🇺🇸 VanEck admits ETF marketing violation, agrees to SEC fine
VanEck will pay a $1.75 million fine to resolve United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges linked to its 2021 launch of a social media-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF). The SEC imposed a civil penalty on the investment adviser. On Feb. 16, the SEC revealed in a statement that during the VanEck Social Sentiment ETF launch in March 2021, VanEck did not fully disclose the participation of a prominent social media personality in marketing the product.
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🥇 Gold ETFs See Massive Outflows as Bitcoin ETFs Surge
Gold-backed ETFs, once the go-to for investors seeking stability, are experiencing a downturn. According to reports from Bloomberg analysts and BitMEX Research, leading gold ETFs have witnessed substantial outflows totaling billions of dollars since the start of 2024. BlackRock’s iShares Gold Trust, for instance, has seen approximately $423 million flee its coffers, highlighting a general trend of disinterest in gold funds.
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🇭🇰 Hong Kong’s crypto futures ETFs experience peak performance amid bitcoin rally
Hong Kong’s three crypto futures exchange-traded funds hit new price highs as bitcoin climbed above $52,000 on Thursday. The CSOP Bitcoin Futures ETF — the first bitcoin futures ETF in Hong Kong — closed up 3.56% on Thursday at HK$20.92 ($2.67), marking an all-time high since its launch in December 2022. The Samsung Bitcoin Futures Active ETF rose by 3.67% to HK$20.32 at the close on Thursday,
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💰 Gold ETFs bleed $2.4B so far in 2024 as Bitcoin ETFs hit record volumes
Gold-tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have lost billions in outflows in 2024, in contrast to ETFs tracking the spot price of Bitcoin. The 14 leading gold ETFs have seen outflows of $2.4 billion so far in 2024, according to an X post from Bloomberg intelligence analyst Eric Balchunas on Feb. 14. Only three had seen minor inflows in 2024: VanEck Merk Gold Shares, FT Vest Gold Strategy Target Income ETF and Proshares UltraShort Gold.
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🇺🇸 US Treasury targets crypto mixers with new tools to counter illicit crypto activities
The US Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism & Financial Intelligence (TFI) wants enhanced tools and authorities to combat illicit fund movements facilitated by crypto. TFI Under Secretary Brian Nelson presented this request in a prepared Feb. 14 statement to the House Financial Services Committee. According to him, the Treasury Department has developed an anti-money laundering framework to address terrorism financing while promoting responsible innovation.
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🪙 Spot ETH ETFs have 50% chance of May approval: Bitwise, Grayscale, Galaxy execs
Executives at three asset management firms agreed during a Feb. 13 panel discussion that pending spot Ethereum ETFs have a 50% chance of approval this May. Dave LaValle, Global Head of ETFs at Grayscale, also placed approval odds at 50% by May. On whether Grayscale would sue the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the event of a rejection, LaValle said: “We’ll have to wait and see how it plays out. We have to look at the facts.”
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💰 Spot Bitcoin ETFs Lead Crypto Investment Surge With Record Inflows
The digital asset investment landscape has witnessed a significant uptick, with spot bitcoin ETFs in the United States capturing the spotlight. The report, authored by Coinshares’ analyst James Butterfill, shows these newly issued investment products not only dominated last week’s inflows but also contributed to a year-to-date influx totaling $2.7 billion. During the previous week, seven-day statistics revealed that IBIT and FBTC attracted the most significant inflows.
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💰 Bitcoin ETFs witness explosive $542 million inflow in a single day
Data compiled by Farside Investors shows that on Feb. 9, the net inflow surged to reach $542 million. BlackRock IBIT accounted for approximately just under half of these net inflows with a staggering $251 million, pushing their total net inflow to a hefty $3.8 billion and increasing their Bitcoin holdings to 87,779, according to Ishares.com. The surge came after another impressive day on Feb. 8, witnessing over $400 million of net inflows, as reported by CryptoSlate.
