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BlackRock’s Head of Thematics and Alternative ETFs presents investors with three reasons why they should consider adopting Bitcoin ETFs in 2025 as inflows continue. In a recent market insights report, BlackRock’s Head of Thematics and Alternative ETFs, Jay Jacobs, highlighted…
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Bitcoin
Crypto adoption reached 300M users, nearly twice as fast as the internet and triple mobile phones. What are the factors behind this rapid adoption?
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Bitcoin
BlackRock, the world’s largest wealth manager, has introduced a new Bitcoin ETF on CBOE Canada.
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Bitcoin
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) recorded its highest single-day outflow on Jan. 2, as the 12 Bitcoin exchange-traded funds collectively experienced $242.3 million in outflows when trading resumed in the U.S. According to data from SoSoValue, BlackRock’s spot BTC ETF…
The closing weeks of 2024 saw vintage crypto wallets waking and moving tens and hundreds of tokens to exchanges or other addresses. Public curiosity is by far not the only impact of such transactions. Let’s see how the whale transactions…
The voting period to onboard BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund as a reserve asset for Frax Finance’s new stablecoin, Frax USD, opens on Dec. 27 until Jan. 1, 2025. Decentralized finance protocol Frax (FRAX) Finance is getting ready to…
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Frax
BlackRock, the world’s leading asset management company, reportedly spent $1 billion on bitcoins just on the eve of the sharp decline of the BTC price. The latter was triggered by the Fed Chair’s announcement of the change of pace for…
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Bitcoin
Growing institutional confidence is indicated by Bitcoin’s record-breaking gain and consistent ETF inflows. According to statistics from SoSoValue, Bitcoin (BTC) spot ETFs showed a net inflow of $637 million on Dec. 16, the 13th day in a row that inflows…
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Bitcoin
Ethena Labs has introduced a new stablecoin, USDtb, backed by BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund. USDtb operates similarly to other popular fiat-backed stablecoins like USD Coin (USDC) and Tether (USDT), with reserves held in cash or cash-equivalent assets at…
Blockchain firm Securitize has hired Michael Sonnenshein to serve as chief operating officer, a key role next to CEO and co-founder Carlos Domingo.
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Bitcoin
BlackRock recommended a Bitcoin allocation size for the first time, likening the digital asset to Wall Street’s “magnificent 7”.
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Bitcoin
The two biggest exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuers, BlackRock and Fidelity, bought over $500 million in Ether in the past two days. According to Arkham Intelligence X’s post on Dec. 12, BlackRock and Fidelity acquired more than half of a billion…
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Despite Bitcoin’s recent surge past $100,000, investors in Russia doubt the crypto will hit the $200,000 mark anytime soon. Bitcoin’s (BTC) rise past $100,000 has sparked excitement, though Russian investors aren’t counting on it hitting $200,000 this cycle, according to…
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The second-largest cryptocurrency in the world, Ethereum, has seen a major inflow from the financial market, with a total of $2.2 billion this year. According to CoinShare’s published report on Dec. 02, Ethereum (ETH) has an outstanding record, along with…
Stablecoin issuer Ethena has partnered with tokenization platform Securitize to submit an application to include the USDtb stablecoin in Sky’s $1 billion tokenization contest. Ethena (ENA) and Securitize revealed their joint pitch for Sky’s Spark competition, aiming to utilize BlackRock’s…
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Ethena
A dozen Bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. have attracted $6.2 billion in November, nearing a monthly inflow record as Bitcoin hovers near $100,000. Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds are on track for their strongest month yet, with $6.2 billion in inflows…