Peter Thiel goes big on Bitmine stock: should you invest in Tom Lee’s firm too?

Bitmine Immersion Technologies Inc (BMNR) opened nearly 20% up on Wednesday after Peter Thiel revealed a 9.1% stake in the Ether treasury company. The billionaire investor has built a sizable stake in the Tom Lee-chaired business at a time when ETH-linked assets are rallying hard on optimism tied to the Senate’s recent approval of the […]

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SharpLink bets big on ETH with $463M treasury pivot

SharpLink, a Nasdaq-listed firm now holds more ETH than any public company, staking 95% to generate passive yield for shareholders and boost Ethereum’s security. SharpLink Gaming announced on June 13 that it has acquired 176,270.69 Ether (ETH) tokens for $462,947,816,…

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Blockchain firm BTCS Inc. buys 1,000 ETH via Crypto.com

U.S.-based blockchain firm BTCS Inc. has increased its Ethereum holdings with the acquisition of 1,000 more Ether tokens worth $2.63 million via Crypto.com. BTCS Inc., a Nasdaq-listed blockchain company betting big on Ethereum (ETH), added another 1,000 ETH to its…

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Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin discusses new Ether treasury strategy, cites Michael Saylor’s influence

Joe Lubin, a prominent long-time advocate for cryptocurrency and a co-founder of Ethereum, has revealed that a pivotal dinner conversation with Michael Saylor, significantly influenced his decision to launch a firm dedicated to investing in Ethereum’s native currency, Ether (ETH).

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21Shares to Liquidate Two Bitcoin and Ether Futures ETFs Amid Market Downturn

The firm is liquidating its ARK 21Shares Active On-Chain Bitcoin Strategy ETF and ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy ETF amid the downturn.

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Real Estate Firm Propy Is Rolling Out Crypto-Backed Loans to Buy Houses

Bitcoin and ether holders can get loans to acquire tokenized properties — and use their crypto as collateral.

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Michael Sonnenshein, Ex-Grayscale CEO, Joins Tokenization Firm Securitize as COO

Sonnenshein left asset management firm Grayscale, issuer of spot bitcoin and ether ETFs, earlier this year.

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Grayscale Tips Solana Adoption as SOL Outperforms Ether This Year

Assets management firm Grayscale expects Solana’s (SOL) rise to continue as it outperforms major crypto assets. In a recent market report, the firm noted that Solana trumped Ethereum this year due to meme coin trading on the network.

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Hong Kong gaming firm swaps $49M Ether in treasury for Bitcoin

With the latest acquisition, Boyaa Interactive has 3,183 Bitcoin in its stash, up from 2,635 at the end of September.

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Major Institutional Adoption Boost As Australia’s First Spot Ether ETF Set To Launch On Tuesday

Australia-based asset management firm Monochrome is set to launch the nation’s first spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund on the global listing exchange Cboe following Ether’s much-awaited arrival on American exchanges.

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Australia’s First Spot Ether ETF to Go Live on Tuesday

The launch of Monochrome Ethereum ETF follows the crypto investment firm's spot bitcoin ETF, which went live in August.

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Monochrome’s First Spot Ether ETF to Go Live on Tuesday

The launch of Monochrome Ethereum ETF follows the crypto investment firm's spot bitcoin ETF, which went live in August.

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Crypto law firm loses appeal to force SEC’s hand on Ether classification

Hodl Law sued the SEC in 2022, claiming it could face the regulator’s ire for using Ethereum and wanted a court to force it to decide if ETH is a security.

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Wallet Linked to Nomad Bridge Hack Transfers $36M of Ether to Tornado Cash

A wallet linked to the $200 million hack of the Nomad bridge in 2022 transferred 14,500 ETH to sanctioned coin-mixing service Tornado Cash, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield.

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Ethereum price will be ‘sensitive’ to ETF inflows in the coming days — Kaiko

Another firm estimates that Ether’s price will rise no more than 24% by the end of 2024 due to underwhelming demand for the spot ETFs.

