BlackRock has ‘50% chance’ of getting spot Bitcoin ETF approved: Analyst

    Bloomberg’s senior ETF analyst believes BlackRock has an even chance of getting its Bitcoin ETF green-lit, as Grayscale looks more likely to win its case against the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investment management firm BlackRock has a 50% chance of getting its spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) approved, according to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric…

    Riot Platforms to add 33,000 Bitcoin miners ahead of 2024 halving

    The new rigs will add 7.6 EH/s to the firm’s self-mining capacity, but won’t be installed until the first quarter of 2024. Riot Platforms — one of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining companies — has bought 33,280 “next-generation” Bitcoin miners for its Texas facility, costing $162.9 million. The rigs, which were sourced from mining manufacturer MicroBT,…

    Yes, the Secret Service has an NFT collection, and no, it’s not for sale

    Agents from the U.S. Secret Service San Francisco Field Office have answered a burning question about its NFT collection. What does it do? The United States Secret Service has finally shed more light on its bizarre nonfungible token (NFT) collection sitting on OpenSea. The NFT collection was first revealed during a Reddit AMA on May 16, where…

    Rising institutional interest is a ‘bullish’ sign for crypto: SEBA Bank exec

    SEBA Bank exec Nasha Afshar believes that the question of institutions getting into crypto has shifted from “if” to “when,“ indicating growing confidence in the industry. As more institutions go from only showing their interest in the crypto space into actually investing in Web3 projects, getting into crypto turns into a question of “when” rather…

    Immutable’s Gods Unchained launches on Epic Games Store

    The trading card game, which features NFT cards, will now be available to Epic Games’ 230 million customers. Immutable Games’ Web3 trading card game Gods Unchained is now listed on the Epic Games Store and is available to its 230 million customers, according to a June 21 announcement. Gods Unchained is a collectible trading card game…

    ‘The Great Accumulation’ of Bitcoin has begun, says Gemini’s Winklevoss

    With spot Bitcoin ETFs filings helping boost the price of Bitcoin, some suggest the “window to front-run institutional demand is closing.” Recently renewed optimism for an approved Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) is igniting “The Great Accumulation Race” for Bitcoin, according to industry pundits. Over the past week, Fidelity, Invesco, Wisdom Tree and Valkyrie have followed investment giant BlackRock in…