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Nasdaq and SEC-Registered Fund Manager to Launch First-Ever Crypto ETF
22.9.2020
The new ETF product will track an index currently being designed by Nasdaq that will provide broad exposure to the digital asset market
Unlimited QE and an Index Portfolio: How Fed Chair Jay Powell Can Pump His Bags
5.9.2020
In mid-August the U.S. stock market defied odds and mainstream media claimed after the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index touched new heights on August 18, it ‘officially’ ended the “shortest bear market in history.” Interestingly while roughly 30 to 40 million...
Abra Crypto App Charged by SEC for Transactions Affecting Thousands of US Stock and ETF Purchases
13.7.2020
Abra cryptocurrency app has been charged by two U.S. regulators: the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The company has agreed to cease-and-desist orders as well as fines. The SEC says Abra’s employees “effected thousands...
Limitless Bailouts: US Federal Reserve Announces Billion-Dollar Corporate Bond Purchase Program
16.6.2020
During the last three months, the U.S. Federal Reserve has created a system of monetary avarice, as the central bank can literally do whatever it wants with zero oversight. The American public recently witnessed the Fed’s announcement on Monday, which explained the central bank will be buying...
New Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product to Be Listed on Deutsche Börse Exchange
9.6.2020
A London-based investment firm is listing a centrally cleared bitcoin exchange-traded product on Deutsche Börse’s Xetra in Germany
Buying Corporate Bonds and ETFs: US Federal Reserve Continues to Bailout ‘Too Big to Fail’
12.5.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve has continued its schemes of monetary easing and funding a number of private banks during the Covid-19 outbreak. On Monday evening, the Fed revealed it would be buying corporate bonds and exchange-traded funds using the entity’s Secondary Market Corporate Credit...
Bitcoin Advocates Cry Foul as US Fed Buying ETFs for the First Time
12.5.2020
Yet another unprecedented move from the U.S. central bank to shore up the fiat economy means that it is violating its own charter, critics warn
SEC Commissioner Sees Increasing Demand for Cryptocurrency
1.5.2020
Crypto-friendly commissioner with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Hester Peirce, said there is an increase in demand for cryptocurrency as investors seek to diversify their portfolios. The commissioner has been an avid proponent of the SEC approving bitcoin exchange-traded funds...
Crypto Long & Short: How Oil Going Negative Could Open the Door for Bitcoin ETFs
27.4.2020
The economic repercussions of oil going negative are staggering. Also compelling is what it says about biases in the bitcoin market
Tokenized US T-Bond Fund Seeks Foothold in $17T Market
26.2.2020
The crypto industry is taking aim at one of Wall Street’s oldest redoubts: investing in the $17 trillion market for U.S. Treasury bonds
SEC Rejects Latest Bitcoin ETF Bid
26.2.2020
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected Wilshire Phoenix's bid for a bitcoin-based exchange-traded fund (ETF)
SEC to Decide the Fate of Another Bitcoin ETF Proposal This Week
24.2.2020
The SEC is poised to rule on another bitcoin ETF application this week. Wilshire Phoenix is hoping its novel fund structure might help it succeed where others have not
Bitcoin ETFs in Japan: FSA Explains New Rules for Funds Investing in Cryptos
7.2.2020
Japan’s top financial regulator, the Financial Services Agency (FSA), has explained to news.Bitcoin.com its recently adopted rules regarding the creation and sale of cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Meanwhile, Japan now has a crypto index, launched by major Japanese companies....
Launching Bitcoin ETFs Could Burst the Bitcoin Floodgates – Study
17.1.2020
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A new survey has found that financial advisors in the U.S. would be keen to put their clients' money into cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) – hinting that should Bitcoin ETFs become easily available, widespread BTC adoption could follow.
The findings come from...
WisdomTree Mulls New Stablecoin as US Money Manager Drives Toward Crypto
14.1.2020
WisdomTree, an asset manager specializing in exchange-traded funds, is vying to become one of the first established U.S. financial firms to offer clients digital assets, including a so-called stablecoin whose value is closely linked to the U.S. dollar
ETF Giant Leads $17.7M Series A for Blockchain Compliance Startup
9.1.2020
WisdomTree was the lead investor in the funding round for Securrency. Other investors include the state-backed Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO)
$17M Funding Round in Startup to Bring Blockchain Tech Into ETFs
7.1.2020
Blockchain startup Securrency receives over $17 million in funding as investor WisdomTree looks to bring blockchain to the ETF world
Etoro CEO Yoni Assia on Reaching 12 Million Users and Why Cryptos Are a Gateway to Stocks
1.1.2020
Yoni Assia is the CEO and founder of multi-asset trading platform Etoro. The brokerage firm, which enjoys a high profile within the cryptosphere, enables digital assets such as BTC and BCH to be traded alongside stocks, ETFs, and commodities. Juxtaposed between the traditional and crypto investment...
China May Soon Have Its First Blockchain Exchange-Traded Fund
30.12.2019
China Securities Regulatory Commission has recently received an application for listing a blockchain-based exchange-traded fund
Mainstream Investment Vehicles Tied to Cryptocurrencies Grow Exponentially
13.12.2019
These days bitcoin and a variety of other digital assets are now being traded as funds and traditional equity holdings. The landscape of crypto investment vehicles has changed significantly as institutional and retail investors don’t need direct exposure to cryptocurrencies in order to invest...