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Finance

VanEck Starts Digital Asset Management Platform and NFT Marketplace

The platform, called SegMint, aims to streamline the sharing of access and ownership of self-custodied assets.

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Markets

VanEck's Bitcoin ETF Records 2,200% Volume Surge in a Day

A sudden trading volume on VanEck’s HODL product seemed “retail armyish,” one analyst said.

Charts indicating a price surge. (Unsplash)

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. 

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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)

Videos

NFT Volume Spikes on Bitcoin and Solana

A new report by VanEck shows that non-fungible token (NFT) volume rose 81% in December of 2023. The asset manager says rising BRC-20 trading on Bitcoin and a 328% increase in NFT volume on Solana are behind the staggering stats. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

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Videos

BlackRock, Other Potential Providers Update Bitcoin ETF Filings; CFTC Turns to DeFi

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines shaping the crypto industry today, including BlackRock (BLK), VanEck and other potential ETF providers filing updated documents within hours of the SEC's response. Plus, the CFTC wants policymakers to look at ways of identifying the individuals involved in DeFi. And, host of CNBC’s Mad Money Jim Cramer said bitcoin was “topping out” just days after he claimed bitcoin was “here to stay.”

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Policy

BlackRock, VanEck and Others Update Bitcoin ETF Filing Within Hours of Quick SEC Response

The filings indicate that the two entities were among the prospective issuers that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sent comments in the past 24 hours.

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

BlackRock, Other Potential Bitcoin ETF Providers Reveal Fees

BlackRock said its fee will start at 0.20%, rising to 0.30%.

BlackRock's corporate office in New York, New York. (Jim.henderson/Wikimedia Commons)

Finance

VanEck to Donate 5% of BTC ETF Profits to Bitcoin Core Developers

The company last year made a similar pledge to Ethereum developers with respect to its ether futures ETF.

Coin jar (Josh Appel/Unsplash)