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Demand for bitcoin ETFs continues to grow as outflows from Grayscale decrease, while inflows for BlackRock’s IBIT increase.Some traders, who previously predicted a sell-off following the ETF introductions, now forecast a BTC price of $64,000, citing technical analysis.Inflows into popular spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) products show no signs of slowing, with nearly $630

Dec 7, 2020 at 8:21 p.m. UTCUpdated Dec 7, 2020 at 8:22 p.m. UTCSomeone is happy about a bull market.(wdstock/ iStock/Getty Images Plus)How One Bitcoin Options Trader Turned $638K Into $4.4M in 5 WeeksIn the run-up to the 2017 market peak, stories abounded of traders who bought bitcoin in the spot market just a few…

Oct 9, 2020 at 19:54 UTCUpdated Oct 9, 2020 at 20:04 UTCA handful of Robinhood users who said their accounts had been liquidated by thieves recounted less-than-helpful responses by the personal investing fintech in a Friday report by Bloomberg News.Five customers interviewed by Bloomberg claimed Robinhood acted slowly and responded inadequately to heists against their…

Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.Oliver Knight is a CoinDesk reporter based between London and Lisbon. He does not own any crypto.Join the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 taking place in Austin, Texas, April 26-28.The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has cancelled…

The People's Bank of China (PBoC), the country's central bank, is looking to clamp down on airdrops – free distributions of crypto tokens. In its financial stability report for 2018, released on Friday, the PBoC said that "disguised" initial coin offerings (ICOs) including airdrops continue to grow in number, despite its previous efforts at cracking down…

Just a few days ago, Crowd Machine was working to build a crypto replacement for Amazon Web Services. Today, it is facing questions about its survival. On Saturday, according to a post by the Crowd Machine team, a hacker compromised the company's cryptocurrency wallet and stole a large number of the application's native Crowd Machine…

news The popular wallet service Electrum is soon to add support for bitcoin’s lightning network. Electrum’s founder Thomas Voegtlin told CoinDesk from the BIP001 blockchain event in Odessa, Ukraine, that work on the solution for sending lightning transactions with the Electrum wallet is now close to its official release. While he declined to reveal a specific…

news PayPal co-founder and noted venture capitalist Peter Thiel has backed a $2.1 million seed round for crypto investment startup Layer1, the firm announced Wednesday. Other investors in the round include Digital Currency Group, institutional investor Jeffrey Tarrant and more. Layer1 is a crypto investment and engineering infrastructure platform. However, it also acts as a kind…

Jun 29, 2020 at 19:00 UTCGuests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest. For more episodes and free early access before our regular 3 p.m. Eastern time releases, subscribe with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocketcasts, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Stitcher, RadioPublica, iHeartRadio or RSS. This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace. June…