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Bitcoin ETF Will Send BTC Back To $44,000, This Firm Bets On It

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The price of BTC continues to push higher, and the bullish momentum remains intact as news around the Bitcoin ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) improves overall sentiment. In the wake of the recent rally, some trading firms doubled down on their bullish positions. As of this writing, the price of Bitcoin stands at $24,200 with sideways movement in the last 24 hours. The cryptocurrency rose by over 20% the previous week, operating as the top performer in the top 10 by market capitalization. BTC’s price trends to the upside on the…

Bain Capital, Polychain, Lead $6M Funding Round For Privacy Protocol Firm Nocturne Labs

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MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Portfolio Soars Past $5 Billion As BTC Holds Firm At $34,000

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In a remarkable turn of events for the business intelligence (BI) company MicroStrategy, the recent bullish momentum of Bitcoin (BTC) has resulted in significant profits and a resurgence for the company.  MicroStrategy has returned on a profitable trajectory after a prolonged period of market downturn and losses suffered by companies with cryptocurrency holdings. MicroStrategy’s Bitcoin Holdings Surge  Just a month ago, MicroStrategy and its subsidiaries made a strategic move by increasing their BTC holdings. According to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company, co-founded by…

Privacy firm Nym launches $300M fund, eyes Web3 wallets, RPCs & infrastructure services

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Blockchain privacy firm Nym Technologies has launched a $300 million funding program aimed at providing capital to projects building security-focused infrastructure. The Nym Innovation Fund will draw capital from venture capitalist investors including Polychain, KR1, Huobi Incubator and Eden Block and will focus on supporting projects building Web3 privacy-focused tools and services. Nym Technologies CEO and co-founder Harry Halpin said that privacy remains a central cog in ensuring that a decentralized internet remains resistant to censorship and avoids the pitfalls of Web2: “This programme will ensure the health of the…

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF now listed on Nasdaq trade clearing firm — Bloomberg analyst

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The iShares spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposed by investment firm BlackRock has been listed on the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), suggesting potential approval by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. In an Oct. 23 X (formerly Twitter) thread, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said the DTCC listing was “all part of the process” of bringing a crypto ETF to market. The iShares spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETF has a ticker symbol of IBTC for a possible listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange, which applied to list and…

CipherBlade Founder Says Blockchain Sleuthing Firm ‘Hijacked’

The Pennsylvania firm claims that a group of employees executed a “hostile takeover” of the company earlier this year while founder Richard Sanders was volunteering in war-torn Ukraine assisting local police with crypto investigations, according to a lawsuit. In his absence, the firm’s clients and some staff were transferred to new CipherBlade entities in Alaska and Singapore, effectively emptying his business, Sanders told CoinDesk. Source link

DTCC Acquires Blockchain Firm Securrency for Undisclosed Amount to Steer Forward Its Digital Assets Agenda

Through the acquisition by DTCC, Securrency will henceforth become DTCC Digital Assets with top executives also joining the new force under different roles. DTCC, a New Jersey-based post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry that helped process securities transactions worth over $2.5 quadrillion in 2022, has announced a strategic acquisition of Securrency, an institutional-grade blockchain firm, for an undisclosed amount. According to the announcement, the acquisition of Securrency by DTCC is expected to close within the coming few weeks. Following the acquisition, Nadine Chakar, the Chief Executive Officer…

Tesla Earnings Report Show Firm Holding onto Bitcoin in Q3 2023

Tesla continues to hold on to its BTC holding having last sold about 75% of it in the second quarter of 2022. It has now been five consecutive quarters that electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has left its sizable Bitcoin (BTC) holdings untouched. That is despite recently spending greatly towards improving its artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions and projects. According to Tesla’s Q3 2023 report that was released on Wednesday, the company still has $184 million worth of digital assets in its possession. That is as of September 30.…