Today, enjoy the Lightspeed newsletter on Blockworks.co. Tomorrow, get the news delivered directly to your inbox. Subscribe to the Lightspeed newsletter . Howdy! My bike got stolen from in front of my apartment last night, which — and I promise this isn’t just me coping — I had kind of been hoping would happen, because the bike
Fund issuers looking to offer spot ether ETFs in the US have heard from the Securities and Exchange Commission — with sources saying the dialogue points to launches next week. The securities regulator has asked the companies to submit their final registration statements, or S-1s, for the proposed ETH funds by end of day on
Today, enjoy the Empire newsletter on Blockworks.co. Tomorrow, get the news delivered directly to your inbox. Subscribe to the Empire newsletter . Crypto has a pal As far as crypto adopters among fintech giants go, PayPal is right up there. Mastercard and Visa may have been working with the space a little longer, but PayPal
Launch of spot ether ETFs in the U.S. will push the price of the crypto to all-time highs above $5,000, the report said. Bitwise said money flowing into new ether spot ETFs will have a larger impact than it did for bitcoin. Ether spot ETFs are expected to draw in $15 billion of net inflows
One of New Jersey’s Democratic Senators Bob Menendez was found guilty on Tuesday of accepting bribes as a foreign agent. The crypto community pointed to the irony of Menendez getting convicted for corruption given he had labelled bitcoin as “an ideal choice for criminals.” U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (Dem) from New Jersey, a staunch crypto
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Traders anticipate bitcoin rallying to $70,000, buoyed by a more optimistic macro environment and the prospect of a crypto-friendly U.S. administration under Donald Trump. Reduced selling pressure from key wallets and a more positive political outlook for the crypto sector have contributed to the bullish sentiment, despite recent volatility and concerns over Mt. Gox repayments.
XBTO has already helped issue two debt tokens for boutique airline BermudAir. The tokenization platform will soon offer an “e-note” for hemp and CBD producer AgroRef. 06:22 Philippines Taps Blockchain 04:56 BlackRock CEO Predicts Tokenization Is the Future of Markets 00:48 Tokenization on Public Blockchains Democratizes Access: Securitize CEO 07:08 Bitcoin Bounces Back Above $20K
The former chief executive of BitMEX Arthur Hayes is launching a new grant program for developers to enhance Bitcoin’s “resilience, scalability, and privacy characteristics.” Arthur Hayes, a co-founder and former head of crypto exchange BitMEX and the chief investment officer at Maelstrom, has announced a new grant program to support blockchain developers in their efforts
The Ethereum (ETH) supply on exchanges has reached its 34-month highs as the asset’s price surpasses the $3,500 mark. ETH is up by 2.3% in the past 24 hours and is trading at $3,490 at the time of writing. The second-largest cryptocurrency — with a $419 billion market cap — briefly touched an intraday high