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Volatility Shares 2x Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITX), the first leveraged bitcoin ETF in the U.S., started trading on Tuesday, witnessing $5.5 million of volume on its first day, according to data from Bloomberg. Maple Head of Growth and Capital Markets Quinn Thompson shares his reaction, along with the potential market implications for a U.S. spot bitcoin ETF.

28 jun 2023

Hut 8 Mining has secured up to $50 million in loans from Coinbase Credit to fund its operations. Jaime Leverton, CEO of the North American digital asset miner, joins "First Mover" to discuss working with Coinbase Credit and what the loans will be used for. Plus, Leverton's insights on the state of crypto mining and outlook on bitcoin (BTC) as major players like Compute North and Core Scientific have previously filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

28 jun 2023

Open interest in futures tracking Bitcoin Cash (BCH) tokens has surged to May 2021 levels as the Bitcoin offshoot network experiences a revival of activity and value. The Bitcoin offshoot network is becoming one of the top performing tokens above the 1 billion dollar market cap, likely a result from the network upgrade and listing on exchange EDX Markets. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of The Day."

27 jun 2023

Apple is expected to remove Damus, a Twitter-like app popular with bitcoiners, from its App Store for reportedly violating the company’s in-app purchase guidelines, according to Damus founder William Casarin. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest developments after the app went live in the App Store earlier this year.

27 jun 2023

Robinhood (HOOD) has shed 7% of its full-time staff, or about 150 employees, in a third round of layoffs since April 2022, according to The Wall Street Journal. This comes as the trading platform delists Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC) and Solana (SOL), tokens that the SEC named as securities in its recent lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. "The Hash" discusses Robinhood's recent business decisions.

27 jun 2023

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the top crypto stories making headlines, including a federal judge denying FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's pretrial motions to dismiss criminal charges. Fidelity is reportedly expected to submit a spot bitcoin ETF filing. And, Robinhood is ending support for three tokens on Tuesday.

27 jun 2023

The European Union (EU) secured a political deal on new bank-capital legislation, including for crypto assets, after lawmakers sought “prohibitive” rules to keep unbacked crypto out of the traditional financial system. "The Hash" discusses the plan which includes a "transitional prudential regime for crypto assets."

27 jun 2023

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a mid-morning price surge after The Block reported asset management giant Fidelity was preparing to file for a spot bitcoin ETF. A Fidelity Investments spokesperson told CoinDesk “we are not able to confirm or share an update.” "The Hash" panel weighs in on the recent flurry of spot bitcoin ETF filings from traditional finance giants in the U.S.

27 jun 2023

Circle’s co-founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire said in an interview with Bloomberg that he expects the new wave of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to be approved as “past concerns” of regulators are being addressed. "First Mover" hosts Jennifer Sanasie and Lawrence Lewitinn discuss whether the latest flurry of TradFi giants' applications could be approved by the SEC.

27 jun 2023

Robinhood (HOOD), the popular trading platform, is ending support for Cardano (ADA), Polygon (MATIC) and Solana (SOL), three tokens that the SEC named securities in its recent lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase. OANDA Senior Market Analyst of The Americas Edward Moya discusses what Robinhood's delisting of these tokens could mean for bitcoin (BTC).

27 jun 2023