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Policy

U.S. SEC Calls for Comments on Spot ETH ETFs

The Securities and Exchange Commission has opened up comment periods for ETF applications for Grayscale, Fidelity and Bitwise.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler says the agency's court loss led to bitcoin ETF approvals. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Markets

Ether Could Run to $10,000 or Higher This Year on Numerous Catalysts: Bitwise

Bitcoin has already climbed to new all-time high while ether is lagging, but previous market cycles suggest change is coming.

ETH price on March 7 (CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin ETF Buying Led by Retail, Hedge Funds, FAs; Larger Players Still to Come: Bitwise CIO

The large U.S. wirehouses have yet to offer the newish funds to their clients, Matt Hougan told CNBC.

Scrabble letters spelling ETF arranged a rack

Videos

How Small Bitcoin ETF Issuers Will Compete With the Likes of BlackRock

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan and VanEck head of digital assets research Matthew Sigel join Unchained to discuss their approaches towards selling their products in the market, the challenges of competing with larger firms like BlackRock and Fidelity, the fee wars and where those are headed, the importance of specialist expertise in the crypto investment space, and how bitcoin prices might react to all the new supply in the market. 

Unchained

Videos

Massive Crypto Options Expiry Looms; Bitwise Becomes First Spot ETF Issuer to Provide Wallet Address

"CoinDesk Daily" host Amitoj Singh breaks down the biggest crypto headlines impacting the industry today, as billions of dollars worth of bitcoin and ether options are set to expire on Deribit. Plus, the latest earnings report implies Tesla's (TSLA) bitcoin holdings remain unchanged. And, Bitwise becomes the first spot bitcoin ETF issuer to share its digital wallet address with the public.

Recent Videos

Finance

Ben Franklin's Laser Eyes Suggest a Tough – and Quirky – Battle for Bitcoin ETFs

Franklin Templeton, the $1.5 trillion asset manager, gave its famous logo a glowing, crypto-y tweak after the SEC approved bitcoin ETFs, possibly girding for a tough battle with BlackRock and other Wall Street giants.

Franklin Templeton has joined the race to launch an ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF). (Franklin Templeton via X)

Markets

Bitcoin Rebounds Above $44K as Spot BTC ETF Approval Looks Increasingly Likely

Reports swirled Thursday that the SEC was giving final comments to issuers and may approve multiple spot-based bitcoin ETF applications very soon.

Bitcoin price today (CoinDesk)

Finance

Amid Bitcoin ETF Race, Wall Street Giants Dot Their Bureaucratic I's as Likely SEC Action Looms

BlackRock, Fidelity and Invesco want all their ducks in a row should the SEC grant approvals early in the new year.

Gary Gensler's SEC must now decide what to do about multiple applications for BTC and ETH ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)