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2024-05-16 19:37:43 Morgan Stanley discloses US spot bitcoin ETF holdings worth over $270 million in filing

Multinational investment bank and financial services company Morgan Stanley disclosed U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund holdings worth over $270 million as of March 31 in a quarterly 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley disclosed holding $269.9 million worth of Grayscale’s converted spot bitcoin ETF — making it the third-largest holder of GBTC shares behind Susquehanna’s $1.1 billion and Horizon Kinetics’s $946 million, according to Fintel data.

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2024-05-16 09:03:01 FTX repayments might cause crypto buying pressure: K33

A Tuesday report from the digital asset brokerage firm K33 suggests that repayments from the collapsed crypto exchange FTX might have bullish effects on the crypto market. "While Mt. Gox and Gemini creditor repayments represent a bearish overhang in the market, FTX’s cash repayment may be viewed as a bullish overhang," K33 wrote in the report.

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2024-05-15 20:28:56 Vanguard appoints Bitcoin-friendly former BlackRock ETF lead as CEO

Investment management firm Vanguard has confirmed the appointment of Bitcoin-friendly former BlackRock executive Salim Ramji as its new CEO and member of the board, effective July 8. Ramji, who has 25 years of experience in the industry, previously led BlackRock’s global exchange-traded fund business, overseeing the launch of its IBIT spot bitcoin ETF in the U.S However, he left the firm in January to “seek a new leadership or entrepreneurial opportunity outside the firm.”.

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2024-05-14 18:49:56 Coinbase’s chief legal officer questions SEC’s Wells process in legal dispute

Coinbase's chief legal officer Paul Grewal criticized the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for deviating from its own Wells notice process, according to his X post on Tuesday. “In a brief to avoid dismissal of its case against Debt Box with prejudice, [the SEC] includes a remarkable admission that it did not follow its own typical Wells process when it refused to tell us what assets would be charged as securities,” wrote Grewal.

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2024-05-14 09:29:57 Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs See $39M Outflows on Monday: Farside Investors

The Hong Kong-listed spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw heavy outflows on Monday following bitcoin’s drop below $61,000 on Friday. The spot bitcoin ETFs from issuers ChinaAMC, Harvest Global, as well as Bosera and Hashkey, saw a combined $32.7 million outflows on Monday, according to data from Farside Investors. This number is significantly higher than previous outflows, which hovered around the $6 million mark.

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2024-05-13 21:25:01 Bernstein argues bitcoin's 'flattish' price action is great for public miners

Analysts at research and brokerage firm Bernstein aren’t worried about the “flattish” price action of bitcoin, arguing that it can be great for miners — when economics are driven by competitive hash-rate wars. “Bitcoin price action has been flattish, but we don't fear any major drawdown here,” Gautam Chhugani and Mahika Sapra wrote in a note to clients on Monday.

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2024-05-12 17:33:43 Bitcoin repeats ‘2016 history perfectly’ amid $350K price prediction — Traders

Bitcoin is replicating the same path as it did after the 2016 Bitcoin halving event, with one indicator signaling it may be nearing its local bottom and another indicating it could reach $350,000 during “the peak” of this cycle, according to crypto traders. Rekt indicates that the reaccumulation range at this point of the cycle is any price below $61,081, which Bitcoin is currently trading below, at $60,901, according to CoinMarketCap data.

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2024-05-11 21:04:58 India Approves Crypto Exchanges Binance and Kucoin as Registered Virtual Asset Service Providers

Cryptocurrency exchanges Binance and Kucoin have successfully registered with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit as Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs), a top official has reportedly confirmed. Both crypto exchanges were previously banned in India due to violations of the country’s anti-money laundering regulations.

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2024-05-11 08:10:46 DOJ taps FRA over Sullivan & Cromwell for Binance's 3-year monitorship: report

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) appointed Forensic Risk Alliance (FRA) to serve as the outside monitor over the crypto exchange Binance, reports Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter. FRA, a London-based providing services in forensic accounting and compliance consulting services, beat out Sullivan & Cromwell to take on the position, Bloomberg adds. Binance must undergo a monitorship of three years as part of its plea deal with the DOJ related to money laundering violations.

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2024-05-10 20:25:27 Bitcoin Advocate Says ASIC Devices’ Inflexibility Makes AI Involvement Unlikely for Bitcoin Miners

According to Joe Downie, the chief marketing officer at Nicehash, bitcoin miners struggling to stay afloat after the halving are unlikely to support or become involved with artificial intelligence (AI). This is because their application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) miners now “only allow for mining on one algorithm.” Furthermore, Downie argued that bitcoin mining devices are not “designed for flexibility,” and hence, they cannot be used to support AI infrastructure.

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