The crypto community is abuzz with expectations as bitcoin’s pricing reflects a sophisticated dance between investor sentiment and analytical forecasts. The prospective green light for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a hot topic, with traders mulling over whether it’ll catalyze a “buy the rumor sell […]
The possibility of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejecting spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) became a concern after financial watchdog group Better Markets called on the securities regulator to reject spot bitcoin ETFs, warning that approvals will lead to “financial carnage” and “massive investor harm.” The SEC is expected to make a decision […]
According to developers behind the project, the debut of the STX20 protocol on Stacks’ Bitcoin layer two (L2) has marked a pivotal moment for Ordinals-style assets. Amid growing demand for innovative use cases in the Bitcoin ecosystem, the Stacks team believes the STX20 test has shown significant potential for scaling and efficiency. Stacks Seeks to […]
On Monday, veteran trader Peter Brandt took to the social media channel X (previously known as Twitter) to reveal that he had taken a short position on ethereum (ETH), the crypto market’s second-largest asset by valuation. He further shared a technical chart with his 707,000 followers on X to illustrate his strategy. Brandt Takes Short […]
A finance professor at Georgetown University has urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to avoid micromanaging the creation/redemption process for spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While the SEC proposed the cash creation method, applicants like Blackrock and Fidelity have advocated for the in-kind creation method. “Now that the Commission has seemingly become comfortable […]