San Francisco-based digital asset management firm – Bitwise Asset Management – has announced the launch of its Bitwise Polygon (MATIC) Fund. According to an official press release shared with CryptoPotato, the Fund will serve as a professionally managed investment vehicle that will give Bitwise’s wealthy clients access to MATIC, the Polygon network native cryptocurrency. The...Read More
Gary Gensler – chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission – recently explained his approval of a Bitcoin Futures ETF. He believes the ProShares ETF falls under current investor protections more easily than a spot-traded fund. However, many bitcoiners and other crypto supporters remain opposed to it. Protections for Futures ETF Users Gensler aired his...Read More
Around $1 billion in volume was traded in BITO as more than 24 million shares changed hands on its first day. The ProShares debut ranked only behind a BlackRock carbon fund for the first day of trading. According to Bloomberg data, BITO climbed about 4.9% to $41.94 on the day. Options on BITO will begin...Read More
The popular meme-inspired coin and self-proclaimed DOGE killer, Shiba Inu (SHIB), has continued to gain popularity, recording more than 9% growth in the number of holders within the last two weeks. SHIB Addresses Surpass 738k Amid an impressive price performance since October 2nd, retail demand for SHIB remains at large as the meme coin has...Read More
One of the most successful teams in the history of the NBA – The Los Angeles Lakers – announced an official team sponsorship with Socios.com. Thus, the latter doubled down on its expansion strategy into the US market. The Lakers Joining The Crypto Space According to a recent announcement, the leading global blockchain provider for...Read More
The moment plenty of people in the cryptocurrency community have been waiting for quite some time is finally here. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF is live, trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The moment many have been waiting for is here and the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy futures-backed ETF, ticked BITO, is now live and...Read More
Hours before the first Bitcoin Futures ETF is anticipated to start trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Invesco has reportedly dropped its plans to launch a similar product. According to Bloomberg, major investment management firm Invesco seems no longer interested in the race to release a Bitcoin Futures exchange-traded fund (ETF). While Invesco...Read More
Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards has been observing Bitcoin’s on-chain activity and metrics which can often provide signals for major market moves. On Oct. 18, he tweeted a chart that depicts the MVRV z-score which uses blockchain analysis to identify periods where Bitcoin is extremely over or undervalued relative to its “fair value.” MVRV Predicts...Read More
The number of cryptocurrency-related crimes in the United Kingdom has significantly surged in the first nine months of 2021 comparing to last year, reads a recent report. The local police warned that bad actors often use a fake celebrity endorsement to lure people in. Youngsters Are The Most in Danger According to a recent Bloomberg...Read More
Popular stablecoin issuer Circle announced that it will be extending support for its USD Coin (USDC) on the Hedera blockchain, making it the first such token to launch on the network. USDC Now Supported on Hedera Announcing the move in a press release today, the firm said users can now deposit, withdraw, and transfer USDC...Read More
The long-anticipated launch of a Bitcoin Futures ETF in the United States might be over as a more recent report claimed such a product will go live for trading on October 19th. The topic of whether or not the United States Securities and Exchange Commission will ever greenlight an exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of...Read More
The world’s largest cryptocurrency investment vehicle – Grayscale – plans to file to turn its BTC Trust into a Bitcoin spot ETF next week. This comes amid numerous reports claiming that the SEC has finally decided to greenlight an exchange-traded fund tracking the performance of bitcoin, even if it’s a futures one. Citing people familiar...Read More
According to a resent research, the population of the Eastern European state – Ukraine – is the most interested in digital assets. Russia and the USA ranked respectively second and third. Surpassing The Giants The cryptocurrency brokerage firm BrokerChooser took into account several factors such as the total number of digital asset owners and the...Read More
A month after the Bitcoin law went into effect in the central American nation of El Salvador, interest in the cryptocurrency has continued to soar as a greater percentage of residents are converting their dollars into BTC. In a tweet made by the country’s president, Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s in-house crypto wallet app – Chivo...Read More
Several months after initially outlining plans to become a publicly-traded firm, Bakkt has announced that the event will take place on Monday – October 18th. Thus, Bakkt will join the likes of Coinbase as a cryptocurrency-related company having its shares traded on giant stock exchanges. CryptoPotato reported at the start of this year Bakkt’s intentions...Read More
