‘It’s absurd’: From Morgan Stanley to the state of Wisconsin, here’s who just poured billions into Bitcoin ETFs More than 900 firms at least $100 million in size bought into spot Bitcoin ETFs. Fortune · May 20, 2024
Multi-Billion Asset Manager Hightower Advisors Discloses BTC ETFs Stash, Majority From Grayscale Hightower Advisors has invested millions into spot Bitcoin ETFs, highlighting the growing interest among traditional financial entities in the emerging funds that have shown sustained popularity since they began trading in January. International Business Times · May 7, 2024
Bitcoin Will Pass $250K, Central Banks Will Jump In Before Next Halving: Bitwise CIO Bitwise's Matt Hougan is very bullish about the path Bitcoin will take in the next four years, even with not much movement from the world's largest digital asset since its halving event. International Business Times · Apr 25, 2024
Bitcoin On The Way To $85K? Layer-2 Tokens Shine As BTC Adds $3K Bitcoin recently completed its fourth halving, and while the price wasn't moved by enthusiasm from Bitcoiners, it has since picked up pace and even hit $67,000. International Business Times · Apr 23, 2024
ARK Invest, 21Shares Up Transparency With Chainlink Integration For Bitcoin ETF ARK Invest and 21Shares has followed in Bitwise's footsteps, announcing they will disclose their spot BTC EFTs reserves through Chainlink's reserve proof platform. International Business Times · Feb 29, 2024
Bitwise Leads The Pack, Discloses Wallet Address For Bitcoin ETF Holdings Bitwise's latest move is in line with the fundamental principles of Bitcoin, which prioritize transparency and open verification. Disclosing addresses allows investors and regulators to independently validate asset holdings and transaction flows. International Business Times · Jan 25, 2024
BlackRock's IBIT Breaks The Billion Barrier: Top Executive Sheds Light On Inflow Surge BlackRock's IBIT made a rare feat in the history of exchange-traded funds when it reached more than $1 billion in inflows within its first four days of trading. International Business Times · Jan 18, 2024
Investor Confidence Swings To BlackRock With IBIT's $700M Net Inflow, Grayscale Bleeds All other spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen about $1.9 billion in net inflows, excluding GBTC. International Business Times · Jan 18, 2024
Bitcoin ETF Fee War Persists As BlackRock, ARK 21Shares Cut Fees Ahed Of SEC Decision The fee war in the Bitcoin ETF is expected since the SEC is anticipated to approve multiple applications simultaneously and issuer will offer the best fee to get the market share. International Business Times · Jan 10, 2024
Bitcoin ETF battles escalate as issuers including BlackRock and Cathie Wood’s ARK set fees and offer waivers All signs point to the SEC approving the long-awaited crypto investment vehicle this week. Fortune · Jan 8, 2024
ARK, Bitwise Battle For Lowest Bitcoin ETF Fee; No Charge For First 6 Months With the final S-1 forms of some hopeful spot Bitcoin ETF issuers already submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the industry now has an idea of which crypto investment vehicle will offer the lowest fee. International Business Times · Jan 8, 2024
Grayscale, ARK21, Others File Registration Form, Analyst Expects Imminent Bitcoin ETF Decision The submission of Form 8-A suggests that the SEC's decision is imminent, but it does not necessarily imply approval. International Business Times · Jan 4, 2024
Bitwise Reveals Crucial Spot Bitcoin ETF Amendment That Beats BlackRock's Bitwise, one of the aspiring companies in the race, has recently submitted its updated S-1 Form, revealing its planned $200 million seed investment for its spot BTC offering. International Business Times · Jan 1, 2024
SEC Increases Number Of Meetings With Spot Bitcoin ETF Applicants As Deadline Nears Last week, the SEC reportedly called every applicant and offered them two choices: amend their filings by including cash creation and redemption model or else wait. International Business Times · Dec 25, 2023
International Business Times · Dec 14, 2023 Bitwise Predicts Bitcoin To Surpass $80,000 Amid ETF Anticipation And DTCC Listing Bitwise predicts Bitcoin to hit a record high surpassing $80,000 next year, crediting this surge to two main factors: the Bitcoin Halving event and the upcoming launch of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) in the U.S.
International Business Times · Dec 14, 2023 SEC's First Wave Of Bitcoin ETF Approval Hinted At In Invesco's Updated S-1 Form, Says Analyst In its recent filing, the spot Bitcoin ETF registration underlined that it will only use cash creations in response to the SEC's instruction to use the cash redemption model.
International Business Times · Dec 5, 2023 SEC Gave Multiple Bitcoin ETF Applicants 'Same Or Very Similar Instructions': ETF Analyst On the eve of the potential approval of multiple spot Bitcoin ETF filings, rumor has it that the major issue now concerns whether the SEC would allow in-kind creations.
International Business Times · Nov 30, 2023 FTX Wins Court Approval To Sell Nearly $900M Worth Of Grayscale, Bitwise Trust Assets FTX's stakes in these trusts would be sold in a manner that increases their value and does not impact the broader digital investment market, the court filing read.
Zenger · Sep 1, 2023 Bitwise CIO Pushes SEC To Give The Nod To All Bitcoin Spot ETF Applications Cathie Wood, another contender in the Bitcoin ETF arena, also believes the SEC may greenlight more than one ETF in a single sweep.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 10, 2023 Bitwise bankruptcy ends plan for tech-training venture on South Side The California-based firm closed abruptly, laying off 900 people, and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy amid several lawsuits and a report of an FBI probe.
Los Angeles Times · Jun 15, 2023 Bounced paychecks, frozen 401(k)s — How Fresno's 'shining star' let down the people it aimed to serve In retrospect, the signs that trouble was brewing for Bitwise Industries had been piling up for months.
Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 28, 2023 Tech training center to open in Greater Grand Crossing California’s Bitwise Industries is opening a facility in Chicago to train apprentices after getting $80 million in new funding. It hopes to hire 100 people in a year.
Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 14, 2022 Nonprofit wants to bring tech workforce hub to Greater Grand Crossing with help of $10M prize Comer Education Campus is one of six finalists for the Pritzker Traubert Foundation $10 million Chicago Prize 2022.