The U.S. SEC will meet with BlackRock, Fidelity Investments, and other spot Bitcoin ETF registrants next week. After resubmitting their applications to the U.S. SEC, all spot ETF hopefuls have now included information on their surveillance-sharing partners and other prerequisites. Bloomberg’s ETF experts Eric Balchunas and James Seyffart tweeted on
July 6, 2023 2 mins read
Coin Metrics reports that this quarter, because of the rise in the value of BRC-20 tokens and Ordinals, Bitcoin miners have reaped an unexpected profit of several million dollars in transaction fees. Crypto analytics company claimed a previously “tepid fee market” for Bitcoin miners has been unexpectedly disrupted with its
July 6, 2023 2 mins read
Despite what may seem to be excessive price swings, Cardano’s (ADA) DeFi TVL has been trending upwards. According to DeFi aggregator DeFiLlama, the total number of ADA tokens locked on all of the DApps it monitors has hit a new all-time high of 557.62 million ADA. This figure has increased
July 5, 2023 2 mins read
Only days after Twitter’s “rate limit” occurrence, which temporarily curtailed how many tweets users may view each day, Meta intends to debut its new Twitter competitor, Threads, on July 6. A Meta-launched countdown site suggests that the launching of the platform, which is deeply integrated with the Instagram picture and
July 5, 2023 2 mins read
Credit Suisse has taken a giant leap in its support of women’s football in Switzerland by releasing an NFT art collection in collaboration with the Swiss Football Association (SFA). This partnership has two main goals. The first is to increase awareness of the sport. And second is to help the
July 4, 2023 2 mins read
After receiving feedback from authorities that their proposed exchange-traded fund for Bitcoin spot markets was inadequate, BlackRock has resubmitted a revised proposal. BlackRock has addressed one of the primary concerns the SEC has voiced when rejecting applications for Bitcoin spot ETFs in the past, saying it will be finalizing a
July 4, 2023 1 min read
The CEO of Gemini, Cameron Winklevoss, has called the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) a “toxic product” in a series of tweets. After the SEC rejected Gemini’s registration for a spot Bitcoin ETF a decade ago, Cameron recently vented his frustrations over the experience on Twitter. The CEO said that American
July 3, 2023 2 mins read
In light of recent regulatory changes in the U.S., crypto-friendly neobank Revolut will soon be delisting a number of digital assets from its platform. The Revolut team informed that the company plans to permanently remove tokens such as Cardano, Polygon, and Solana from its platform in the month of September.
July 1, 2023 1 min read
Dior, the high-end fashion label, has introduced a new collection of men’s sneakers that come with their own non-fungible token (NFT) and utilize the Ethereum network. Dior announced in a tweet on Friday that Kim Jones, creative director of Dior Menswear, created a pair of trainers dubbed the B33 for
July 1, 2023 1 min read
Paxos, a blockchain-based financial technology startup, has revealed plans to launch its Pax Dollar (USDP) stablecoin in Mexico through a partnership with online marketplace Mercado Libre. MercadoPago, a digital wallet software developed by Mercado Libre, will be used to process payments. Moreover, this recent action is part of Paxos’s larger
June 30, 2023 2 mins read