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💰 Crypto investment products near all-time high with $1.84 billion weekly net inflow Crypto-related investment products saw significant inflows last week, totaling $1.84 billion—this year’s second-largest weekly inflows—according to CoinShares’ latest weekly report. This significant inflow was also matched by a record trading volume of more than $30 billion during the same period, which at times represented 50% of global Bitcoin daily trading volumes on trusted exchanges. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🇺🇸 Trading certain crypto assets on secondary markets are securities transactions, US court rules A court in the United States has ruled that the trading of certain crypto assets on secondary markets, such as crypto exchanges, are securities transactions — a position in opposition to that taken by Coinbase and the wider crypto industry. The ruling comes in an insider-trading case against former Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi, brother Nikhil Wahi and friend Sameer Ramani. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🟠 Binance CEO Richard Teng asked to appear before Nigerian committee Binance is in hot water in Nigeria in the aftermath of its settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes issued an ultimatum to Binance CEO Richard Teng on Friday, according to a local news report. Ginger Onwusibe, the chairman of the committee, has asked Teng to appear before the committee by March 4. The summons was issued over its alleged involvement in financial crimes, including money laundering and terrorism financing. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Galaxy Digital Sees 'Tremendous Global Demand for Bitcoin' — CEO Says 'There's a New Army of Buyers' Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz sees “a tremendous global demand for bitcoin,” emphasizing: “This is probably the first time in the history of bitcoin that we have true price discovery.” Noting that there is “a new army of buyers” and there is also “an army of salespeople,” he expects the price of bitcoin to be “much higher.” Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Judge grants SEC’s deadline extension on Ripple case Judge Analisa Torres has approved a request from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to extend the deadline for filing a submission that could lead Ripple Labs’ case to an end. Court documents filed on March 1 granted the SEC an extension to file its remedies-related discovery materials submitted by Ripple. The extension allows the regulator to file its opening brief until March 22. The deadline for Ripple's opposition brief has also been extended to April 22, and the new deadline for the SEC to file a reply would be May 6, 2024. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF sees massive inflow while Grayscale faces second largest outflow Data from BitMEX suggests that BlackRock’s IBIT had another remarkable day for the Bitcoin ETFs. It witnessed the second-largest inflow since trading started, with $604 million coming under management, equivalent to roughly 10,000 BTC. This dramatic influx escalated the cumulative total of inflows for IBIT to an impressive $7.8 billion. As a result, BlackRock’s total Bitcoin holdings have surged to 161,378 BTC. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🏦 Coinbase stock hits multi-month highs despite platform glitch as trading volume surges Coinbase’s stock hit multi-month highs yesterday despite heavy web traffic causing a glitch on the crypto exchange as trading volume surged. Coinbase shares gained just 1% on Wednesday, but that was enough to close above the $200 mark for the first time since January 2022, according to TradingView. COIN traded for $200.80 by market close on Wednesday, up 58% over the past month. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🏦 Binance drops Nigerian naira from P2P platform amid forex manipulation concerns Crypto exchange Binance has removed Nigeria’s fiat currency, Naira, from the national currencies it supports on its peer-to-peer platform, according to CryptoSlate sources. Meanwhile, the Financial Times reported that two Binance executives have been detained in the country, with their passports seized. The Binance employees had traveled to Nigeria to resolve the country’s ban on crypto exchange websites. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🥇 The Bitcoin all-time high in an inflation-adjusted world is $77,000 The inflationary scenario the economy has been grappling with since 2021 has prompted a fresh look at Bitcoin’s performance. The true gravity of inflation’s impact on the digital asset market can be seen when adjusting Bitcoin’s all-time high of approximately $69,420 in November 2021 to a CPI inflation-adjusted figure. The calculation, based on CPI metrics, reveals a striking reality: for Bitcoin to truly reclaim its zenith, it would need to reach closer to a value of $77,000, according to data provided by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Justin Sun says he owns $1.6 billion of bitcoin with bizarre screenshot of HTX wallet The always outspoken Justin Sun seems eager to convince the world that he does, in fact, use the HTX cryptocurrency exchange. On Tuesday, Sun took to X to share a screenshot of what he says is his HTX wallet which contains about 28,614 bitcoin, worth about $1.6 billion at current prices. Apparently, Sun posted the image in response to suggestions he did not use HTX frequently, despite serving as the company's global advisor. