Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 16, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters A federal judge last month rejected a request by Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao to travel to his home in … Read more
Just over a year after the crypto winter sent bitcoin miner Core Scientific spiraling into bankruptcy, the Texas-based company is back on the Nasdaq. Trading is scheduled to resume Wednesday morning. Core, which has operations in five U.S. states — Texas, North Dakota, North Carolina Georgia, and Kentucky — mines for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies … Read more
Bitcoin extended its recent declines on Tuesday, falling further below $40,000 to its lowest level since the beginning of December. The price of the cryptocurrency was last lower by 3% at $38,767.10, according to Coin Metrics, adding to its 4% loss from the previous day, when the coin briefly dipped below $40,000 for the first … Read more
U.S. Treasury yields nudged slightly higher on Tuesday morning, as market participants await the release of key economic data points later in the week. Near 2:25 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was around 1.7 basis points higher at 4.1109% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond was up just … Read more
Bitcoin fell to a seven-week low on Monday, hovering below $40,000 for the first time since the launch of 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds on Jan. 11. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was last down 3.98% at $39,938.00, trading at its lowest since Dec. 4 after a brief recovery. Ether, the second largest cryptocurrency, was down … Read more
Headquarters of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. Andrew Kelly | Reuters The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Monday that a SIM swap attack was to blame for the breach of its official account on X (formerly Twitter) earlier this month. On Jan. 9, an unauthorized party gained access to … Read more
Cemile Bingol | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Bitcoin extended its losses on Monday, dipping below $40,000 for the first time this year and pulling the rest of the crypto market down with it. The price of bitcoin was last lower by 3.5% at $40,237.64, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it fell to $39,414.80, its … Read more
Exchange-traded fund experts anticipate spot bitcoin ETFs, which debuted this month, to spark a new wave of crypto products. Cboe Global Markets’ Catherine Clay believes options are a natural progression for bitcoin ETFs. “We believe that the utility of the options, what they provide to the end investor in terms of downside hedging, risk-defined exposures … Read more
Michael Sonnenshein at the 2022 Forbes Iconoclast Summit at New York Historical Society on Nov. 3, 2022. Arturo Holmes | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images DAVOS, Switzerland — Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein told CNBC that most [says all 11 in the headline, summary and key point though] of the approved bitcoin exchange-traded funds won’t … Read more
The recent approval of 11 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sent ripples of excitement through the global crypto community. This milestone has been heralded as a game-changer, with industry experts anticipating significant shifts in the market dynamics. Edul Patel, CEO & Co-founder of Mudrex, asserts, “The … Read more