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🇳🇬 Nigeria urged to regulate cryptocurrency to tackle financial crimes
The Nigerian government would need to regulate cryptocurrency activities to curb financial crimes, especially money laundering, according to Adedeji Owonibi, the Co-founder of A&D Forensics, a Nigerian blockchain intelligence service provider. Owonibi mentioned this on Feb. 9 at a training for cryptocurrency compliance specialists by a Blockchain and Digital Forensic firm. He pointed out that the lack of regulations in Nigeria’s crypto space permits various practices to go unmonitored.
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💰 Bitcoin Records 5 Green Months Amid Accumulation Wave Hitting a 3-Year High
As Bitcoin (BTC) edges closer to the psychological price of $50,000 thanks to heightened bullish momentum, the leading cryptocurrency has been in the green for a couple of months. Bitcoin looks set to close this month on a high, having been in the green for five months, from September 2023 to January this year.
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💰 Bitcoin ETFs Outperform Three Decades of U.S. Launches
Bitcoin Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) achieved a historic milestone by accumulating over $6 billion in assets within their first month of trading, surpassing any ETF launched in the United States in the past three decades. This accomplishment occurred as Bitcoin rose above $47,000, making Bitcoin Spot ETFs the only ones among over 5,500 ETFs to reach such a significant milestone within the initial 17 trading days.
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💰 Bitcoin ETFs Absorb $400 Million In One Day, Surpass $2 Billion Since Launch
Bitcoin spot ETFs recorded $400 million of net inflows on Thursday, bringing their total inflows since launch beyond $2 billion for the first time. In terms of daily flows, Thursday was the third best day yet for Bitcoin ETFs since going live on January 11. Their best performance remains the day of launch when they raked in $655 million in total, followed by January 17 when they absorbed $453 million.
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💰 Bitcoin ETFs (Ex-GBTC) Now Hold More BTC Than MicroStrategy
The recently launched spot bitcoin ETFs, excluding Grayscale's GBTC, added nearly another 5,000 tokens to their holdings Wednesday, and now at more than 192,000 BTC, own more of the crypto than MicroStrategy (MSTR), whose total stood at 190,000 as of the end of January. The funds have only been on the market for less than one month but have already attracted billions of dollars from investors looking to gain exposure to bitcoin without having to buy and store it directly.
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💰 Bitcoin Emerges as 'Flight to Safety' Asset, Outshining Gold, Says Cathie Wood
ARK Invest’s CEO Cathie Wood believes there is a shift in investment trends, specifically, a growing preference for bitcoin over traditional gold investments. This trend has been particularly pronounced following the launch of spot bitcoin ETFs, offering investors streamlined access to the cryptocurrency.
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💰 Bitcoin market cap drops below $1 trillion as price retreats under $51k
Bitcoin’s price retreated below $51,000 to retest critical support levels on Feb. 17 despite holding strong after stronger-than-expected CPI data over the past few days. The flagship crypto was trading at $50,856 as of press time after touching a low of $50,625. The decrease marks a 2.81% drop over the last 24 hours, with Bitcoin’s market capitalization now close to $997.31 billion, slightly below the $1 trillion mark.
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💰 Celsius distributed $2 billion of crypto to creditors, court document shows
Celsius, the crypto lender that filed for bankruptcy in 2022, said in a court document filed Friday that it has distributed most of the crypto owed to its creditors. Celsius started the process at the end of January, and is on track to distribute $3 billion worth of crypto, it previously said. According to the document, Celsius has distributed $2 billion worth of cryptocurrency, transferring 20,255.66 BTC and 301,338.77 ETH to 171,672 creditors.
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💰 MicroStrategy's bitcoin is worth more than $10 billion as cryptocurrency nears $53,000
MicroStrategy's bitcoin holdings eclipsed a total value of $10 billion as the price of the cryptocurrency climbed to nearly $53,000 on Thursday. The company last reported owning 190,000 bitcoin. The price of the world's most popular cryptocurrency by market capitalization rose to $52,803 as of 9:56 a.m. ET on Thursday, according to the The Block Price Page. That put the company's holdings above a value of $10 billion.