North Vancouver, part of the Canadian district of British Columbia, is on a path to become the first city that employs bitcoin mining for heating residential and commercial buildings. The initiative should be available from 2022 after a partnership between the cryptocurrency miner – MintGreen – and the Lonsdale Energy Corporation (LEC). BTC Mining as...Read More
It appears that years after the first Bitcoin ETF proposal was filed, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to greenlight a futures-backed exchange-traded fund for the first time. ProShares, the company which filed for its Bitcoin Strategy ETF, might be the very first one to see it launch next week. It...Read More
As the global interest in cryptocurrencies continues to gain momentum, Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC), Australia’s fifth-largest pension funds manager with A$92.4 billion ($69bn) of assets under management (AUM), has disclosed that it may delve into such investments in the future. Stuart Simmons, QIC’s head of currencies, told the Financial Times in an interview today. Regulatory...Read More
The United States Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has ordered Tether and Bitfinex to pay fines worth $42.5 million. In a release from today, October 15th, Tether Holdings Limited, Tether Limited, Tether Operations Limited, and Tether International Limited – all companies associated with the issuer of the largest stablecoin USDT, Tether, were ordered to...Read More
For the first time since April, Bitcoin’s price is back at $60,000. It’s a major psychological level, even though, from a technical standpoint, it doesn’t contain that much resistance. In any case, this followed a considerable weekly increase and rumors of the approval of a futures-backed Bitcoin ETF in the US. Let’s take a dive....Read More
Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, has continued to express its support for the ecosystem development of the sharded heterogeneous multichain blockchain network, Polkadot. In an official announcement on Friday, the company revealed that it will start the Polkadot Parachain Slot Auction which is scheduled to commence in November. “A separate announcement will be posted...Read More
The blockchain-based digital payment company – Ripple – joined the Digital Pound Foundation to assist with the creation of a central bank digital currency. Incorporating with The Digital Pound Foundation According to a recent announcement, the enterprise blockchain provider will continue its involvement in CBDC projects by joining the Digital Pound Foundation. Launched on October...Read More
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance has become the official jersey partner of the popular Italian professional soccer club S.S. Lazio. Announcing the deal in a blog post on Wednesday, Binance revealed that it had entered into a multi-year agreement with the team. Binance Launches Fan Token Platform The cryptocurrency exchange revealed the launch of its Fan...Read More
Global financial services company Visa is collaborating with NFT artist Micah Johnson to establish a program that would enable creators to understand the non-fungible token industry better and utilize various public blockchain networks to develop and sell their digital works. Visa to Teach Creators about NFTs Visa announced the news via a press release on...Read More
Purpose Investments – an asset management company with $12B+ in AUM – recently announced that mutual fund units would be available for its cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs). These include its Purpose Bitcoin ETF and Purpose Ether ETF, each directly backed by BTC and ETH respectively. Purpose Investments Mutual Fund Units As indicated in a press...Read More
Polkadot was first introduced in a Whitepaper almost five years ago. Now, the heterogeneous multichain network announces a massive milestone – its parachains are officially ready to launch on the mainnet. Polkadot Parachains Greenlighted Polkadot’s parachains are one of, if not the most integral component of its network. They represent diverse and specialized blockchains that...Read More
SEBA Bank, a fully regulated Switzerland-based financial institution that offers several crypto services to its clients, announced that customers will now be able to earn yield on their digital asset holdings. SEBA Launches Yield Earning According to an official press release, SEBA Bank has launched a new institutional-grade solution dubbed SEBA Earn, which will allow...Read More
The leading American cryptocurrency platform – Coinbase – said it will launch a peer-to-peer non-fungible token marketplace called Coinbase NFT. Users can join a waitlist for early access and regular updates. Coinbase Expanding into The NFT Universe In a recent blog post, one of the largest digital asset exchanges revealed it will enable its customers...Read More
In an attempt to comply with local regulations, Binance has announced it will stop servicing OTC deals involving the yuan for Chinese users as of December 31st, 2021. Shortly after the statement, the price of BTC and most of the market dipped. In an October 13th post, Binance said it will cease servicing OTC trading...Read More
Elliptic – a London-based blockchain analytics firm – has secured $60 million in Series C funding led by Japanese investment manager SoftBank Group and American multinational Wells Fargo. The funds will be used to accelerate cryptocurrency adoption by global financial markets. Accelerating Cryptocurrency Adoption by Large Institutions Elliptic announced the disclosure of a $60 million...Read More
