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1 week ago |
blockworks.co | Ben Strack
We've highlighted the milestone that is spot solana ETFs launching on the Toronto Stock Exchange, but industry watchers aren't expecting big demand initially. ETF.com analyst Sumit Roy noted that spot ether ETFs in Canada hold about $500 million in assets - roughly one-tenth of the money in Canadian spot crypto ETFs overall. The rest resides in bitcoin products.
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1 week ago |
blockworks.co | Ben Strack
Canada is leading the way again - this time on spot solana ETFs. Such products from Purpose Investments, Evolve, 3iQ, and CI Global Asset Management are set to debut Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Crypto ETF milestones in Canada are not new. In case you forgot, Purpose launched the world's first bitcoin ETF backed by physically settled bitcoin in February 2021. Other issuers in the country brought their own products to market shortly after.
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1 week ago |
blockworks.co | Ben Strack
The SEC has done a lot between Gary Gensler's January departure and Paul Atkins' confirmation last week. Some of the most recent actions are statements on crypto-related disclosures from the agency's Division of Corporation Finance. And the SEC again asked the court to pause its litigation with Binance. But the SEC's most meaningful move in recent months? The agency's swift creation of a crypto task force and corresponding roundtable meetings, according to StoneTurn partner Kyla Curley.
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2 weeks ago |
blockworks.co | Ben Strack
The SEC yesterday approved options on spot ether ETFs by BlackRock, Fidelity and others. 21Shares also became the latest asset manager to float a dogecoin ETF. The upshot is that 2025 indeed appears to be a year we could see a lot more crypto products come to market.The level of demand for them will be another story. When the SEC approved options on bitcoin ETFs in October, industry watchers highlighted how it would enhance liquidity and price discovery around that ecosystem.
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2 weeks ago |
blockworks.co | Ben Strack
You know what the stock market is doing broadly. And how BTC has trended lower, too. But what about crypto equities - particularly the one many deem to be the purest of them all? Coinbase's stock price hovered around $165 at 1:30 pm ET - down 35.6% year to date. That's worse than BTC and the Nasdaq Composite Index, which have decreased 13.6% and 15.2%, respectively, since the start of 2025.
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A reminder that while there's now a 19b-4 for VanEck's proposed AVAX ETF, the S-1 was filed weeks ago. Had spoken with @vaneck_us's Kyle DaCruz around that time for this piece: https://t.co/Zy0Ly5npJG
SEC has approved options on BlackRock's ether ETF ... I imagine we'll see a bunch of new ETH product proposals in the coming days and weeks ... https://t.co/Gtbkn8XK6u
Recent crypto company public listings: Exodus (Dec. 2024) Coincheck (Dec. 2024) Fold (Feb. 19) Amber (March. 13) Galaxy (TBD) ICYMI: https://t.co/pZE9u5THAp