Jan van Eck, the CEO of the investment management company VanEck, highlighted some of Bitcoin’s most notable merits during the ongoing BTC Conference in the States. Additionally, he said that ‘way over 30%’ of his portfolio has been allocated to the primary digital asset. VanEck is among the financial giants that filed and later launched […]
Kennedy proposes that the federal government should buy Bitcoin until its holdings match the value of the nation’s gold reserves. US gold reserves are currently around 8,133 tonnes, which is worth around $615 billion. So, this amount of Bitcoin would equate to roughly 9.4 million BTC, which is almost 45% of the total supply. “I […]
Yet another regional government has disclosed an allocation to the newly launched Bitcoin ETFs, forging another step in Bitcoin’s growing adoption among not only institutions but also governments. In a Form-13F filed on Friday, the State of Michigan Retirement System revealed that it had $6.6 million allocated to Bitcoin ETF products as of June 30. […]
Hashdex, a crypto asset management firm, has filed its registration statement, S-1, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its Hashdex Nasdaq Crypto Index US ETF. Notably, the move is a step in its plans to be the first index-based crypto ETF in the U.S. that will track some digital assets in the Nasdaq […]
While Indian crypto users were granted no relief from the draconian tax rules in the country’s budget for 2024-2025, a “discussion paper” outlining its policy stance on the industry could be released before September this year. The main objective behind the discussion paper is to gather inputs from relevant stakeholders on the ideas outlined in […]
Friday, July 26, will see around 61,200 Bitcoin options contracts with a notional value of around $4.26 billion. The options expiry event is larger than usual expiries because it is the end of the month. Moreover, spot markets lost some momentum this week despite the launch of spot Ethereum ETFs in the United States for […]
The Solana blockchain saw the launch of 30 meme tokens by celebrities last month, including those from notable figures like Andrew Tate and Soulja Boy, according to Jupiter Slorg’s recent statistics. On average, they have fallen by 94% from their peak values, with the top-performing tokens still suffering losses of over 70%, while half saw […]
Amidst significant backlash for opting not to speak at the Bitcoin Conference, Vice President Kamala Harris has found an ally in SkyBridge founder Anthony Scaramucci. Voicing his support for the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, Scaramucci criticized the ongoing narrative suggesting Harris’s administration’s hostility towards crypto. He contrasted this with former President and Republican nominee Donald […]
The second day of trading for the spot Ethereum ETFs was quite different than the first as more than $133 million were withdrawn from the largest financial vehicles. The underlying asset’s price reacted with a massive price drop that drove it south by 10% in a day, thus proving the initial reports that the approvals […]
Developers at BitcoinOS (BOS) made blockchain history on Tuesday by successfully verifying the first-ever zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) on Bitcoin mainchain. This milestone opens the door to truly minimized Bitcoin layer 2 rollup systems, offering limitless scalability and functionality for Bitcoin without needing changes to its underlying consensus code. Bitcoin Now Has ZK Proofs According to […]