold,...Read More
BlackRock and Fidelity’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have emerged as major contributors to the companies’ overall ETF inflows this year. According to data from Bloomberg Intelligence, these Bitcoin ETFs have accounted for 26% and 56% of BlackRock and Fidelity year-to-date inflows, respectively. Spot Bitcoin ETF Data BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and Fidelity’s Wise...Read More
Days after suffering devastating losses that dragged its price to $56,500, bitcoin rebounded on Thursday and during the early hours of Friday. This coincided with a slowdown in outflows from spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the US compared to the previous day’s record outflows. According to the latest data compiled by SoSoValue, spot bitcoin...Read More
The United States spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) market is struggling with inflows as investors withdraw their assets in droves. This wave of withdrawals has affected the two largest funds, causing them to break their inflow streak and even lose some of their assets. According to data from CoinGlass, the Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin (FBTC)...Read More
Bitcoin reclaimed another crucial resistance area as it climbed above $69,000 this week. With the upcoming halving drawing near, investors are preparing for the price fluctuations that accompany this event. However, the latest data suggests a promising trend for the leading crypto assets as two critical factors shift positively. According to CryptoQuant’s analysis, the Coinbase...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once more postponed its decision to approve or deny the applications for spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) submitted by BlackRock and Fidelity. The latest delay comes weeks after the agency greenlighted several Bitcoin ETFs that have since gained massive traction. SEC Delays Decision on Ethereum ETFs...Read More
BlackRock and Fidelity’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have set a new record by amassing more assets in their first month of trading than any other ETF launched in the U.S. in the past 30 years. The development comes amid a new report from earlier this week that showed IBIT was among the top five of...Read More
Jurrien Timmer, Fidelity’s Director of Global Macro, has expressed the view that the current trends in Bitcoin’s price suggest a short-term positioning adjustment rather than a long-term trend reversal in a thread on X. According to Timmer, the current BTC sales are perceived as a short-term phenomenon, characterized as a “hangover” following the launch of...Read More
BlackRock’s competition has heightened as Fidelity – a renowned financial giant with $4.5 trillion in assets under management – has filed for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF). Fidelity Goes for Ethereum ETF In a filing submitted to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on November 17, Fidelity outlined its plans to list and...Read More
Bitcoin is a store of value currency and inflation hedge likable to “exponential gold,” wrote Jurrien Timmer, Head of Global Macro at Fidelity, in a post to X on Wednesday. The analyst argued that both Bitcoin and gold boast distinct but attractive risk/reward ratios right now and that both may be players on the “same...Read More
Ethereum (ETH) may now present advantages to institutional investors over Bitcoin (BTC), according to Fidelity’s Director of Research, Chris Kuiper. During an interview with the Bankless podcast on Wednesday, Kuiper argued that legacy finance is “getting past the Bitcoin point” in terms of its understanding of crypto at large, opening its minds to other digital...Read More
Fidelity recently asked its X followers to choose a new bill denomination. Two hours later, more than half the answers were cryptocurrencies. It’s another sign of crypto’s ascendance in the global economy. The trillion-dollar multinational finance company wanted to know what new bill denomination their social media followers would come up with: You get to...Read More
Several financial giants, including Fidelity, 21Shares, and WisdomTree, have changed their filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission in regard to their applications for Bitcoin Spot ETFs. This comes just hours after the US securities regulator reportedly warned that all recent filings for such products were “inadequate.” BlackRock splashed the waters two weeks ago when...Read More
Fidelity Digital Assets – the $4.5 trillion asset manager’s crypto-arm – has resubmitted its filing to launch a Bitcoin Spot ETF in the United States. Parts of the filing are virtually identical to BlackRock and ARK Invest’s respective submissions earlier this month. Fidelity Tries Again According to a 19-b4 filing with the U.S. Securities and...Read More
OSL, a Hong Kong-based digital asset exchange, is cutting roughly a third of its costs following months of turbulence in the crypto market. That includes staff cuts – though the firm did not reveal how large a portion of its workforce was laid off. OSL provides crypto trading and custody services alongside software solutions for...Read More
On Dec. 27, licensed trademark attorney Mike Kondoudis revealed the latest crypto trademark applications from Fidelity Investments. There were three applications filed broadly covering Metaverse technologies and services, NFTs and marketplaces, virtual land, and cryptocurrency trading. The first relates to digital media and NFTs, and the second is the provision for an online marketplace for...Read More
The American senators – Elizabeth Warren, Tina Smith, and Richard Durbin – advised Fidelity Investments to reconsider its decision to allow investors to add bitcoin to their retirement 401(k) plans. One of the largest mutual fund companies in the US has heavily engaged in the crypto sector in the past few years. It recently considered...Read More
Fidelity – a $4.5 trillion asset manager– said this fall that some of its 401(k) retirement plans have begun adding Bitcoin to their investment menus. Similarly, San Francisco-based 401(k) provider ForUsAll said that 50 of its 550 clients started letting workers put their retirement savings in Bitcoin and Ethereum about eight weeks ago. Here’s what...Read More
Investment giant Fidelity appears to finally be granting its retail investors access to Bitcoin and Ethereum trading. The $4.5 trillion asset manager has established an early access waitlist for users to trade both assets, bringing potential crypto access to 34 million investors. The service, titled Fidelity Crypto, will also provide investors with beginner-friendly educational resources...Read More
On Oct. 27, the portfolio and asset manager published its “2022 Institutional Investor Digital Assets Study,” an annual report shedding light on the crypto industry from an institutional perspective. The research revealed that the market is now well-positioned to weather the macroeconomic headwinds it has faced in recent months. Fidelity Digital Assets President, Tom Jessop,...Read More