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Mega Whale Transfers $50 Million Worth Of Ethereum As Spot ETH ETFs Inch Closer To Listing

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Fidelity discloses $4.7 million seed investment for its spot Ether ETF

Fidelity has amended its S-1 filing for a spot Ethereum ETF, according to documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday. The asset management firm is the first to file an amended S-1 Registration Statement with…

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Is Standard Chartered setting up a Bitcoin, Ether trading desk?

A Standard Chartered representative told Cointelegraph that the firm has been working with regulators to support institutional clients’ demand for trading BTC and ETH.

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Payrolls-Led Bitcoin, Ether Price Swoon Is 'Buy the Dip' Opportunity, Crypto Trading Firm Says

Markets will increasingly price in at least one Fed interest-rate cut for 2024, QCP Capital said.

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Bitcoin, Ether Little Changed Over Weekend After $400M Liquidation Rout

The week ahead could boost market volatility with the CPI release on Wednesday, the FOMC meeting on Thursday, and a speech from Janet Yellen on Friday, one firm said.

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Ethereum Co-Founder Predicts Supply Crunch From ETFs, This Is The Price Target

Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and CEO of blockchain technology firm Consensys, has expressed that the potential approval of spot Ethereum ETFs by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could lead to significant supply constraints for Ether.

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Crypto Trading Firm Wintermute to Provide Liquidity for Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs

Looking to strengthen its market share in the Asia region, Wintermute will become a liquidity provider to the recently launched Hong Kong-listed spot bitcoin and ether exchange-traded funds.

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XRP, Ether, Cardano, SOL, Shiba Inu to Activate New Price Explosions as Key Metrics Suggest Crypto Winter is Over

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Grayscale Submits Revised Application For Ethereum Spot ETF – What’s New?

Asset management firm Grayscale Investments has updated its application for an Ethereum spot ETF (exchange-traded fund) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ethereum Spot ETF Case Just As Solid As Bitcoin’s, Grayscale Argues According to a recent post on X by Craig Salm, Grayscale’s chief legal officer, the asset management firm has revised its 19b-4 form for an Ether spot ETF.

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Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Fund Queitly Made A Monster Bet On Bitcoin, Ether Before Price Jump

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Wrapped Ether (WETH) Design Bugs Unveiled by Analyst

Stephen Tong, co-founder of blockchain security firm Zellic, found bugs in most popular smart contract ever

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Ethereum Merge Had ‘All the Ingredients of a Scammer’s Dream,’ Chainalysis Exec Says

Eric Jardin, cybercrime research lead at blockchain firm Chainalysis, discusses how scammers were able to capitalize on the second biggest blockchain’s transition and how $2 million in Ether was swindled from the blockchain’s ecosystem.

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Ethereum whales scooped 3.5 million ETH in 30 days: Santiment

Ethereum whales with 1 million or more of Ether in their wallets added 3. 5 million tokens, or over $4. 5 billion worth of ETH in 30 days. Santiment, a market intelligence firm covering on-chain and social metrics for over 2,500 cryptocurrencies, says more whales have bought Ether, the native token on the Ethereum blockchain.

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First Mover Asia: Crypto Trading Firm Amber CEO Argues Bitcoin Can Still Be an Inflation Hedge; Cryptos' Surprising Rebound

Michael Wu says that bitcoin offers “a better form” of storing value than any previous type of asset and that ether provides great value as a “tech infrastructure investment.”

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MakerDAO [MKR]: Liquidation fears looming, thanks to...

Blockchain analytics firm PeckShieldAlert informed the community on Twitter today (19 September) that a certain vault on MakerDAO was actively under the threat of liquidation as Ether’s price dippedThe post MakerDAO [MKR]: Liquidation fears looming, thanks to... appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Ethereum Merge May Not Be Immediately Deflationary, Crypto Trading Firm QCP Says

The Merge is likely to cause a drastic reduction in ether's supply, making it a deflationary asset. However, the low network usage may delay the expected bullish effect.

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Bitcoin, Ether Consolidate as Traders Eye U.S. Jobs Report to Gauge Next Fed Rate Hike

Instead of looking to the broader rate path, or the terminal rate, markets are back to trading the September 2021 FOMC odds - whether they will hike 50 or 75 basis points, one trading firm said.

