The London Stock Exchange intends to potentially list Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded notes (ETNs) by the second quarter of this year, as revealed in a Mar. 11 market notice. This followed the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) approval for Recognised Investment Exchanges (RIEs) to establish a listed market segment dedicated to crypto asset-backed ETNs, according
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Bitcoin setting a new all-time high and breaking above $72,000 is a significant milestone for the market. Riding the wave of increased institutional interest in spot Bitcoin ETFs, it smashed through the $68,000 ceiling established in November 2021 after a brief correction to $59,000 and seems to be gearing up for more gains this week.
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ETF net inflows hit $472m in strong week. GBTC outflows hit $10bn, nearly overtaken by new 9. BlackRock to allow more funds to buy BTC ETFs. Rumours still of Qatar buying amid Bukele meeting.

Ethereum-based Hex’s (eHEX) market capitalization plummeted by more than $1 billion after Richard Heart, the controversial figure behind the project, described it as an illegitimate version. Heart’s controversial statement In an extensive Mar. 10 post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), Heart renounced eHEX, affirming that only the HEX on Pulsechain was genuine. According
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Former US President Donald Trump said that Bitcoin is an “additional form of currency” that has “taken on a life” of its own, and he has no intention of stopping people from using it. Trump made the statement during an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box on March 11. His comments come amid a backdrop of
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MicroStrategy has increased its Bitcoin stash to more than 200,00 after acquiring 12,000 Bitcoin for $821 million between Feb. 26 and Mar. 10, according to a Mar. 11 SEC filing. This purchase was primarily financed by the net proceeds from its recent convertible debt offering, alongside excess cash reserves. With this purchase, MicroStrategy has acquired
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In a recent shift of perspective, Bloomberg analysts have significantly lowered the forecast for the approval of a spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF) by May — setting the probability at a mere 35%. According to Eric Balchunas, the odds are down sharply from previous estimates, which ranged between 60% and 70%. The revision reflects growing
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It’s a milestone that Bitcoin has seen often since the beginning of March. It was only Friday afternoon when Bitcoin broke above $70,000 for the first time ever.

It has to do with the Bitcoin network’s finite block space and the fact that the halving is scheduled to occur at an exact block height—not a date.

“We’re buying it to hold it 100 years. That $66K to $16K crash—that shook out the tourists,” said MicroStrategy founder and chairman Michael Saylor.