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Bitcoin ETF Looks Very Likely Given These Bureaucratic SEC Steps

We see a 98% chance of approval in the next couple of weeks and the high likelihood of a Bitcoin rally to follow.

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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)

Finance

JPMorgan CEO's Bitcoin Bashing Is a 'Do as I Say, Not as I Do' Situation

Jamie Dimon's bank agreed to play a key role with BlackRock's proposed bitcoin ETF, just weeks after he told U.S. senators: "I've always been deeply opposed to crypto, bitcoin, etc."

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon sees eye-to-eye with longtime Wall Street critic Sen. Elizabeth Warren on distrusting crypto.  (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Finance

BlackRock, Valkyrie Name Authorized Participants Including JPMorgan for Bitcoin ETF

BlackRock will use J.P. Morgan and Jane Street as their authorized participants. Valkyrie has also named Jane Street in addition to Cantor Fitzgerald.

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Markets

Bitcoin ETF Approval Tipped to Be 'Sell The News' Event: CryptoQuant

Bitcoin could fall to as low as $32,000 next month if an ETF is approved.

Bitcoin price could fall to $32,000 next month (Unsplash)

Videos

A Look Back at the State of Crypto Regulation in 2023

2023 was an eventful year for the digital assets industry. Ripple won a partial victory against the SEC, TradFi giants like BlackRock entered the spot bitcoin ETF race and FTX founder Sam Bankman Fried was found guilty of fraud. Blockchain Association Director of Government Relations Ron Hammond discusses how the crypto regulation has changed in the past 12 months. Plus, his outlook on upcoming regulatory developments in 2024.

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Videos

Michael Saylor Speaks Out on Spot Bitcoin ETFs; How Bitcoin Could Hit $160K Next Year

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest crypto headlines shaping the industry today, including what MicroStrategy's Executive Chairman Michael Saylor thinks about the highly-anticipated spot bitcoin ETFs. Representatives from BlackRock, Nasdaq, and the SEC met for the second time. And, a slurry of catalysts could catapult bitcoin to $160,000 next year.

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Videos

How PayPal, Visa and BlackRock View Crypto in 2023

Major players in the traditional finance sector including PayPal, Visa and BlackRock jumped head first into crypto this year. "CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie takes a closer look into how TradFi views digital assets in 2023.

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Markets

BlackRock, Nasdaq, SEC Met Regarding Bitcoin ETF

This is the second meeting in a month between the parties about rule changes required to list the bitcoin ETF.

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

Markets

BlackRock Revises Spot Bitcoin ETF Proposal Ahead of Hoped-for SEC Approval

BlackRock's ETF proposal now includes cash redemptions, a concession to the SEC that may improve the fund's approval odds.

Larry Fink on Fox News (Fox Business)