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Grayscale parent company expands GBTC purchase allocation to $1 billion

According to an announcement issued on Wednesday, DCG is now authorized to buy up to $1 billion worth of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC).This development extends DCG’s prior authorization by $250 million if they choose to do so. Indeed, DCG has so far purchased $338 million in GBTC, according to the company’s announcement on Wednesday.As previously reported by Cointelegraph, DCG had…

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Stronghold Goes Public At 19 Per Share IPO

Stronghold has upsized its IPO to $19 per share, with plans to raise $127 million. The company had previously announced an IPO price of between $16 and $18 per share, which would allow it to raise around $100 million. Stronghold’s common stock shares are expected to begin trading today under the ticker symbol $SDIG. Bitcoin miner Stronghold Digital has upsized…

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SEC Clears VanEck to Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF Next Week

A new Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) is set to start trading on Wall Street next week, according to a Wednesday SEC filing. New York-based asset management firm VanEcks Bitcoin Strategy ETF will go live on the New York Stock Exchange after October 23, the filing said. Trading of VanEcks ETF will begin as soon as practicable after the effective…

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Bitcoin Is Preferred Inflation Hedge Over Gold: Paul Tudor Jones

Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones thinks Bitcoin is winning the race against gold, according to an interview on Wednesday with CNBC. Host Andrew Ross Sorkin reminded the billionaire American investorwhose company controls close to $40 billion in assets under managementthat when he last appeared on the show, back in June, Tudor Jones had called Bitcoin a hedge against…

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Crypto market cap hits new all-time high as BTC, ETH soar

The total market capitalization of all cryptocurrencies rose to new all-time highs on Wednesday, capping off a dramatic months-long recovery that reaffirmed the bullish narrative for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH).The crypto market cap — an important barometer for the overall health of the digital asset economy — reached a high above $2.63 trillion on Wednesday, according to Cointelegraph Markets…

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VanEck Bitcoin Futures ETF To List On October 25

VanEck is the latest asset manager to receive approval by the SEC for its bitcoin-linked offering. The VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF (XBTF) is set to go live on Monday, October 25. At the moment, that will be the second listing of a bitcoin futures ETF in the U.S., after ProShares debuted yesterday with the second-biggest ETF launch in the country’s…

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VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF will likely launch next week as crypto prices reach ATHs

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has likely approved asset manager VanEck’s Bitcoin Strategy exchange-traded fund, with trading expected to begin on Oct. 25.In an Oct. 20 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, Vaneck said the public offering of its Bitcoin (BTC) Strategy ETF, which offers exposure to the crypto asset through future contracts, would begin…

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Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones Now Prefers Bitcoin Over Gold

Billionaire Hedge-fund Manager Paul Tudor Jones said Wednesday on CNBC’s Squawk Box that he now prefers Bitcoin over gold as a hedge against inflation. The founder and chief investment officer of Tudor Investment Corporation, boasting nearly $40 billion in assets under management, Jones expanded on his thoughts about Bitcoin: “Listen, I said then, I said now, I’ve got crypto in…

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