Bloomberg has raised the odds of a Bitcoin ETF gaining approval to 75% by the end of 2023 and 95% by 2024, following Grayscale’s legal win against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The SEC is now expected to make ‘first deadline’ decisions on seven major Bitcoin ETF applications from industry giants like BlackRock, […]
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase, recently shared his top areas of interest in the crypto space. He urged DeFi builders to focus on ten ideas that he believes are critical for the broader crypto space in order to support the next generation of crypto startups. These ideas include Flat Coin Concept, On-Chain Reputation, On-Chain […]
The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed a class action lawsuit against Uniswap, its CEO, and its venture capital backers. The suit was brought by six individuals who bought what they alleged were scam tokens on Uniswap between December 2020 and March 2022. The plaintiffs claimed they lost […]
Grayscale Investments CEO Michael Sonnenshein recently described the US appeals court’s decision to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) block of his firm’s proposed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) as a “huge win” for the digital-assets industry. This ruling has rekindled hopes for the launch of the first US ETF that would invest directly […]
Vivek Ramaswamy, a United States presidential candidate, has praised Grayscale’s recent victory over the federal securities regulator, arguing that it will help keep Bitcoin and blockchain innovation from going overseas. Ramaswamy believes that the U.S. courts have become a last line of defense to keep cryptocurrency innovators in the country, and that the decision will […]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is set to make a decision on the first of seven applications to launch spot Bitcoin ETFs on Thursday. The SEC has been hesitant to approve a spot ETF application because it believes the Bitcoin market is prone to price manipulation. However, Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart believes the […]
Robinhood, a United States-based portal allowing users to trade multiple instruments, including crypto without commission, is the fifth largest holder of Ethereum (ETH). According to Arkham Intelligence, an on-chain analytics platform, Robinhood controls 1.72 million ETH, worth $2.93 billion at current prices as of August 30. It is unclear whether Robinhood directly owns these coins […]
The Southern District Court of New York (SDNY) recently dismissed a class action lawsuit against Uniswap, the leading decentralized exchange. The lawsuit was filed by an investor from North Carolina who claimed that Uniswap had sold unregistered securities and failed to register as an exchange or broker-dealer. The investor had lost around $10,000 after buying […]
A United States District Court judge has declared Ether (ETH) and Bitcoin (BTC) as “crypto commodities” in her dismissal of a class action lawsuit against the decentralized exchange Uniswap. Judge Katherine Polk Failla, who is also overseeing the SEC lawsuit against Coinbase, dismissed the case brought by Uniswap users who claimed they lost money due […]
A recent victory by Grayscale against the federal securities regulator has raised the probability of an approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) by the end of 2023, according to Bloomberg analysts. Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, said the chances have risen to 75% from an earlier 65%. James Seyffart and Elliot Stein, […]
