GBTC Volume Increases 79% in June Amid TradFi ETF Applications
The trust’s trading volume increased to $45 million in June.
ARK Amends Spot Bitcoin ETF Filing to Include Surveillance Sharing, Similar to BlackRock
ARK’s application may now be in pole position to be approved first as as it was filed earlier than BlackRock’s.
Former NYSE Broker to Pay $54M to Settle CFTC Crypto Fraud Charges
Michael Ackerman pleaded guilty in 2021 to charges of defrauding around 150 investors for $33 million in a digital asset trading scheme.
First Mover Americas: First Leveraged Bitcoin ETF in U.S. Trades $5.5M on Day One
The latest price moves in bitcoin (BTC) and crypto markets in context for June 28, 2023. First Mover is CoinDesk’s daily newsletter that contextualizes the latest actions in the crypto markets.
ADA, SOL Underperform as Robinhood Gets Set to Delist Them Amid SEC Crackdown
Cryptocurrencies Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL) fell more than the broader crypto market on Tuesday, just before trading app Robinhood was set to delist them later in the day at 6:59 p.m. ET.
Judge Rejects FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s Motions to Dismiss Criminal Charges
U.S. Judge Lewis Kaplan denied several of Sam Bankman-Fried’s motions to dismiss criminal charges against him. He had previously denied the FTX founder’s remaining motions to dismiss charges.
Bitcoin Briefly Pushes Above $31K After Fidelity Spot ETF Report
Fidelity previously applied for a spot bitcoin ETF in 2021, but the effort was rejected by the SEC.
Bitfinex Launches Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform in Argentina, Colombia and Venezuela
Users will be able to buy and sell bitcoin, ether, USDT, EURT and XAUT.
Three Arrows Capital Liquidators Seek $1.3B From Bankrupt Hedge Fund’s Founders: Bloomberg
The fund founded by Su Zhu and Kyle Davies suffered big losses on the collapse of the Terra ecosystem starting in May 2022 and took on additional leverage despite already being insolvent, the liquidators say.
The Second FTX Asset Recovery Report Is Packed With Bombshells
New claims put FTX and Alameda Research founder Sam Bankman-Fried and his friends even closer to the center of a brazen conspiracy.