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 MicroStrategy Is a Timely Play on Bitcoin Halving; Initiate at Buy: Benchmark MicroStrategy (MSTR) has a unique business model based on the acquisition and holding of bitcoin (BTC), which represents the majority of the software company’s valuation, investment banking firm Benchmark said in a Tuesday research report initiating coverage of the stock. Benchmark has a buy rating on the shares with a $990 price target. MicroStrategy added about 8% to $860.75 in early trading on Tuesday. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Bitcoin surges above $56,000 to hit record high since November 2021 Bitcoin price surged over 10% to hit a high of $56,740 at one stage on Tuesday morning Asia time, the highest value since November 2021, according to The Block’s Price Page. “A key reason behind this surge can be attributed to Bitcoin spot ETF trading volume which reached a new height of $2.4 billion on Feb. 26, further boosting U.S investors’ confidence in this asset class.” Lucy Hu, a senior analyst of Metalpha, told The Block. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Solana suffers $3 million ETP outflows post-outage as Bitcoin responsible for 95% of inflows Solana’s recent outage appears to be weighing heavily on investors’ minds, with crypto investment products related to the blockchain network seeing outflows of $3 million during the past week. On Feb. 6, Solana experienced an outage that halted blockchain transactions for five hours due to a bug that pushed it into an infinite loop. While a patch was promptly developed, community members pointed out that the network has a rich history of outages in the past. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🏦 Coinbase Denies Reports of Nigerian Crypto Ban Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase is denying reports that it is being blocked in Nigeria. Last week saw a report by the Financial Times (FT) that the Nigerian government had gotten the country’s telecoms to block platforms including Coinbase, Binance and Kraken. However, a spokesperson for Coinbase told Coindesk on Thursday (Feb. 22) that it was still in operation in Africa’s largest nation. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Bitcoin falls far short as global currency, central bankers say Economists with the European Central Bank (ECB) contend that Bitcoin’s (BTC) limited usage disqualifies it as a legitimate form of currency. On Feb. 22, ECB director general for market infrastructure and payments Ulrich Bindseil, along with the bank’s advisor for market infrastructure and payments, Jürgen Schaaf, published a co-authored blog post titled: “ETF Approval for Bitcoin – the Naked Emperor’s New Clothes.” Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🇺🇸 Legal Action Forces US Energy Department to Suspend Crypto Mining Investigation Following legal action initiated by Riot Platforms and the Texas Blockchain Council against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the department’s statistical branch, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), has put a temporary hold on its bitcoin mining survey and quarantined the data gathered to date. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 $540 Million in Bitcoin Withdrawn From Exchanges: Price Impact Bitcoin is experiencing a surge in outflows from centralized crypto exchanges, hitting its highest level in eight months, indicating a significant shift in market dynamics. On-chain data from IntoTheBlock, a prominent market intelligence platform, shows weekly net outflows from centralized exchanges have peaked. Approximately $540 million worth of Bitcoin was withdrawn this week, marking the largest net outflow since June 2023. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🪙 Ethereum price increase driven by anticipation of Dencun upgrade: Grayscale While many market watchers might be attributing Ethereum's recent price increase to optimism stemming from the possible approval of a spot ether ETF, asset manager Grayscale Investments has suggested that the cryptocurrency rose in value because of Ethereum's upcoming Dencun upgrade, which will increase the throughput and reduce the cost of some transactions on the network. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Donald Trump can now ‘live with’ Bitcoin accepting growing demand, suggests further regulation Former US President Donald Trump’s stance toward Bitcoin has taken a different turn, with him noting the growing demand for the flagship digital asset. In 2021, the former President described Bitcoin as a “scam against the dollar” that regulators should take action to monitor. At the time, Trump’s skepticism stemmed from the perceived risks of cryptocurrencies, including their volatility and susceptibility to facilitating illicit financial activities. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🪙 Valkyrie CIO anticipates spot Ethereum ETF approval will take 1-2 years A spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund may not be coming anytime soon, but it could see approval in the next year or two, says Valkyrie Chief Investment Officer Steven McClurg. Big name firms, such as Fidelity and BlackRock, have applied for a spot Ethereum ETF over the last few months as some analysts predict that the Securities and Exchange Commission could approve those products as early as May of this year. Valkyrie is not currently vying for a spot Ethereum ETF. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

