The U.S. securities watchdog has announced it will scrutinize mutual funds that include investments in bitcoin futures markets to verify funds that comply with the Investment Company Act. The institution warned about the dangers of investing in bitcoin futures markets due to the implicit volatility of the underlying asset. SEC Warns Funds About Bitcoin Futures
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Last week, ethereum options volume surpassed bitcoin’s for the first time on the digital currency derivatives exchange Deribit. Further, the trading platform recently introduced a $50k ETH strike for March 2022 and explained the $50k call is “gaining immediate buy traction.” Ethereum Options Volume Grows Exponentially, $50K Strike Flexes Muscle When it comes to bitcoin
Moneygram will start letting customers buy and sell bitcoin at 12,000 locations, thanks to a partnership with Coinme. The collaboration “will bring bitcoin to thousands of new point-of-sale locations in the U.S. with plans to expand to select international markets in the second half of 2021,” the companies say. Bitcoin at Moneygram Locations Moneygram International
The government in Budapest has put forward measures aimed at streamlining taxation and reducing the tax burden on businesses and citizens. As part of the package, Hungary plans to cut the tax levied on capital gains from cryptocurrency transactions, expecting to increase budget revenue with the move. Tax Cut to Attract Cryptocurrency Traders to Hungary
The meme-based crypto asset dogecoin has seen a phenomenal year, capturing a whopping 19,723% against the U.S. dollar during the last 12 months. Dogecoin’s price gains have pushed interest toward the cryptocurrency, quickly making it a recognizable name. A recently published survey from the web portal gamblerspick.com suggests one out of every four Americans “believe
press release PRESS RELEASE. AscendEX, formerly BitMax, an industry-leading digital asset trading platform built by Wall Street quant trading veterans, has announced the listing of the Globe Token (GDT) under the pair USDT/GDT on Apr 22 at 1:00 p.m. UTC. Globe aims to be the global cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform of choice for traders. It
Ethereum inventor, Vitalik Buterin, might have single handily put a halt to the meme coins mania, at least, in the short term. Buterin was the recipient of 50% of the entire supply of Shiba Inu (SHIB), a token that saw a surge in interest after major exchange platforms added it to their products for the
XRP has picked bullish momentum in the 1-hour chart with a 4.7% increase. Higher timeframes seem equally bullish with the weekly and monthly chart recording a 7.8% and 154% rally, respectively. XRP price performance has recovered since the start of 2021 when the token experienced a severe correction. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Ripple’s partner Accenture, the technology and business consulting firm, has published a paper with SWIFT on the potential for central bank digital currencies (CBDC) payment solutions. Titled “Exploring central bank digital currencies: How they could work for international payments”, the paper claims there is surging interest for these types of assets. Accenture is a Fortune
For the last few days, Ethereum has been adding incredible returns for investors. According to CoinMarketCap, on Monday, ETH added over 16% pushing the coin to a new record of slightly over $3,450. At the time of writing, the coin was trading at around $3,470, a gain of 9.43% over the last 24 hours. Ethereum
According to a Form S-1 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), asset manager VanEck Digital Assets has filed for an Ethereum Exchange Traded Fund (ETF). Called VanEck Ethereum Trust, it would trade on the exchange Cboe BZX, if approved. The investment product would track the MVSI CryptoCompare Ethereum Benchmark Rate and would
Ethereum (ETH) based yield aggregator Rari Capital was attacked this weekend by a group of bad actors. As a result, 2,600 in this cryptocurrency were stolen from the Rari Capital Ethereum Pool, as a post-mortem report released by core contributors confirmed. The attack took place at around 1:48 PM UTC, May 8th, with a series
The price of Ethereum (ETH) has risen another 5% today, reaching a new all-time high of $4150. At the time of writing, ETH was trading 4.6% higher at $4102, with a market capitalization of $477 billion. A massive amount of short positions have been liquidated across exchanges as Ethereum soars past $4000. $15 Million In
Ghana’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently warned residents of the West African country to avoid cryptocurrency transactions of any form. In the warning, the regulator reiterated that “cryptocurrencies are illegal in the country and are not regulated by the commission hence Ghanaians should stay away from them.” Risks Associated With Crypto In remarks made
sponsored Leading yield farming platform DeFi Yield Protocol has launched its highly anticipated DYP Earn Vault. The Vault is an automated yield farming contract fully integrated with Compound Protocol and supports five markets, including ETH, WBTC, USDC, USDT, and DAI. Earn Rewards on DYP Earn Vaults Users can provide an asset to the DYP Earn
Digital Currency Group, the parent company of Grayscale Investments digital asset manager, is now authorized to purchase up to $750 million worth of shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC). The company announced Monday that DCG increased its prior authorization to buy up to $250 million worth of GBTC shares by extra $500 million. The share