The Bitcoin price has experienced a significant surge, surpassing the $50,000 mark as Wall Street exchange-traded funds (ETFs) gained approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on January 11. This bullish momentum, coupled with increased ETF demand, has propelled Bitcoin into a fully-formed bull run just months ahead of the anticipated halving event,…
The Solana blockchain network is currently experiencing an outage, marking its 11th such incident in the past two years. As of the latest updates, Solana’s mainnet-beta has been non-operational for about two hours, with block progression coming to a standstill. Solana is down for 2 hours now | Solscan Solana Network Comes To A Standstill…
Since mid-January Bitcoin (BTC) has been facing mounting selling pressure from various market players. This includes asset manager Grayscale, bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, and now, the US government, which is set to auction off a substantial amount of Bitcoin seized from the infamous dark web marketplace Silk Road. Sale Of Confiscated Silk Road Bitcoin The…
In a groundbreaking development for the cryptocurrency and Bitcoin market, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved all 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs submitted by the world’s largest asset managers. Bitcoin ETFs Align With Exchange Act Standards In its official filing, the SEC stated that each proposal sought to list and trade shares…
While Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications are still awaiting approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), executives from asset management firms are already speculating about the potential launch of spot ETFs for other major cryptocurrencies, including XRP and Ethereum (ETH). Valkyrie Invest’s Chief Investment Officer, Steven McClurg, expressed his belief that the SEC’s…
With the Bitcoin price soaring to new highs, the cryptocurrency community is excitedly buzzing as all signs point towards an imminent approval of the highly anticipated Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) applications. This positive sentiment has propelled the Bitcoin price past the $47,100 mark, reaching levels not seen since April 2022 and inching closer to the…
In a significant blow to the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector, the Sushi DeFi protocol has fallen victim to its second exploit this year. The protocol’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Matthew Lilley, has issued a stark warning to users, advising them to refrain from using any decentralized applications (dApps) until further notice. Sushi And Zapper Frontends…
Move over Bitcoin ETF, it is time for Ethereum to take the center stage. $9 trillion asset manager BlackRock has revealed its intention to to launch a spot Ethereum ETF, and it already sent the price per ETH above $2,000. Ethereum ETF News From BlackRock Prompts Break Above $2,000 Ethereum sentiment has recently been in…
Solana, the now seventh-ranked cryptocurrency by market cap, thanks to a recent runaway performance, has surpassed the $40 mark. Take a look at a close-up of the price action and see if the stampede by bulls is sustainable. Say Goodbye To Single-Digit SOL Forever Less than one year ago, Solana hit a low of under…
In the next three days, our team at NewsBTC will cover xDay 2023, an event organized by MultiversX in the Palace of Parliament, Romania. Formerly known as Elrond, the project rebranded in 2022 and focused on the Metaverse, one of the hottest trends in crypto. On day two of the event, the MultiversX team, spearheaded…