Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds saw over $500 million enter leading options from BlackRock, Fidelity, and 21 Shares in the first two days post-approval, but fee cuts signal fierce competition ahead.
XRP trades uncertainly at pivotal support, Cardano trends up with focus on scalability, and new meme token Rebel Satoshi offering decentralized ethos draws investor attention.
Binance included new Solana, Arbitrum, and Dogecoin isolated and cross-margin trading pairs, coinciding with a 5% single-day price drop for Solana.
South Korea’s financial regulator declared domestic securities companies cannot offer spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds in foreign markets, citing existing crypto policy.
Blockchain game developer SkyArk Studio closed a $15 million funding round spearheaded by Binance Labs as the studio builds NFT games like SkyArk Chronicles.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink stated he sees value in an SEC-approved exchange-traded fund for the cryptocurrency ether, the native token of the Ethereum blockchain.
OKX Ventures pledges $100 million strategic investment in Matr1x, a leading web3 entertainment and esports gaming platform developing an innovative CS:GO-inspired title integrating NFTs.
The Hong Kong cryptocurrency exchange HashKey has announced the upcoming listing of Litecoin (LTC) on its platform for professional investors, with deposits and withdrawals now enabled ahead of LTC/USD trading going live on January 12th.
Apple has pulled major cryptocurrency exchange apps like Binance and Kraken from its App Store in India following regulatory warnings about non-compliance with local anti-money laundering
laws.
An Indian engineer from Delhi has reportedly lost $15,000 in a cryptocurrency scam conducted via Telegram. The scam started with a small investment that netted quick returns, but when the victim invested a large sum the scammers disappeared.
