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Securities regulators are poised to approve ether (ETH) futures ETFs for trading in the U.S., Bloomberg reported Thursday.Several firms have applied to list these exchange-traded funds, which would hold derivatives contracts tied to ether – rather than ether itself. But they need the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's blessing, something Bloomberg said might be imminent.There…

Despite a sharp 20% drop in price, U.S.-listed spot ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw net inflows of nearly $49 million on Monday, indicating strong demand. Meanwhile, some pointed to the resilience of the Ethereum network in the face of the price drop, indicative of strong fundamentals. U.S.-listed spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded net

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter, putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day.Latest Prices(CoinDesk)Top StoriesBitcoin tested a return to $60,000 during the Asian morning on Friday before retreating to trade around $59,000. BTC has gained about 2% in the last

Jan 28, 2020 at 21:00 UTCA former senior official with the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) believes the nation should join a global conversation about regulating stablecoins, with a particular focus on the Libra stablecoin.Min Zhu, former deputy governor at the PBoC, said China should join other nations in regulating the Facebook-led Libra stablecoin, according…

An airdrop of tokens to early adopters of the new Sei blockchain turned into a crypto-market disappointment on Thursday, as recipients appeared to dump their holdings while complaints flooded X (formerly Twitter) about the scantiness of the allocations.The SEI token tumbled 24% over the past 24 hours, according to CoinGecko, pushing the market capitalization to…

Which pays more: a two-year Taiwanese government bond, or a prediction market contract about the potential invasion of Taiwan by China?Taiwan government bond yields (Investing.com)Turns out it's the prediction market contract."No" shares on crypto-based platform Polymarket are trading at 92 cents, which means that should China not invade Taiwan by the end of the year

Jan 9, 2020 at 20:02 UTCUpdated Jan 9, 2020 at 20:19 UTCPanama City image via ShutterstockDeribit is moving to warmer waters, citing regulatory concerns.Announced Thursday, the Amsterdam-based crypto derivatives exchange will operate out of Panama as DRB Panama Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of current platform Deribit B.V., beginning Feb. 10. The company claimed the Netherlands’…

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Former president Donald Trump's alleged plan to make bitcoin a strategic reserve asset doesn't align with crypto's values, the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal wrote. Trump said at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville last week that bitcoin stands for freedom and independence from the government, among other things, but that view doesn't align