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BlackRock and Citadel back new Texas national stock exchange
5.6.2024
The Texas Stock Exchange (TXSE) reportedly secured around $120 million in funding and is prioritizing ETF listings, as well as aiming to offer a more competitive alternative to the two major US stock exchanges
‘Bitcoin in the West Has Sold out, and Now Only the Global South Can Save BTC’ — Ray Youssef
1.1.2024
According to Ray Youssef, the CEO of Noones, peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin trading is the United States’ public enemy number one because its potential widespread adoption by people from the Global South represents the “world’s first real threat to the U.S. Treasury system.”...
Hashdex Names BitGo as Bitcoin ETF Custodian as Applicants Continue SEC Meetings
22.12.2023
Would-be bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer Hashdex changed its paperwork Friday, naming BitGo as its bitcoin custodian and changing the name of its Bitcoin Futures ETF to the Hashdex Bitcoin ETF as it – and other companies – continue to hope for an approval for the U.S.'s first spot bitcoin...
Blackrock and Bitwise Update Their Spot Bitcoin ETF Filings Amid SEC Approval Hype
6.12.2023
Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, and Bitwise have filed an amendment to their spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC has held meetings with exchanges and spot bitcoin ETF issuers regarding their applications....
Trillion-Dollar Asset Manager Franklin Templeton: There’s Obviously Demand for Bitcoin
5.12.2023
The CEO of Franklin Templeton, a $1.33 trillion asset manager, says there’s “obviously” a demand for bitcoin, noting that a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) is “a better way” to access the cryptocurrency. The executive added: “It’s going to unlock nontraditional, noncorrelated...
Novogratz Expects Bitcoin Price to Be ‘Significantly Higher’ After SEC Approves Spot Bitcoin ETFs
2.12.2023
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz expects the price of bitcoin to be significantly higher when the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approves spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). “We will see a pretty successful shift of psychology … when the government says ‘you...
Blackrock Proposes ‘Revised In-Kind Model’ for Spot Bitcoin ETF to Resolve SEC’s Concerns
1.12.2023
Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has held another meeting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss its spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) application. The firm has proposed a “revised in-kind” model for its spot bitcoin ETF that...
After Grayscale Victory, SEC Kicks the Can on Latest Bitcoin ETF Applications
31.8.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) delayed making a decision on any bitcoin exchange-traded fund applications filed earlier this year
Court Rules in Favor of Grayscale Against SEC in Bitcoin ETF Conversion Lawsuit
29.8.2023
A D.C. court has ruled in favor of Grayscale, the largest crypto asset manager, in its lawsuit challenging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s decision to deny the conversion of GBTC to a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The securities regulator “failed to explain its different...
Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF Application Decision Pushed by SEC
11.8.2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) extended its review of the Ark 21Shares Bitcoin ETF application, as it continues to look at applications from traditional finance heavyweights like BlackRock and Fidelity
NYDIG Files for Bitcoin ETF, Adding to Firms Hoping 2021 Is When SEC Finally Says ‘Yes’
16.2.2021
The filing comes on the same day as bitcoin hit $50,000 for the first time ever
The Case for a Bitcoin ETF
23.11.2019
Dave Weisberger of CoinRoutes lays out why he believes that the SEC is wrong to deny a bitcoin ETF
Former World Gold Council Exec Develops New Bitcoin ETF
23.10.2019
The portfolio manager behind SPDR Gold Shares is developing a bitcoin ETF, but winning SEC approval remains a holy grail in the nascent space
SEC Restarts Clock on Proposed ‘Bitcoin and T-Bills’ ETF
15.10.2019
Members of the public have another 21 days to send the SEC comments on a proposed ETF backed by bitcoin and Treasury bonds
SEC Delays Decision on Wilshire Phoenix Bitcoin ETF Proposal
24.9.2019
The SEC has delayed making a decision on the Wilshire Phoenix bitcoin and U.S. Treasury bonds ETF proposal for another 35 days