BlackRock, Valkyrie Name Authorized Participants Including JPMorgan for Bitcoin ETF
BlackRock will use J.P. Morgan and Jane Street as their authorized participants. Valkyrie has also named Jane Street in addition to Cantor Fitzgerald.
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India’s Local Crypto and Web3 Advocacy Body Asked for Action Against Offshore Entities: Source
The Bharat Web3 Association’s (BWA) Chairman wrote the letter to the Indian government on Dec. 16.
Bitcoin Miners Offload $129M BTC in Day, Sending Reserves to the Lowest Point Since May
Bitcoin miners’ reserves slid to the lowest since May following a spate of withdrawals to exchanges this week, data from CryptoQuant shows.
Privacy Tokens DASH, ZCH, XMR Take Hit as OKX Says It Will Suspend Trading
More than 20 trading pairs will be delisted next week as they no longer meet the crypto exchange’s listing criteria.
Binance User Base Grew 30% This Year, Expanding Even After U.S. Legal Settlements
The largest cryptocurrency trading venue added 40 million accounts to 170 million.
Crypto for Advisors: Bitcoin Myth Busting
Kunal Bhasin, co-leader of KPMG Canada’s crypto asset and blockchain practice, debunks many of the bitcoin myths in the final Crypto for Advisors issue of the year.
Blast Hits $1.1B in Deposits More Than a Month Before It’s Due to Go Live
Depositors will receive an airdrop that can be redeemed in May 2024.
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invests in ProShares Bitcoin ETF After Dumping Grayscale Holdings
The investment fund bought $9.2 million worth of BITO shares while selling $27.6 million worth of COIN.
Solana’s Scorching Rally Shows Ethereum Has a Serious Competitor
Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Barry Silbert Resigns as Grayscale Chairman, to Be Replaced by Mark Shifke
Shifke is the CFO of Silbert’s Digital Currency Group, Grayscale said in an SEC filing.