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What Is Bitcoin Dollar-Cost Averaging? A Beginner’s Guide
Dollar-cost averaging bitcoin in an automated manner has emerged as a popular way to “stack sats” among Bitcoiners.
Steward of Bitcoin Software Explains Why She Nixed an Acrimonious Code Debate
"All it was doing was generating noise," the Bitcoin Core maintainer Ava Chow says of Luke Dashjr's pull request, which would have severely curtailed the use of Ordinals.
Crypto Rug Pulls: What Are They & How to Avoid Them
Crypto rug pulls cause billions of dollars in loses in the global crypto markets.
Bitcoin ETFs Explained: What Are They & How Do They Work?
Bitcoin ETFs provide traditional investors with a regulated investment vehicle that enables them to invest in Bitcoin without having to directly own the underlying cryptocurrency.
What Is a Central Bank Digital Currency? A Brief Guide to CBDCs
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) aims to take the benefits from blockchain-based digital currency and combine it with fiat currency under the control of the central bank.
What Is SocialFi? A Beginner’s Guide
SocialFi is Web3’s answer to Web2’s social media problems by enabling users to have control over their content and allow them to directly monetize it.
Record $2.3B in Bitcoin ETF Trades as BTC Rockets to $49K, Then Plummets Below $46K
At 11 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Jan. 11, 2024, the newly launched spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) boasted a remarkable trading volume of $2.3 billion. However, in a dramatic turn of events later that afternoon, bitcoin’s spot…
Crypto Analyst Reveals Why $0.087 Is A Key Profitable Level To Watch For Dogecoin
Crypto analyst Skew has highlighted a particular price level for Dogecoin (DOGE), which could turn profits for those invested in the meme coin. He also shared his thoughts on price levels to keep an eye on when positioning for entry in anticipation…
What Are Zero-Knowledge Proofs?
Zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) allow crypto network users to verify the validity of a transaction without revealing details of the transaction.
Bitcoin Is A Database
Get ready, brace yourself. Reading this might enrage and confound you, it might confuse you, you might even get mad enough to punch your screen (don’t do that.) Consider this a trigger warning.Bitcoin is a database. Period. That is what it is. The…
Balaji Srinivasan Equates Bitcoin ETF Move to Reversal of FDR’s Historic Gold Seizure
The sanctioning of U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) heralds a transformative shift from a century-long dominance of centralized monetary systems to the emerging realm of decentralized finance, as opined by Balaji Srinivasan, a…
Investment Giant Vanguard Blocks Clients From Buying Bitcoin ETFs
Vanguard, one of the largest asset managers in the world, is preventing customers from buying the newly approved bitcoin ETFs.
Cathie Wood Sees Bitcoin Price Reaching $1.5M by 2030 After ETF Approval
ARK Invest's CEO previously predicted the price to reach $1 million by 2030.
PEPE Breaks Out Of Descending Channel: Analyst Puts These Targets
An analyst has explained that PEPE could be breaking out of a descending channel pattern currently and may be heading towards these targets. PEPE Has Been Breaking Out Of A Descending Parallel Channel Recently In a new post on X, analyst Ali…
Vanguard Reportedly Restricts Customer Access to Spot Bitcoin ETFs
Vanguard, a major player in the investment management industry with over $7 trillion in assets, has taken a surprising stance by blocking customer access to Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), according to multiple reports. The move comes as…
Bitcoin ETFs Stir Optimism, Ambivalence and Dread Among Crypto's Staunchest Supporters
They make the asset class "less of a scary concept" to mainstream audiences, bitcoin advocate Jameson Lopp said.
Bitcoin ETFs Too Small to Affect Broader Investment Landscape, Moody’s Analysts Say
The exchange-traded funds will allow better access to bitcoin through regulated entities and draw institutional investors, but the crypto is still a very small asset class, CoinDesk was told.
Bitcoin ETFs and Wall Street: A Double Milestone
The U.S. listing of ETFs based on spot BTC is more than a milestone for Bitcoin. Noelle Acheson points out that it is also a milestone for Wall Street.
Bitcoin Briefly Tops $49K Before Selling Off as ETF Trading Frenzy Commences
Bitcoin hit its highest price in more than two years Thursday before it fell back to $46,000 as the highly anticipated spot bitcoin ETF debut unleashed volatility.
BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Could Attract a Record $3B Inflow in First Trading Day: CF Benchmarks
The fund saw about $400 million of inflows within 30 minutes of its trading debut, CF Benchmarks said.
Top 8 Crypto Trends That Will Dominate The Market In 2024: Analyst
Renowned analyst Ted (@tedtalksmacro) has offered a detailed forecast for 2024 in the crypto market. His analysis on X (formerly Twitter) touches on several critical points, from macro events, the Bitcoin Halving to fresh liquidity in the market…
Crypto for Advisors: AI, a Strategic Tool for Financial Firms
Lynda Koster from Growthential highlights the importance of strategically adopting and integrating generative AI in business, especially in financial advising, to navigate the evolving technological landscape and maintain a competitive edge.
Surviving The Bull Run
We all have a journey to Bitcoin. Some started as sound money advocates who adored Austrian economics and gold. Others fell out of the TradFi world when they knew something wasn’t quite right. Most Bitcoiners have gone through trials and…
Bitwise launching spot bitcoin ETF (BITB)
Bitwise Asset Management, the largest crypto index fund manager in America, announced today that the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB), the firm’s first spot bitcoin ETF, intends to begin trading today, January 11th. BITB will join Bitwise’s comprehensive…
South Korea Upholds Crypto ETF Ban Amid Country’s Rising Bitcoin Premiums
South Korea persists in its stance against allowing financial institutions to invest in digital currencies, effectively blocking the launch of any crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) within its borders. A representative from the Financial Services…
Coinbase Will Benefit From Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval: Wedbush
The crypto exchange has a dominant role in all but one of the approved ETFs, acting as an issuer or custodian, the report said.
Grayscale’s GBTC Discount Closes to Zero for First Time Since February 2021
Grayscale received the regulatory green light to convert its flagship product into an ETF on Wednesday.
Bitcoin ETF Approval Triggers $1.2 Billion Trading Volume And New Highs For BTC Price
In a highly anticipated move, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved all 11 Bitcoin ETF applications, and the market response has been nothing short of remarkable. The approval has led to significant trading volume and…
Bitcoin ETF Approval Is Historic Moment for BTC, Miners: Analysts
Mining stocks represent an attractive opportunity for investors looking to gain access to the long-term bitcoin adoption trade, the analysts wrote.