Grayscale has filed Amendment No. 5 to its Form S-3 registration statement as part of its effort to convert the Grayscale Zcash Trust into a spot Zcash ETF. The filing, submitted on August 21, targets a listing on NYSE Arca on or about August 25, according to the filing materials. It also discloses a 2.5%…
Hashdex has begun liquidating its Hashdex Bitcoin ETF, ticker DEFI, marking the first closure of a US spot Bitcoin ETF since the category launched in 2024. The fund ceased trading on NYSE Arca on August 17. Hashdex cited low assets under management, high operating costs, and a small asset base of about $14.7 million as…
The SEC has opened a public comment period on Cboe BZX Exchange’s proposal to list six daily 3x leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum futures ETFs. The proposal, filed under SR-CboeBZX-2026-065, would cover commodity-pool products sponsored by Volatility Shares. The funds would seek three times the daily performance of front-month and next-month CME Bitcoin and Ethereum futures…
Canary Capital has filed Amendment No. 4 to its registration statement for the Canary Staked TRX ETF, giving investors more detail on the proposed fund’s fee structure and staking approach. The filing, submitted on August 19, discloses a 1.10% management fee. It also outlines a staking strategy under which up to 90% of the trust’s…
US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs drew a combined $825.8 million in single-session inflows, giving crypto markets another strong signal that regulated demand has returned alongside the latest price rally. Farside Investors data showed spot Bitcoin ETFs taking in $606.3 million for the August 20 session, led by BlackRock’s IBIT with $503 million. Spot Ethereum…
US spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $517.2 million in net inflows for the August 19 session, giving the market its strongest daily inflow in roughly three and a half months. Farside Investors data showed BlackRock’s IBIT leading the session with $284.7 million in inflows. Spot Ethereum ETFs also stayed positive, adding $17.7 million in net inflows.…
BlackRock has reduced the in-kind conversion minimum for its iShares Bitcoin Trust from $25 million to $1 million, potentially making the mechanism available to a wider group of institutional participants. The change was disclosed in an updated IBIT filing and relates to in-kind creation and redemption activity, not retail holders directly swapping ETF shares for…
The SEC has approved a NYSE Arca rule change that raises position and exercise limits for options on BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, giving institutional traders more room to hedge and express larger views around the spot Bitcoin ETF market. The change increases limits for IBIT options from 250,000 contracts to 1,000,000 contracts, according to the…
Technical signs are flashing on the uranium charts, suggesting strength versus gold, as well as critical support levels for key ETFs. On July 16, 2026, Graddhy—Commodities TA+Cycles posted that the uranium-to-gold ratio of SPUT had “broken out of a 15-year downtrend, forming a bullish flag.” Data on the chart is for the month of SPUT…
Ethereum’s market setup is getting more interesting because the loudest bullish catalyst is already visible. Spot ETF launches are moving closer, but ETH is not acting like a market in full-blown euphoria. Instead, price is holding support while speculative positioning looks more measured. That may actually be healthier than a blow-off move before the event.…