Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin (LTC), made an appearance at this year’s Proof of Work Summit in Frankfurt, Germany, to contrast Litecoin’s privacy-enhancing features with the nearly inescapable transparency of the Bitcoin (BTC) network. Lee explained that the unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs), which underpin the Bitcoin ledger, carry a history of how the transactions…
Asset manager Canary Capital has filed registration documents for a spot Litecoin (LTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) with United States regulators, according to Oct. 15 documents. The filing is the latest in a proliferation of proposed ETFs holding alternative cryptocurrencies ahead of the US presidential election in November. Canary’s proposed ETF aims to hold spot LTC…
The flurry of filings to list alternative cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the United States are “call options on a Trump victory” in the upcoming presidential elections, Eric Balchunas, an ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, said on Oct. 25. “If [former US president Donald] Trump wins […] he will definitely put in a more libertarian…
Bitcoin’s (BTC) rejection near the all-time high earlier in the week may have attracted profit booking by the short-term traders. Although the price has dropped near $68,000, analysts remain positive on the markets. They anticipate Bitcoin to find support between $65,000 and $68,000. The next major trigger for the cryptocurrency markets is the United States…
The United States presidential election on Nov. 5 may determine the fate of more than a half dozen proposed cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) waiting on a green light from regulators. In 2024, asset managers submitted a flurry of regulatory filings to list ETFs holding altcoins, including Solana (SOL), XRP (XRP) and Litecoin (LTC), among others….
BlackRock’s Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) now holds more assets than the asset manager’s gold ETF despite only launching in January, data from BlackRock shows. iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) exceeds $33 billion in net assets as of Nov. 8, surpassing iShares Gold Trust (IAU), which holds just shy of that amount, according to iShares. It’s…
Bitcoin has hit new all-time highs as President-elect Donald Trump secured victory in the 2024 United States presidential election. Set to return to the White House after departing in January 2021, Trump now appears to be bringing a pro-crypto stance with him. His campaign made several pledges in support of the cryptocurrency sector, marking a…
Crypto mining company BIT Mining said its move to mine proof-of-work coins Dogecoin and Litecoin has been more profitable than mining only Bitcoin. BIT Mining, which previously only mined Bitcoin (BTC), said on Dec. 4 that its expansion into Dogecoin (DOGE) and Litecoin (LTC) “has proved to be nearly three times more profitable than mining…
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking both Bitcoin and Ether is expected to be the first in a “wave” of new United States crypto funds in 2025, senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said. “We expect a wave of cryptocurrency ETFs next year, albeit not all at once,” Balchunas posted to X on Dec. 17, sharing…
Bettors are wagering that 2025 will be a banner year for cryptocurrency markets, according to a Cointelegraph review of data from two popular prediction markets. Traders on Polymarket and Kalshi expect Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) to hit record highs in 2025. They also anticipate the United States greenlighting several new types of crypto exchange-traded…