SEC Delays VanEck-SolidX Bitcoin ETF Decision to September

The traditional 60/40 portfolio, which ensures growth from equities and bonds that helped manage risk, was the perfect vehicle for the analog economy. Adding bitcoin to a 60/40 portfolio increases the returns as the allocation increases. 01:01 Bitcoin Breaks $64K While Gold Soars 00:56 ETH/BTC Ratio Slid to Lowest Since April 2021 00:57 Is Bitcoin

news The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has updated the main form individual U.S. taxpayers use to report their income to include a question about cryptocurrencies. Following the release earlier this week of the IRS’s long-awaited guidance for reporting crypto-related income, the IRS on Friday circulated a draft of the new Form 1040, Schedule 1, Additional Income and…

The hacker behind July's $230 million WazirX hack has nearly finished laundering the stolen funds, using Tornado Cash to obscure the transactions. Just $6 million worth of ether is left. WazirX has been restructuring following the hack, which compromised over 45% of its reserves, and is facing challenges in fund recovery and criticism for its

This is a developing story and will be updated frequently throughout the day.NEW YORK — Former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison retook the stand on Wednesday, after testifying that her former boss and ex-boyfriend, Sam Bankman-Fried, had directed many of FTX's now-public missteps.Shortly after Ellison resumed her testimony, Judge Lewis Kaplan dealt the defense another

Oct 28, 2020 at 16:54 UTC(Krystian Piątek/Unsplash)“The mempool is a dark forest,” proclaims Ryan Sean Adams, author of the Bankless newsletter. And he goes on to paint a picture of a dangerous place full of predators – arbitrage bots, front-runners and the like:“They hide in the mempool waiting to attack. They monitor any and all…

Sep 16, 2020 at 13:35 UTCBakkt President Adam White (CoinDesk archives)Trading volume in physically delivered bitcoin futures listed on Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform surged to record highs on Tuesday. The derivatives exchange traded record 15,955 contracts, worth more than $200 million. That's up 36% more than the previous lifetime high of 11,706 contracts on July…

Ex-senior executive of failed crypto exchange FTX Ryan Salame kept trying to delay his prison arrival up to the last minute, but a judge decided his dog-bite claims fell short of keeping him from his 7.5-year sentence. An interview Salame did with Tucker Carlson seems to have helped convince the federal judge that he was

With bitcoin (briefly) passing $40,000 for the first time, the question becomes: Will bitcoin crash? Or can it just keep going up?This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io and this week’s special product launch: Stacks.co.Today on the Brief:U.S. President Trump signs order banning Chinese appsInitial jobless claims hold steady at 787,000Elon Musk becomes the world’s richest…

news Star Xu, the founder of cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin, may be seeking a possible backdoor IPO for his firm by buying a majority stake in a Hong Kong-listed company. On Jan. 10, Xu (under his real name Xu Mingxing) filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEX) for approval to buy a 60 percent stake in…