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It’s BITO vs. GBTC vs. BTC as Bitcoin ETF Wars Heat Up

Grayscale reiterated its confidence that a “spot ETF” will eventually win approval, even as some analysts argue that market signals suggest otherwise.

The battle of the ETFs is heating up – and it's only just begun. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, modified by CoinDesk)

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Bitcoin Has the Highest Daily Returns Tuesday

Daily average percentage gains for bitcoin peaked last Tuesday, the day ProShares launched its bitcoin futures ETF in the U.S. ProShares hauled in over half of $1 billion of assets in its first day, with over $1 billion in trading, becoming one of the most successful ETF launches ever.

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ProShares Seeks Waiver From CME for Position Limits on New Bitcoin Futures ETF: Report

If CME doesn’t yield, ProShares’ options include shifting assets into later-dated contracts or potentially investing in crypto-related equities.

The New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday as the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (ticker $BITO) started trading. (Cheyenne Ligon/CoinDesk)

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ProShares Files for Exemption, Shiba Inu Hits All-Time High

ProShares files for exemption from Chicago Mercantile Exchange trading limits. Greenidge more than doubles Bitmain mining rig order. Shiba Inu hits an all-time high. We’ll have more on those stories and other news shaping the cryptocurrency and blockchain world in this episode of “The Daily Forkast.”

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CME Takes Over as Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange as BITO Pushes Limits

New data reveals the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) has replaced Binance as the world’s biggest bitcoin futures platform, thanks to the strong investor appetite for the recently launched ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO). "All About Bitcoin" host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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CME Takes Over as Largest Bitcoin Futures Exchange as BITO Pushes Limits

Exchanges enforce positions limits to keep a single entity from establishing unilateral control over the market.

Bitcoin futures exchange rankings by open interest (Skew)

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Bitcoin Tumbles to $63K in Quick Retreat From All-Time High

Despite bullishness among many analysts, the largest cryptocurrency cedes ground after this week’s ETF-fueled rally.

Bitcoin's price chart over past month shows dropoff on Thursday after hitting a new all-time price near $67,000. (CoinDesk)

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More Bitcoin Futures ETFs to Start Trading Tomorrow and Monday

VanEck will join ProShares in launching a bitcoin futures ETF next week. Valkyrie Investments' bitcoin futures ETF has also won the blessing of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to start trading Friday. CoinDesk's Nikhilesh De discusses the outlook for the U.S. ETF landscape as three sponsors of bitcoin futures ETFs have cleared all regulatory hurdles.

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Bitcoin ETFs Aren’t New. Here’s How They’ve Fared Outside the US

A look at how other ETFs around the world have performed and what investors are actually looking for in a bitcoin investment vehicle.

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Contango Conmigo: Why a Bitcoin Futures ETF Could Be a Bloody Ride

Regulators maintain the futures market is a lower-risk way to list bitcoin. But there’s a major catch.

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