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Bloomberg Analysts Predict Over 90% Chance of US Approval for Bitcoin ETF, Polymarket Trims Odds to 83%
8.1.2024
Source: iStock/pichet_w Bloomberg analysts are increasingly optimistic about the approval of a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the United States, with the odds now exceeding 90%. In a recent post, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas commented on the likelihood of the Securities...
Cryptocurrency Institutional Funds Record $151 Million Inflows in First Week of 2024
8.1.2024
Source: Adobe / Luisa Digital assets investment funds recorded $151 million in inflows in the first week of 2024 as institutional investors drive adoption following anticipation of a spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A new CoinShares Digital Asset Fund...
Ahead of Bitcoin ETF Launch, BlackRock Announces Major Workforce Cuts
8.1.2024
BlackRock headquarters. Source: Adobe / John Hanson Pye BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, is reportedly reducing its global workforce by about 3%, just days before the expected approval of the firm’s spot Bitcoin ETF application. The layoffs, which have not yet been...
Nebraska Legislators Introduce Bill to Aid Bitcoin Mining in Residential Properties
8.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock Nebraska has introduced a bill that seeks to reshape the state’s crypto and Bitcoin mining structures, licenses, and ownership. On Jan 5, Eliot Bostar, a Nebraska State Senator, introduced the bill to the house, which will practically adopt the Blockchain Basics Act in...
Bitcoin Rally Provoked by US ETF Launch is ‘Nearly Out of Room to Run’ + More Crypto News
8.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Exotic Escape Get your daily, bite-sized digest of blockchain and crypto news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s news. In this edition: BTC Rally Provoked by US ETF Launch is ‘Nearly Out of Room to Run’ India’s Crypto Companies Are Moving...
Bitcoin ETF Applicants Reveal Fees in Latest Filings Ahead of SEC’s Key Decision This Week
8.1.2024
Source: Adobe Stock Multiple applicants for a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) submitted their final Form S-1 amendments to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Monday, setting the stage for a potentially historic week in the cryptocurrency market. Bitwise, Valkyrie...
Honduras SEZ Recognizes Bitcoin as Unit of Account to Further Financial Freedom
8.1.2024
Source: Pixabay Honduras’ Roatan Island special economic zone (SEZ) – Próspera ZEDE – has officially recognized Bitcoin (BTC) as a unit of account for various financial transactions. BREAKING: ???????? Honduras' special economic zone Prospera recognises #Bitcoin as a unit of account! This...
Zengo Sets a Hacker Trap: Breach Our Wallet for a $420K Bitcoin Reward
8.1.2024
Source: zengo / Twitter The keyless crypto wallet maker Zengo will put 10 BTC and a pricy NFT into a Zengo wallet, challenging the hackers to take it – if they can. According to the blog post, the “#ZengoWalletChallenge” will launch on January 9 and last for 15 days. It stated...
South Korea’s Tax Authority, DAXA Form Committee to Prevent Illegal Transactions: Report
8.1.2024
Source: Pixabay South Korea’s tax Authority, the Korea Customs Service group and five major cryptocurrency exchanges including Bithumb Korea, Coinone, Korbit, and Streami have formed a group to prevent illegal foreign transactions, according to a report by News1.KR. The Digital Asset Exchange...
Solana’s MangoFarmSOL Faces Exit Scam Accusations After Social Media Shutdown
8.1.2024
Source: Adobe/momius Solana’s MangoFarmSOL, a farming protocol on the Solana ecosystem, is speculated to be an exit scam after abruptly deactivating its social media accounts and reports of missing funds. The protocol, which claimed to offer exceptional yield opportunities in the $SOL space...
Binance.US Taps Lesley O’Neill as its New Chief Compliance Officer
8.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / piter2121 Binance.US, the American subsidiary of global cryptocurrency behemoth Binance, has announced the appointment of Lesley O’Neill as its new Chief Compliance Officer. According to a recent announcement, O’Neill brings a wealth of experience to the role, having...
Bitcoin Adoption Soars: In-Person Vendors Accepting Bitcoin Triple in 2023
8.1.2024
Source: DALL·E The landscape of cryptocurrency usage is rapidly changing, with over 6,000 in-person vendors across the globe now accepting Bitcoin. According to BTC Map, the up-to-date number of merchants accepting Bitcoin holds steadily above 6,000, currently at 6,332 as of Jan. 8. In the past...
Digital Currency Group has Settled Over $1 Billion in Debt, Including $700 Million Owed to Bankrupt Genesis
8.1.2024
Source: Digital Currency Group Digital Currency Group (DCG) has successfully settled over $1 billion in debt, including the substantial amount of nearly $700 million owed to its bankrupt subsidiary, Genesis. The announcement came from DCG CEO Barry Silbert, who took to the social media platform...
CoinsPaid Faces Second Security Breach in Six Months, Unauthorized Transactions Totaling $7.5 Million Detected
8.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Sergey Nivens The Estonian payment processor for digital assets, CoinsPaid, has suffered its second security breach in the last six months, with unauthorized transactions totaling almost $7.5 million, web3 security firm Cyvers reported. Cyvers’ artificial intelligence...
User Spends $64,000 in Fees to Encode 9 Megabytes of Data on Bitcoin Blockchain
8.1.2024
Image Source: Pixabay An unidentified Bitcoin (BTC) user has invested approximately $64,000 in fees to inscribe nearly 9 megabytes of raw binary data on the Bitcoin blockchain. According to a post on X (formerly Twitter) from the Ordinals explorer Ord.io on January 7, more than 1 Bitcoin...
Institutions Need the ETF, Not Bitcoin, Says Bybit CEO
8.1.2024
Source: Upbit Ben Zhou, the co-founder and CEO of Bybit has expressed optimism over the approval of spot Bitcoin ETF but he also believes that this is not a “make or break” scenario for the leading cryptocurrency. In his view, it’s the institutions that need the ETF, not Bitcoin. Pointing...
Bitcoin ETF Approval Imminent: SEC’s Key Decision Expected This Week
8.1.2024
Source: DALL·E This week marks a potentially transformative moment for cryptocurrency as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is expected to make a key decision on the approval of several spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The SEC’s decision, due by Jan. 10, will...
Upbit Secures Major Payment Institution License from Monetary Authority of Singapore
8.1.2024
Source: Upbit South Korea’s leading crypto exchange Upbit’s subsidiary Upbit Singapore announced that it has received a Major Payment Institution License from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. This accomplishment follows the previously announced in-principle approval (IPA) in October 2023, under...
Japanese E-commerce Heavyweight Mercari to Accept Bitcoin Payments
8.1.2024
Source: vladim_ka/Adobe Mercari, one of Japan’s biggest e-commerce platforms, says it will start accepting Bitcoin (BTC) from June this year. Per a report from Nikkei, the firm will process Bitcoin payments via its Tokyo-based crypto subsidiary Melcoin. Melcoin will convert all BTC payments into...
Bitcoin’s First Wallet Comes Alive: A Sudden $1.17 Million Transaction Unfolds
7.1.2024
Image Source: Adobe An unidentified Bitcoin (BTC) user has sent 26.9 BTC, equivalent to $1.17 million, to the genesis wallet, the first-ever wallet created on the Bitcoin network by Satoshi Nakamoto. The transaction took place on January 5 at 1:52 am Eastern Time and attracted attention due to...