The long-awaited launch of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund could finally arrive on Monday.
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Rumors of an imminent Bitcoin ETF approval are boosting sentiment and prices across the market, but caution is warranted, as it could turn into a buy-the-rumor, sell-the-news event.
5679The recovered energy will be used to heat 100 residential and commercial buildings in North Vancouver, with a population of roughly 155,000.
4685ALCX and SLP are flashing bottoming signals while BTC is steadily climbing toward $60,000.
5277The Bank of Mexico and the National Banking and Securities Commission issued a statement earlier this year warning financial institutions not to deal with digital assets, but the president has not often spoken directly on the subject.
2089Open Interest surged to $3.22 billion on. Oct. 14 to levels not seen since February.
3857“The Market Report” with Cointelegraph is live right now with special guest Mati Greenspan, founder and CEO of Quantum Economics.
6306The investment firm withdrew its application for a physically-backed Bitcoin ETF in 2020 but has already received approval for a fund offering investors exposure to companies in the blockchain and crypto industry.
1490The DOGE may have had its day, and social media is busy poking fun at Bitcoin skeptic Mark Cuban.
6842Russia’s Irkutsk region saw its energy consumption rates surge by 160% following China’s crackdown on crypto mining.
4440Tesla’s Bitcoin stash is now worth $1 billion more than when Elon Musk approved the purchase in February.
13911The Russian president has not excluded the possibility that, at some point, crypto will become a “means of accumulation.”
4376The CEO of the British bank believes stablecoins, CBDCs and even NFTs will likely outgrow cryptocurrencies.
1851Bitcoin has never managed a weekly close above $60,000, and failing to do so again risks a reversal downhill, a new warning says.
9170“The reason I own Bitcoin is because the U.S. government and every government in the western hemisphere is printing money now to the end of time,” said billionaire Barry Sternlicht.
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