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Investors add to crypto positions after “turnaround in sentiment due to lower-than-expected CPI,” CoinShares research head says
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Securitize CEO Carlos Domingo thinks BUIDL will potentially hit its next $500 million milestone in just a few months
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Plus, Trump is headed to the heart of Bitcoinlandia with a speaking appearance at the Bitcoin 2024 conference
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Franklin Templeton has the lowest intended ETH fund fee so far, though a similar advantage did not help it win the race for bitcoin ETF assets
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Bitcoin has us all glued to the charts. Few likely more so than this year’s freshman class of bitcoin ETF buyers.
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Roughly $1.1 billion has left the US spot funds since June 13 as BTC price is down more than 10% in past month
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BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust is on the cusp of passing Grayscale’s GBTC in assets under management
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The fund giant will ultimately offer a bitcoin ETF, Digital Assets Council of Financial Professionals founder says
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Bringing financial products onto the blockchain is “a huge conversation” at most TradFi giants, according to Polygon’s Colin Butler
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BlackRock’s spot bitcoin ETF has seen zero or negative flows nine times since its 71-day net inflow streak ended on April 24
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The vise grip organizations like BlackRock have on bitcoin in order to fill their ETFs is a threat to bitcoin’s adoption
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At least for the near future, the majority of institutional tokenization will take place on closed, permissioned networks
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Though bitcoin ETF flows give a better glimpse of how a segment of the market views crypto, analysts say it’s worth filtering out short-term noise
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The world’s largest asset manager sees BTC fund outflows for the first time, while the most money left Fidelity’s product
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The world’s largest asset manager led a $47 million funding round by a blockchain-focused firm it has worked with before
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Last week marked the third straight week of outflows for US bitcoin funds as demand for the BlackRock and Fidelity products hit a low point
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The iShares Bitcoin Trust saw zero flows Wednesday, according to Farside Investors, after seeing $15.5 billion enter the fund in its first 71 days
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Grayscale’s strategy may not work as well as BlackRock’s similar actions in other ETF segments, Morningstar executive argues
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The US fund segment snapped a five-day net outflow streak on Friday ahead of the bitcoin halving that night
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BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust continues to see daily positive net flows, though its inflow total for a single day hit a new low Wednesday
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The iShares Bitcoin Trust appears poised to soon surpass Grayscale Investments’ GBTC in assets under management
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