A $1.26 billion block sale of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) this week might have been driven by a large investor seeking a rapid exit from bitcoin exposure rather than the unwinding of a common hedge-fund trading strategy. That’s according to an analysis published by crypto investment firm NYDIG. The transaction took place on May […]
The two biggest DeFi exploits of the past two months have one thing in common. They used a tool that does not exist on the XRP Ledger. Thorchain lost roughly $10.8 million on May 15 to a cross-chain attack that drained funds across Bitcoin, Ethereum, BSC, and Base. Drift Protocol, a Solana-based decentralized perpetual exchange, […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has sued Texas resident Nathan Fuller, alleging he raised about $12.3 million from roughly 150 investors through a crypto investment scheme built around false claims of AI-powered trading bots, guaranteed returns and insurance protections. According to a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District […]
The S&P 500’s longest weekly winning streak since 2023 and Brent crude settling near $92 on U.S.-Iran ceasefire hopes have failed to pull bitcoin BTC$73,466.17 and ether (ETH) higher, with the two largest cryptocurrencies finishing the week down nearly 3% as cooling spot bitcoin ETF inflows reinforced the pullback. The S&P 500 posted its ninth […]
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon on Friday yet again sharply criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and warned that the latest version of the Clarity Act could ultimately fail if lawmakers do not address concerns from traditional banks over stablecoin regulation. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business, Dimon appeared frustrated by the direction […]
U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have now recorded nine consecutive trading days of net outflows, marking the longest withdrawal streak since the products listed in January 2024. SoSoValue data Over the nine-session run, investors pulled roughly $2.8 billion from the funds, surpassing any previous period of sustained selling pressure. U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have shed approximately […]
Latest developments: Calamos says its protected Bitcoin ETFs are attracting inflows even as spot Bitcoin ETFs see redemptions. Matt Kaufman, head of ETFs at Calamos, said the firm saw roughly $10 million to $15 million in inflows over the past several weeks. Kaufman said advisors are increasingly looking for Bitcoin exposure that reduces volatility and […]
Three Samsung affiliates agreed to buy a 4% stake in Dunamu, the operator of South Korea’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Upbit, for a total of 612.8 billion won ($408 million), the Korea Herald reported. Investment bank Samsung Securities is set to take a 2% stake in Dunamu in a 306 billion-won cash transaction, from affiliates of […]
A Google security engineer, Michele Spagnuolo, was arrested and charged over alleged insider trading by placing bets on Polymarket about what Google users were searching, U.S. officials alleged on Wednesday. According to a complaint unsealed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Spagnuolo used “material nonpublic information” to place bets […]
The crypto market is at a critical point on Wednesday, with bitcoin BTC$75,813.04 priced close to the $75,000 level of support after failing to break through $78,000 on Tuesday. Ether’s (ETH) chart tells a similar story. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization was rejected off $2,150 on Tuesday, and fell toward the $2,000 support level. […]
U.S. President Donald Trump said it was “critically important” that the CFTC keep “exclusive authority” over prediction markets, echoing CFTC Chair Michael Selig in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform, late Tuesday afternoon. “Under my leadership, we are setting ‘rules of the road’ that are the Gold Standard for the States,” he […]
Bitcoin BTC$77,368.07 traded at $76,600 on Tuesday, down 0.8% since midnight UTC, as Monday’s brief bounce to $77,800 fades. The move leaves the largest cryptocurrency potentially forming another lower high in a bearish structure that has been in place since October, and down 7% over the past two weeks. The weakness is not reflected in […]