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During the first two days of trading in the newly SEC-approved spot bitcoin ETFs, nine tickers took in approximately $1.4 billion of new cash inflows. According to Bloomberg, a single ETF, Blackrock’s IBIT, took on $497 million of new cash. Eight other ETFs, namely FBTC, BITB, ARKB, EZBC, BTCO, BRRR, HODL, and BTCW, took on $900 million of new cash. Meanwhile, Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) converted into an ETF over the weekend after experiencing $579 million in outflows on Thursday and Friday. In total, inflows into the nine ETFs minus outflows from GBTC’s trust-turned-ETF totaled $819 million . When the SEC reluctantly approved 11 bitcoin ETF s, some enthusiasts expected the price of bitcoin to jump. Of course, the Wall Street adage “Buy the rumor; sell the news” applied to this news event, as it usually does. One day before the ETFs were approved, the price of bitcoin did briefly spike to over $48,625 on a fake approval tweet from a hacked SEC social media account. Howeve...

ProShares and Grayscale lead a surge of activity in Bitcoin investment products, with analysis confident of implied demand for a Bitcoin spot ETF. Bitcoin (BTC) institutional investment vehicles are seeing a major volume boost as excitement over possible United States regulatory changes takes hold. Data from resources including Bloomberg showed Bitcoin exchange- trade d funds (ETFs) and others nearing record weekly inflows. BITO, GBTC trade $2.5 billion  Hints that the U.S. might soon allow a Bitcoin spot price-based ETF have not only impacted BTC price action — the surrounding ecosystem has benefitted in kind. In addition to exchanges and mining firms, embattled institutional investment options are also seeing a resurgence in demand. As noted by Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, at least two household names saw “notable” volume in the trading week through Oct. 27. Among them was the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), the first futures-based ETF to get the green light i...

Despite the so-called FUD, Changpeng Zhao said in reality, the crypto industry has scored a number of massive wins in recent weeks. Binance co-founder and CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao has hosed down recent rumors against his firm, assuring its balance sheet and employee retention remain robust, despite the recent market uncertainty. The Binance boss blamed negative news, rumors, bank runs, lawsuits, the closing of fiat channels, product wind-downs and employee turnovers for creating an environment of FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) in a Sept. 7 post on X (Twitter).  Saw some debates in the community. When you do the right thing, and there is FUD, you don't have to do anything. The community defends you. Let me summarize. There have been a lot of negative news/rumors, bank runs, lawsuits, closing of fiat channels, product wind downs,… — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) September 7, 2023 He then used the opportunity to clarify Binance’s current financial position: “Guess what we don't have...