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Bitcoin, Ether Consolidate as Traders Eye US Jobs Report to Gauge Next Fed Rate Hike

Instead of looking to the broader rate path, or the terminal rate, markets are back to trading the September 2021 FOMC odds - whether they will hike 50 or 75 basis points, one trading firm said.

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Potential Ethereum Hard Fork Token ETHPOW May Trade at 1.5% of Ether's Price, Futures Suggest

"We can infer how much the market estimates ETHPOW will be worth from simply looking at spot-future basis," one firm said.

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FSInsight: Ether May Well Surpass Bitcoin’s Market Cap in Next 12 Months

If the blockchain’s Merge occurs as planned, the ether issuance rate will drop and daily selling pressure will reduce, the research firm said.

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Crypto-focused venture firm Dragonfly acquires hedge fund: Bloomberg

Amid the grueling bear market for Bitcoin, Ether and altcoins, the cryptocurrency industry is undergoing consolidation.

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Miner Tomorrow Crypto Looks to Go Public Through SPAC Merger

Tomorrow Crypto, a bitcoin and ether mining company, has proposed a merger with Nasdaq-listed blank cheque firm Globalink Investment (GLII).

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Interest in Ether Options Rises to Record as Traders Bet on 'Merge'

"A few hedge fund names have been large buyers of the ETH calls," one trading firm noted.

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21Shares launches S&P risk-controlled Bitcoin and Ether ETPs

Despite crypto markets tanking this year, the Swiss crypto ETP firm 21Shares has seen its new crypto inflows hitting new all-time highs YTD.

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Investment Firm Cypherpunk Holdings Sells All of Its Bitcoin and Ether

The publicly listed firm has transitioned its treasury to cash amid increased market volatility, but it hasn’t ruled out reinvesting in cryptocurrencies when the market settles down.

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Anchorage Digital to Introduce Ether Staking for Institutions as Move to PoS Approaches

The crypto custody firm is enrolling customers for ether staking a few months ahead of Ethereum’s planned transition to a proof-of-stake mechanism.

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Fintech Firm Mogo Forms Ventures Unit to Manage Its Mostly Crypto-Related Investments

Among Mogo’s investments are a 39% stake in crypto exchange Coinsquare, and holdings of bitcoin and ether.

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Deus Finance exploit: Hackers get away with $3M worth of DAI and Ether

Deus Finance had acknowledged the exploit on its lending contract and the CEO of the firm was quick to come up with a reimbursement plan.

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a16z invests in Lido

Andreessen Horowitz is excited to invest in Lido, an effective, decentralized staking platform, according to a post on their website. According to the VC firm, Lido offers one of the easiest ways to stake ether (ETH/USD) and other PoS assets today, while striving for decentralization through the DAO’s governance.

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A16z Investing $70M in Ethereum Staking Provider Lido Finance

The firm also used Lido to stake a portion of a16z Crypto’s ether holdings on the Beacon chain.

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Deribit’s Ether Options Hit All-Time-High Amidst Rising Institutional Interest

Bitcoin and Ether exchange Deribit set a record earlier this week after ETH options on the platform surged to record highs.   ETH Options Surge  As per a tweet by on-chain analytics firm Skew, Deribit surpassed Bitmex, Binance, and newer competitors like ErisX for ether options.

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Bitcoin Suisse: Users Can Now Trade Gold Against Bitcoin and Ethereum

Swiss crypto financial firm Bitcoin Suisse has added gold, silver, and platinum to its platform, allowing users to trade the precious metals against both bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), as well as five other major fiat currencies.

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TD Ameritrade-backed ErisX Crypto Exchange Launches First Physically Settled Ether (ETH) Futures Contracts in the US

ErisX, the Chicago-based crypto derivatives exchange is officially the first to launch physically settled Ether (ETH) futures contracts within the U. S. The TD Ameritrade-backed firm announced on May 11th that it has pioneered these contracts under the regulation of Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

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