Staked Ether Is Creating a Benchmark for the Crypto Economy, Says ARK Invest
The growing use of stETH in DeFi protocols means the asset is slowly taking the role of the fed funds rate in the crypto ecosystem, says ARK Invest.
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The growing use of stETH in DeFi protocols means the asset is slowly taking the role of the fed funds rate in the crypto ecosystem, says ARK Invest.
The first and only U.S. federally chartered crypto bank, Anchorage Digital, is taking on the custody role for a leading issuer of crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs), 21Shares, the companies said in a Thursday statement.
Coinbase revenue beat Wall Street analysts’ expectations, while profit came in lower than the consensus.
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest was the first company to seek permission to create a spot ether ETF in September, a pioneer who blazed the trail before a wave of other high-profile applicants. It has since dropped out of the race, likely because of the incoming intense fee battle, experts say.
Wood says the filings in support of ether ETFs were not approved in a regular way.
The investment firm sold 237,983 BITO shares worth $6.7 million at Thursday’s closing price of $28.22 from its Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW).
ARK Invest aims to have no individual holding surpass a 10% weighting of an ETF’s value, making such large sell offs necessary when an asset surges in value.
ARK offloaded Coinbase shares from ARK Innovation ETF, ARK Next Generation Internet ETF, and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF.
ARK sold $34.3 million of shares in the crypto exchange, which is due to report earnings after the U.S. market closes.
While bitcoin’s price is often denominated against fiat currencies, Wood pointed out that even relative to gold, BTC has risen consistently since its early days.