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Grayscale’s High ETF Fee Keeps the Cash Flowing In Even as Investors Withdraw

Grayscale’s fee revenue from GBTC is nearly five times higher than BlackRock’s from IBIT even after a 50% decline in assets under management.

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BlackRock Highlights Bitcoin’s Unique Properties as Approved IBIT Options Could Cement Risk-Off Status

BlackRock's latest report shows that bitcoin has a very low correlation to U.S. equities on a trailing six-month basis.

Chart of BTC, S&P 500 and Gold performance since Aug. 5. (TradingView)

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Harris Admin to 'Encourage' AI and Digital Assets; Core Scientific Gets Buy Rating From Canaccord

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as Kamala Harris showed love to digital assets in her first remarks to donors in NYC. Plus, U.S. SEC approved the list of physically settled options tied to BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF, and Canaccord initiated coverage of Core Scientific with a buy rating.

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BlackRock Bitcoin ETF Options to Set Stage for GameStop-Like 'Gamma Squeeze' Rally, Bitwise Predicts

Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approved the list of of physically settled options tied to BlackRock's spot Bitcoin ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT).

(Jim Henderson, modified by CoinDesk)

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Brian Armstrong, ETF Experts Shoot Down 'Paper Bitcoin' Rumors

Some online chatter has suggested Coinbase is issuing bitcoin IOUs to BlackRock, which ultimately was manipulating the price of crypto lower.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

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BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF Monday Posted First Net Inflows in 14 Days

The iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), the largest of the bitcoin exchange-traded funds by assets-under-management, drew $15.8 million of new money yesterday.

Price rising charts markets indices (Unsplash)

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Tokenized Treasury Funds Pass $2B Market Cap on BlackRock’s Explosive Growth

Less than five months after hitting $1 billion in market capitalization, tokenized Treasury notes have doubled in size again, crossing the $2 billion level on Saturday, according to data from RWA.xyz. BlackRock’s USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund is a big driver in the soaring market cap of the notes as the BUIDL fund became the largest tokenized Treasury fund just six weeks after its late launch in March. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents the "Chart of the Day."

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BlackRock Lists Ethereum ETF on Brazilian Stock Exchange

The company earlier this year listed its iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF in the South American country.

BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust (ETHA) coming to Brazil’s B3 exchange (Unsplash)

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Ether ETFs Have Bled Money, but That's Not the Whole Story

BlackRock's ETHA and other Ethereum funds have collected billions of dollars worth of inflows. Massive outflows from the Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) have overshadowed that, though.

Grayscale's outflows overshadow big inflows from the rest of the ether ETFs. (Fineas Anton/Unsplash)

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Tokenized Treasury Funds Pass $2B Market Cap Amid BlackRock’s Explosive Growth

BlackRock's BUIDL has quickly topped $500 million in market cap.

Tokenized Treasury funds passed $2 billion in market cap on Saturday. (Source: RWA.xyz)