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Coinbase Executives Offer Security Support to SEC Following Account Hack
10.1.2024
SEC chair Gary Gensler. Source: A video screenshot, YouTube / SEC Coinbase executives have offered to help the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) following the Monday hack of the federal agency’s account on X. Coinbase offers to assist with “security protocols” “Hey...
Fallout From Falsely Confirmed Approval of Spot BTC ETFs + More Crypto News
10.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Angelov 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: Fallout From Falsely Confirmed Approval of Spot BTC ETFs Crypto Exchanges to Gross Over $50Bn in 2024 Binance Labs-Backed...
Why Are Ethereum ETF Approvals Facing Delays? InQubeta Raises Over $8M in Presale
10.1.2024
While crypto users had been keenly eyeing the launch of Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) throughout 2023, their rollout has been slower than what many analysts expected. While crypto users might be frustrated by the delayed launch of spot ETFs, a lot of attention has been drawn...
SEC Faces Backlash from Crypto Leaders for Erroneous Bitcoin ETF Tweet
10.1.2024
Source: Adobe/Kristina Blokhin The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has found itself in hot water after an unauthorized tweet on its official account suggested that spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) had been approved. The incident, which caused significant volatility in the crypto...
Binance Reveals AI Tokens Outperform BTC and ETH With up to 650% Yearly Gains
10.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock / Limitless Visions Binance Research has found that artificial intelligence (AI) coins in 2023 saw notably larger gains than crypto giants bitcoin and ethereum. At the same time, funding for AI-related Web3 projects has surged. According to a report by the research arm of...
Valkyrie CIO Says Market May See Ripple, Ethereum ETFs Next
10.1.2024
Source: DALL·E Valkyrie Funds Chief Investment Officer Steven McClurg says it wouldn’t be surprising if a Ripple and Ethereum spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) came to the market speaking in an interview with Bloomberg TV. “It wouldn’t surprise me if we saw Ripple or Ethereum spot ETFs...
About 10 Fund Companies Preparing to Launch Spot Crypto ETFs in Hong Kong: HashKey Group
10.1.2024
Source: iStock/Onfokus While 13 Bitcoin spot ETFs await approval from the US SEC, the Chief Operating Officer of HashKey Group, Livio Weng, has revealed that about ten fund companies are currently preparing to launch Virtual Asset Spot Exchange-Traded Funds in Hong Kong. Weng said that seven...
Cybersecurity Risks in the Cryptocurrency Industry
10.1.2024
Source: iStock / JuSun The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) social media account being compromised is concerning. Impersonations and hacks are nothing new in the cryptocurrency space but could the hack have been avoided? After the post, the SEC started an internal market manipulation...
ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) Surpasses $2 Billion in Assets, Sets All-Time High
10.1.2024
Image Source: Adobe The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), an exchange-traded fund focused on Bitcoin (BTC) futures, has amassed over $2 billion in assets, reaching an all-time high. According to data by YCharts, BITO’s assets stood at $2,010,057,946 as of the market close on January...
Two US Senators Ask SEC to Deliver Report to Congress on Breach of X Account
10.1.2024
Source: AdobeStock/ rarrarorro Two United States senators, J.D. Vance and Thom Tillis, have raised concerns about the recent breach of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X (formerly Twitter) account. In a letter addressed to SEC Chair Gary Gensler on the same day...
Bitcoin Price Prediction: Dips to $46,000 Amid SEC Security Flaw & ETF Turmoil
10.1.2024
In a market marked by heightened sensitivity to regulatory actions, Bitcoin’s price experienced a notable dip to $46,000, reflecting nearly 1.50% decrease on Wednesday. This latest fluctuation in the world’s premier cryptocurrency comes amid news of a security oversight at the U.S....
Fee War Intensifies: Bitcoin ETF Issuers Submit Updates Lowering Rates
10.1.2024
Source: Adobe / 24K-Production The spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) competition is heating up as major issuers including Fidelity submitted revisions to lower their fees. According to Bloomberg Intelligence ETF analyst James Seyffart, Fidelity lowered their fees to 0.25% from the previous...
Former SEC Official Blasts Spot Bitcoin ETFs as Recipe for ‘Financial Ruin’
10.1.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s former head of internet enforcement has warned about investing in spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which the SEC is expected to approve on Wednesday. He cautioned that spot bitcoin applicants are “nothing more than an opportunistic...
X Confirms US SEC’s Official Account Was Hacked, No Insider Error Detected
10.1.2024
SEC Chair Gary Gensler. Source: screenshot of a YouTube video / Yahoo Finance The official X account of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was compromised when it posted the fake spot Bitcoin ETF approval announcement, X has confirmed. SEC’s Account did not Have a 2FA Set Up Upon...
SEC Chair Gary Gensler Issues Crypto Investing Advice — Lawyers See as Prelude to Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval
10.1.2024
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Gary Gensler has advised investors to be cautious when considering crypto investments. His advice followed a series of warnings he issued the day before regarding the risks of crypto investing. The SEC is expected to green-light multiple spot...
Bitcoin Price Prediction as VanEck Buys $72.5 M in BTC – ETF Decision Within 48 Hours
10.1.2024
As the cryptocurrency world eagerly awaits the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision on Bitcoin ETFs, the market is abuzz with speculation and activity. Bitcoin price has consistently held strong above the $47,000 mark, drawing strength from the growing optimism surrounding...
Standard Chartered: BTC Could Hit $200K in 2025 With Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval
10.1.2024
Standard Chartered has predicted that the price of bitcoin could rise to $200,000 next year with the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The bank’s analysts described: “We see this as a watershed moment...
Turmoil in Crypto Market — Misleading SEC Post Triggers Significant Bitcoin Volatility
10.1.2024
Bitcoin’s value experienced a turbulent Tuesday, largely due to a rogue post from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s hijacked X account, mistakenly proclaiming the green light for all spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). False Spot ETF Approval Post Causes Chaos...
SEC’s Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Post Unauthorized — Chair Gary Gensler Says SEC’s X Account Was Compromised
10.1.2024
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s X account announced the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on Tuesday. However, minutes later, SEC Chairman Gary Gensler claimed that the agency’s social media account was compromised and the post was unauthorized. Some...
North Korean Lazarus Group Withdraws $1 Million in BTC Using Mixing Service
9.1.2024
The Lazarus Group, one of the most infamous cryptocurrency hacking collectives, has made one of its largest cryptocurrency withdrawals in over a month. According to Arkham, an on-chain intelligence exchange system, the group withdrew a million dollars worth of bitcoin from one of its addresses...