This will be the first year in Bitcoin's history where the annual security budget as % of market cap will be higher than the year before (from 1.8% to 1.9%)
The security budget is the amount miners earn for securing the network. When this value is high, 51% attacks are expensive and vice versa — link
Invesco & Galaxy name Virtu and JP Morgan as brokers for their Bitcoin spot ETF, it will be waiving fee for first six months and for first $5b in assets; WisdomTree names Jane Street as AP — @JSeyff | @EricBalchunas
Читать полностью…Valkyrie names Jane Street and Cantor Fitzgerald as Bitcoin-ETF brokers — @EricBalchunas
Читать полностью…In 2023, the crypto market cap soared from $840 billion in Jan to $1.6 trillion by Dec, rebounding from the Nov 2022 low caused by FTX's bankruptcy fallout. Bitcoin notably rose over 125% YTD, with a general upswing in most cryptocurrencies since the start of the year — link
Читать полностью…Canadian crypto exchange Catalyx suspends trading, withdrawals following 'security breach' — link | tl;dr
Читать полностью…Crypto VC funding plummeted by 68% in 2023 to $10.7 billion, compared to the $33.3 billion invested in 2022. Still, total investment in 2023 outpaces prior bear markets, exceeding the $6.4 billion invested in 2019 and 2020 — link
Читать полностью…MicroStrategy has acquired an additional 14,620 BTC for ~$615.7 million at an average price of $42,110 per Bitcoin between Nov 30 and Dec 26 — link | saylor
Читать полностью…Japan seeks to exempt companies from tax on unrealized crypto gains: reports — link | tl;dr
Читать полностью…SEC tells spot Bitcoin ETF hopefuls to make final changes by year-end -Reuters sources — link
Читать полностью…SEC admits it made inaccurate statements in Utah lawsuit against crypto startup DEBT Box — link
Читать полностью…SEC may notify approved ETF issuers by early next week, ahead of January 10 launch: Reuters — link | tl;dr
Читать полностью…U.S. prosecutors say they do not plan to proceed with a second trial against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried - court filing — link
Читать полностью…Fidelity names Jane Street as AP, indicates its fee will be 0.39% — @EricBalchunas
Читать полностью…Bitcoin futures strategy ETF listed today after filing one year ago —Cyber Hornet S&P 500® and Bitcoin 75/25 Strategy ETF $ZZZ — link
Читать полностью…Japan's Monex to buy majority stake in Canada's 3iQ Digital Holdings to boost crypto unit — link
Читать полностью…U.S. judge rules in favor of SEC on claim that Terraform Labs and founder Do Kwon offered and sold unregistered securities — link | court ruling
Читать полностью…India’s Financial Intelligence Unit issues compliance notices to offshore crypto exchanges including Binance, Kraken — link
Читать полностью…This Friday 8 AM UTC, 177K $BTC are set to expire on Deribit with a notional value of $7.65 billion.
Max pain price $33,000, put/call ratio: 0.66
Barry Silbert and Mark Murphy have resigned from the board of Grayscale Investments, Mark Shifke will succeed Silbert as chairman — link | link
Читать полностью…Hashdex names BitGo as Bitcoin ETF custodian as applicants continue SEC meetings — link
Читать полностью…Bulgaria ends investigation into crypto lender Nexo, finding no criminal activity — link
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