Hong Kong is open for business as its bourse now includes spot Bitcoin and the world’s first spot Ethereum ETFs, which went live at 09.30 local time. According to the HKEX website, Asia’s first spot crypto asset ETFs are “trading now” with 14 new funds listed. Three ETF issuers have listed products – China Asset […]
Hong Kong regulators recently approved spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded fund applications, but Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas predicts that the local ETF market may not perform as well as the US due to the current lack of big players and the possibility of high fees. According to Balchunas, the Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether […]
For the first time since March 15, the net aggregate flow of funds to the newly launched batch of spot BTC ETFs is positive. March 25 saw a net inflow of $15.4 million, reversing a trend that has resulted in net outflows of $887 million over the past week. While yesterday’s inflow figure is the […]
Asset management firm Fidelity wants traders of its proposed spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) to be able to stake their assets upon the product’s approval. The financial giant included the request in an amendment of its November 17 application to launch a spot Ethereum ETF in the United States. Fidelity Includes Staking in ETF Proposal […]
Paul Grewal, the Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase, has come forward to criticize a letter written by two U.S. senators urging the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to impose stricter regulations on Bitcoin exchange-traded funds and refrain from approving any further cryptocurrency ETF applications. In a March 15 X thread, he challenges the assertions of […]