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#Bitcoin analysis in the daily time frame:
The price has crossed the important level of $47000 - $52000 and the next main target is expected to be the price of $70000 . Of course, before reaching this price, it is possible that the price will decrease to the specified level and then perform a good pump.
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💰 Peter Schiff Warns of Bitcoin 'Pump and Dump' — Expects to See a 'Massacre'
Economist and gold bug Peter Schiff has warned that the current bitcoin price surge looks like “another classic pump-and-dump.” Noting the significant excitement around the new spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), he expressed his skepticism, stating: “I wonder when the massacre will begin.”.
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💰 Bitcoin Favored in Human Trafficking, Child Exploitation: FinCEN Report
Based on financial firms' government filings in 2020 and 2021, that period saw an upswing in the use of crypto – most commonly bitcoin – in crimes that included human trafficking and the sexual exploitation of children, according to the trend report released by the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). In those two years, the analysis found 2,311 reported uses of crypto in such crimes, amounting to more than $412 million.
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🟠 Binance founder CZ’s sentencing date postponed to late April
The criminal sentencing for Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao has been pushed back to April 30. The “notice of rescheduled hearing” was filed in a Seattle Federal Court on Feb. 12. Zhao was originally due to be sentenced on Feb. 23 after pleading guilty to money laundering charges. He is expected to face as much as 18 months in prison.
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💰 On-chain indicators suggest Bitcoin market is now ‘high risk’ — Glassnode
On-chain indicators assessing Bitcoin’s BTC) value have entered a “high-risk” zone and could mean the cryptocurrency is in the initial stages of a bull market, says the crypto analysis platform Glassnode. In a Feb. 10 X post, Glassnode shared that an indicator to identify Bitcoin’s long-term valuation compared relative to its market value had pushed above the “mid-risk” zone and is firmly in the “high-risk” band.
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🇬🇧 UK’s Planned Stablecoin Rules Need Reworking, Crypto Advocates Say
Crypto industry groups in the U.K. say local regulators’ proposals for supervising stablecoins need reworking. In November, the Bank of England (BoE) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published discussion papers on their plans for regulating crypto pegged to the value of fiat currencies or other steady assets. The industry’s responses to the consultation reveal crypto advocates have mixed feelings about the proposals, saying that there are some good points, but a number of aspects need to be reconsidered.
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🇰🇷 Crypto Platform Haru Invest's Top Executives Arrested for Allegedly Embezzling $826 Million
South Korean authorities have arrested three executives of the crypto yield platform Haru Invest, including the CEO, for their alleged involvement in a massive embezzlement scheme. According to a local news outlet, the Seoul Southern District Prosecutors’ Office’s Joint Investigation Team for Virtual Asset Crimes announced the arrests, accusing the trio of misappropriating virtual assets valued at approximately 1.1 trillion Korean won, or $826 million.
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🪙 Ark and 21Shares amend spot Ethereum ETF with cash creation/redemption policy
Ark Invest and 21Shares amended their joint application for a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) in a Feb. 7 S-1 filing. According to one section, financial firms that are allowed to purchase and redeem ETF shares will only have access to cash creations and redemptions. They will not have access to in-kind creations and redemptions involving ETH.
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💰 MicroStrategy buys $37M Bitcoin bringing holdings to 190,000 BTC
MicroStrategy, the largest publicly traded holder of Bitcoin, says it acquired an additional 850 BTC in January bringing its total holdings to 190,000 BTC — worth $8.1 billion. In its Q4 2023 Feb. 6 earnings call, the business software firm’s chief financial officer, Andrew Kang, said it acquired 56,650 BTC throughout 2023 at an average price of $33,580. MicroStrategy posted a net income of $89.1 million, compared with a loss of $249.7 million in the year prior.
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