SEC rejects Grayscale Bitcoin spot ETF, while Jacobi announces the first Bitcoin ETF in Europe

    Bitcoin fell over 5% following the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rejected the Bitcoin spot ETF proposed by Grayscale. The crypto fund has launched a lawsuit against the SEC after the regulator’s denial. Meanwhile, Jacobi Asset Management announced the launch of Europe’s first Bitcoin ETF on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange. Thursday morning, Bitcoin fell…

    ProShares launches Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF

    ProShares, an investment product provider, announced the launch of the US first short Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) that would allow investors to bet on Bitcoin’s decline. The product has launched Tuesday under the ticker BITI. According to Monday’s statement, the ProShares Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF would allow investors to profit from a BTC price decrease…

    Institutional investors keep ‘buying the dip’ totaling $126 million in Bitcoin inflows

    According to Coinshares, about $506 million has been invested in exchange-traded Bitcoin funds since the start of the year, with $126 million of it flowing into ETPs last week. Contrary, Ethereum-based funds saw outflows for a ninth straight week. Bitcoin investment products saw cumulative inflows totaling $126 million over the last week, according to the…

    SEC approves Valkyrie’s Bitcoin futures ETF, the second this year

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved Valkyrie’s futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) application. This is the second futures ETF approved by the SEC this year after Teucrium. However, spot ETFs seem unlikely to happen soon without more regulation, recent developments suggest. According to the SEC document published on May 5, the application was…

    Samsung Group to list Asia’s first blockchain ETF

    Samsung Group’s investment arm is reportedly set to list a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Hong Kong Exchange during the first half of 2022 in a bid to capitalize on growing demand. The ETF will have a structure that is similar to that of BLOK, one of Amplify Holdings’s ETF products. South Korea’s Samsung…

    World’s biggest asset manager BlackRock launches crypto-focused blockchain ETF

    Blackrock, the world’s largest asset manager, has launched a blockchain exchange-traded fund (ETF). The fund, trading on the NYSE Arca, gives investors exposure to “companies that are involved in the development, innovation, and utilization of blockchain and crypto technologies.” The launch comes after Fidelity listed its crypto and metaverse ETFs last week. According to a…