📈Recent crypto rally driven by 'retail impulse,' says JPMorgan The recent surge in crypto prices appears to be fueled by individual traders making impulsive decisions rather than being driven by institutional investors or market fundamentals, according to JPMorgan analysts. "Similar to equities, we find that the retail impulse into crypto rebounded in February, thus likely responsible for this month's strong crypto market rally," JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou wrote in a note on Thursday. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Spot ether ETFs could increase Ethereum's concentration risk, says S&P Global Ethereum exchange-traded funds in the U.S., which intend to incorporate staking, could increase Ethereum's concentration risk, according to analysis from S&P Global Ratings. "U.S. spot ether ETFs that incorporate staking could become large enough to change validator concentrations in the Ethereum network, for better or worse," S&P analysts Andrew O'Neill and Alexandre Birry said in a report published Tuesday. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

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🔵 Circle to end support for $313 million USDC on Tron amid compliance push Centralized stablecoin issuer Circle is discontinuing support for USD Coin (USDC) on the Tron blockchain, citing concerns within its risk management framework. According to a Feb. 21 statement, this decision is rooted in the firm’s commitment to ensuring USDC remains “trusted, transparent and safe” for its user base. The company added that this move was part of “an enterprise-wide approach” involving various departments, including business organization and compliance. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🇭🇰 Hong Kong's Central Bank Issues Guidance for Firms Offering Crypto Custodial Services Hong Kong's central bank issued guidance for authorized institutions interested in offering custody services for digital assets as the territory attempts to reclaim its title as a crypto hub. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) guidance issued Tuesday adds to the licensing regime introduced last year that gives crypto exchanges a pathway to operate in a regulated manner. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🪙 Ethereum price approaches $3k amidst spot ETF anticipation, Dencun upgrade The price of Ethereum (ETH) approached $3,000 on Feb. 19 amidst anticipation concerning developments that are expected to occur in the coming months. As of 8:35 pm UTC, ETH was priced at $2,937 with a market capitalization of $352.96 billion. That change represents 4.12% growth over 24 hours — significantly greater than Bitcoin’s 0.4% gains over the same period and also greater than the crypto market’s overall 1.2% gains. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 Bitcoin ETFs See Record $2.4B Weekly Inflows; BlackRock's IBIT Leads: CoinShares Demand for bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) accelerated again last week as they raked in a record $2.4 billion of the $2.45 billion that flowed into digital asset investment products, crypto asset management firm CoinShares said Monday. Allocations to the newly approved U.S.-based spot bitcoin ETFs overwhelmed the $623 million outflows from Grayscale's Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), the incumbent fund that converted into an ETF structure. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

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💰 Vanguard Shunning Spot Bitcoin ETF Might Be Paying Off Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas confirmed that Vanguard has registered more than six times the entire net inflows recorded by all ten spot Bitcoin ETFs in that few weeks. Notably, this new development showcases Vanguard’s dominance in the Traditional Finance (TradFi) sector amidst hype around spot Bitcoin ETFs and the broad crypto industry. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

📊 VC blockchain and crypto funding rises in Q4 2023: Report The growing interest of financial institutions in crypto is attributed to the launch of the first spot Bitcoin ETFs in January, according to a report from PitchBook. Venture funding for crypto-related companies totaled $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023 — a 2.5% increase from the third quarter — according to a report from PitchBook. It marks the first time venture capital (VC) investments in crypto startups have risen since March 2022. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 FTX creditors sue bankruptcy law firm S&C alleging fraud involvement FTX creditors are seeking damages against the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell for its prior involvement with the crypto exchange. FTX bankruptcy case has unfolded to a new chapter as the exchange’s creditors have filed a class-action lawsuit against the law firm overseeing the case. In a court filing on Feb. 16, FTX creditors alleged that law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, also known as S&C, “actively” participated in the “FTX Group’s multibillion dollar fraud,” Source 🔍 More Crypto News

💰 April 2024 Bitcoin Halving Sparks Worldwide Curiosity, Data Reveals A recent study focusing on the search term “bitcoin” through Google Trends data revealed that curiosity remained subdued even as the price soared above the $50K mark. Yet, anticipation for the forthcoming reward halving has hit a 90-day peak. Slated for April 2024, this significant occasion will slash the pace at which new bitcoins are generated by 50%, sparking widespread interest in the topic. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🏦 Coinbase donates $3.6 million to support Bitcoin developer funding through Brink Coinbase is donating $3.6 million to Bitcoin supporting nonprofit Brink as it winds down GiveCrypto, an organization that gave out crypto to those in poverty. In December, the exchange said that it was ending the initiative due to its inability to create a lasting impact. At the time, Coinbase said it was splitting the remaining funds between Brink and a charity platform called GiveDirectly, but didn't specify amounts. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

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🇺🇸 SEC Inspector General investigating crypto conflicts of interest within federal agency The US Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is investigating cryptocurrency-related financial conflicts of interest identified by the accountability group Empower Oversight. In a Feb. 15 statement, Empower Oversight disclosed that the SEC’s division was in the “final stages of completing” an open investigation into matters relating to the failures of the SEC’s Ethics Office and a former official, William Hinman. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

📣 Crypto money laundering drops nearly 30% in 2023 as cyber criminals change tactics 📉 Crypto money laundering experienced a significant decline of 29.5% in 2023 compared to the previous year, primarily due to a decrease in overall crypto transaction volume. According to a Chainalysis report, illicit addresses moved approximately $22.2 billion in digital assets to various crypto services in 2023, marking a notable drop from the $31.5 billion transferred in 2022. This decline aligns with a 14.9% decrease in legitimate and illegal crypto transaction volumes. Source 🔍 More Crypto News

🪙 Ether Traders Target $3.5K as ETH Jumps on ETF Expectations The ether (ETH) price rose through the $2,700 mark early Thursday for the first time since May 2022 as traders bet on the possibility of a spot ETH exchange-traded fund (ETF) approval in the U.S., a move that could boost its institutional appeal. Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, Fidelity, Ark and 21Shares, Grayscale, VanEck, Invesco and Galaxy, and Hashdex, had all submitted applications for an ether ETF. They already offer spot bitcoin (BTC) ETFs, which were introduced mid-January. Source 🔍 More Crypto News