Morgan Stanley, a leading global investment bank, is reportedly considering expanding access to bitcoin spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The firm may soon authorize its approximately 15,000 brokers to actively solicit customer purchases. Morgan Stanley to Widen Access to Spot Bitcoin ETFs Global investment bank Morgan Stanley is contemplating broadening access to spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds […] Original
Data from analytics platform IntoTheBlock have illuminated a troubling trend within the Cardano (ADA) network, showing a significant dip in ‘profitability’ for its holders. While cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and TRX show a high percentage of holders in profit, Cardano stands in stark contrast, with only 35% of its holders currently seeing gains. This insight into the Cardano ecosystem reveals deeper challenges, as many of ADA’s transactions now appear to be at a loss. The chart below shows the percentage of holders in profit on several top layer 1 networks 👇…
While Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), IBIT, experienced a continuous influx for 71 days before halting this week, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) holds the record with 72 consecutive days of outflows, surpassing all other ETFs on record. “No ETF has ever done anything close to that,” observed Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst, on […] Source BitcoincryptoexchangeExchanges CryptoX Portal
An analyst has explained how Bitcoin is forming both a death cross and TD sell signal, which may lead to potential dips in these targets. Bitcoin Looking In Trouble As 12-Hour Chart Forms Two Bearish Signals In a new post on X, analyst Ali discussed two signals that have recently formed in Bitcoin’s 12-hour chart. The first of these is a “death cross,” which occurs when an asset’s short-term simple moving average (SMA) dips below its long-term SMA. Regarding the death cross, the 50-day and 100-day SMAs make up for…
At the company’s Global Internet Economy conference on Thursday, Stripe revealed its decision to reintroduce support for crypto payments. During the final keynote session, titled The Future of Payments, Stripe’s president, John Collison, highlighted the company’s previous involvement with cryptocurrency, noting that their experience with crypto dates back a long time. Collison referenced the company’s earlier venture into Bitcoin (BTC) support in 2018, which was discontinued due to underutilization. Collison expressed enthusiasm about the reintroduction, stating that Stripe is excited to bring back crypto to accept payments but only wanted…
Dogecoin (DOGE), the foremost meme coin, is down over 6% in the last 24 hours according to data from CoinMarketCap. This downtrend can be attributed to the price movement of the flagship crypto, Bitcoin. Dogecoin Drops Alongside Bitcoin Dogecoin’s price also experienced a sharp decline as the flagship crypto dropped from over $66,000 to below $64,000 in the last 24 hours. Altcoins like DOGE are known to experience a similar downtrend whenever Bitcoin’s price records a correction like the way it has done. Generally, the global crypto market is down…
Amid the excitement of Bitcoin’s new Runes protocol, Blackrock’s exchange-traded fund (ETF) wallets now contain over $20,000 worth of RSIC•GENESIS•RUNE tokens. Blackrock’s IBIT Benefits From Airdropped Runes Tokens On Thursday, Arkham, an onchain intelligence firm, revealed on social media platform X that two of Blackrock‘s IBIT bitcoin addresses possess tokens based on the Runes protocol. […] Original
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The complaint adds that the SEC’s encroaching authority over Ethereum goes against its own past statements that the cryptocurrency is a commodity, not a security (citing former director Bill Hinman’s 2018 speech), as well as the SEC’s sister regulatory agency, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), own authority over Ethereum, which oversees derivative products tied to ether. Source
A strategic trader has made the most of his money after making over 1,000x profit with PEPE. Despite the recent frog-themed token slump, the memecoin investor gained millions. Similarly, whales have continued accumulating PEPE while it resumes its upward trajectory. Memecoin Trader Makes Millions According to Lookonchain data, a memecoin trader named James Wynn multiplied its PEPE investment by 1,503. Wynn bought the token in its earlier stages, acquiring 2.83 trillion PEPE for $8,524. When the token started gaining momentum, he sold over half his holdings, 1.81 trillion tokens, for…