The US authorities shutdown delayed the approval of exchange-traded fund (ETF) filings by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which places the “altcoin ETF floodgates” on maintain. Under its “Operations Plan Under a Lapse in Appropriations & Government Shutdown” published in August, the SEC says it “is not going to evaluate and approve… new monetary…
The success of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and main BTC treasury firms marked one other step within the institutional adoption of crypto. US-traded spot Bitcoin ETFs captured $518 million on Sept. 29 and have collected $57.3 billion in web flows since their launch in January 2024, in accordance with Farside Investors data. BlackRock’s…
Solana spot ETF approvals might come as quickly as next week, with a timeline of Oct. 6-10 representing a practical expectation for the SEC’s approval. As Blockworks reported on Sept. 30, sources at three separate issuers stated that the optimism follows the SEC’s adoption of generic listing standards for crypto exchange-traded merchandise, which eradicated the…
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas stated tokenized stocks are unlikely to pose a serious menace to exchange-traded funds, even as the SEC considers a rule change that might deliver shares of corporations such as Tesla and Nvidia onto crypto exchanges. Balchunas framed the potential change as extra of a comfort for digital asset buyers…
BlackRock has confirmed that its Canadian arm has granted securities lending for the iShares Bitcoin ETF from Aug. 25 after offering traders with the required 60-day discover. The transfer follows disclosure within the June 26 prospectus, which outlined how the fund might have interaction in lending transactions in accordance with Canadian securities legal guidelines. The…
US-listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew greater than $1 billion in internet inflows on Sept. 29, signaling renewed investor confidence after weeks of heavy outflows. The sharp turnaround additionally got here because the broader crypto market sentiment improved and costs staged a notable rebound. Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs outflows Data from SoSoValue…
The Federal Reserve, US market regulators, and world monetary establishments are concurrently recalibrating their insurance policies, making a convergence that’s reshaping the panorama for each conventional and crypto markets. For traders, the ultimate quarter of 2025 presents an atmosphere characterised by shifts in rates of interest, regulatory harmonization, ETF approvals, and the introduction of recent…
Crypto markets shed $300 billion in worth between Sept. 18 and Sept. 28, as overleveraged merchants confronted $7.3 billion in compelled liquidations throughout the interval, exposing the market’s structural vulnerabilities earlier than an anticipated upward motion within the fourth quarter. Total market capitalization plummeted from $4.2 trillion to $3.9 trillion as merchants had their positions…
The fourth quarter of 2025 is poised to be a watershed second for crypto markets, pushed by institutional capital flows by Bitcoin ETFs and essentially the most important regulatory coordination effort in US crypto historical past. The market actions aren’t suggesting simply one other cyclical rally, however a structural shift that could be completely altering…
The US spot Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds) endured a few of the most troublesome days in latest months over the previous week. With the market sentiment flipping and the BTC value stalling, a number of US buyers cashed out on their positions on this planet’s largest cryptocurrency by market cap. After posting robust performances over…