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DECEMBER 11, 2023

However, Bitcoin has bounced back with a vengeance, and crypto investors are now pouring back into the market to take advantage of what they hope will be a sustained rebound in prices in the sector. Securities and Exchange Commission to approve an exchange-traded fund that owns Bitcoin directly.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

For more than three years, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) investors have been patiently waiting for the crypto token to skyrocket in value. For much of that time, XRP has traded below $1. At its current price of just $0.52, XRP is trading more than 85% below its all-time high of $3.84. But 2024 could be the year that everything changes.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

For nearly four years, crypto investors have waited for the big breakout moment for XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) , which is still languishing under the $1 mark. Impact of the SEC court case The SEC case hinged on a single question: Is XRP a security or a cryptocurrency? And now that moment seems to have arrived. But is it really?

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MAY 24, 2024

An Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) exchange-traded fund (ETF) was approved this week, and that could open a floodgate of ETFs and funding for the crypto industry. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, approved a spot Ethereum ETF, following the approval of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ETFs earlier this year.

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MAY 29, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first eight applications for Ether (CRYPTO: ETH) spot price exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Grayscale, Bitwise, iShares, VanEck, Ark Invest, Invesco, Fidelity, and Franklin Templeton. On May 22, the U.S. Let's review the five key facts to decide.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

The new spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which launched back in January, have been a big hit with investors. Spot ETFs for other cryptocurrencies As soon as the spot Bitcoin ETFs received approval from the SEC, anticipation quickly mounted as market participants pondered which crypto might be next.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Bitcoin 's (CRYPTO: BTC) price nearly doubled over the past 12 months as stabilizing interest rates, the approvals of BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and a bullish rotation toward riskier assets lit a fire under the world's top cryptocurrency. So should investors buy more Bitcoin today before it rallies to new record highs?

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MAY 29, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first eight applications for Ether (CRYPTO: ETH) spot price exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from Grayscale, Bitwise, iShares, VanEck, Ark Invest, Invesco, Fidelity, and Franklin Templeton. On May 22, the U.S. Let's review the five key facts to decide.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

The first spot Bitcoin ETF The first major event is the arrival of a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) for the U.S. In short, the new spot Bitcoin ETF is just about the best holiday present that Santa could possibly give institutional investors. Let's take a look. It will look just like any other ETF.

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AUGUST 25, 2024

XRP, the native cryptocurrency of the Ripple payment platform, is a much smaller token that has largely traded on the drama surrounding a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit over the past four years. First, the SEC approved Bitcoin's first 11 spot price exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ) in January.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Earlier this year, Ark Invest's Cathie Wood stunned cryptocurrency investors by predicting that Bitcoin 's (CRYPTO: BTC) price would reach $1.5 Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) might eventually approve spot Ethereum ETFs. Investors should take Wood's $166,000 price target with a grain of salt.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Bitcoin's recovery could convince many investors that it's a stable long-term asset like gold or silver. So should growth-oriented investors shift from Bitcoin and buy XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) on the chance that it might take off? The SEC is appealing that ruling, but it could be tough to overturn the results of that four-year legal battle.

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MAY 12, 2024

However, it's still trading about 35% below its all-time high of $4,815, which it reached during the apex of the buying frenzy in cryptocurrencies in November 2021. Some bullish investors believe Ether's price could soar even higher. Therefore, investors shouldn't use any cash they need over the next five to 10 years to buy Ether.

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DECEMBER 27, 2023

One of the most outspoken investors on Wall Street is Ark Invest Chief Executive Officer Cathie Wood. Across all of her exchange-traded funds (ETFs), her largest holding is cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN). Or, should investors start taking profits? Not so fast.

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of new spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Because ETFs are a much more investor-friendly medium with shares that can be purchased throughout each trading day via any brokerage firm similar to individual publicly traded equity securities.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Several major cryptocurrencies rallied on Tuesday amid news of growing crypto adoption and speculation surrounding the timing of the first spot Ethereum-centric exchange-traded fund (ETF) approvals. That inaction put the onus back on the SEC to move forward with its Bitcoin ETF approval process.

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APRIL 19, 2024

Those wild price swings might make Bitcoin seem like a risky investment for smaller retail investors. But with just $1,000, investors can still buy fractional Bitcoins or shares of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ). If that happens, investors could pivot toward Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies again.

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JANUARY 13, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the market's first 11 Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Unlike previous "Bitcoin ETFs," which were pinned only to future contracts or held shares of Bitcoin-related companies, these new funds directly hold Bitcoins.

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MAY 13, 2024

This typically happens during the early stages of a Bitcoin halving cycle, when investors start to diversify their holdings in search of higher returns. While there's no guarantee that this same pattern will happen again in 2024, it's clear that investors are starting to look around for other places to invest their money beyond just Bitcoin.

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JANUARY 24, 2024

Centralized crypto exchange FTX was shut down when its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was caught committing fraud, leaving clients and investors $8 billion out of pocket. Investors were quickly losing confidence in cryptocurrencies, especially because they had gained almost no traction as a payment mechanism in the real world.

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JUNE 16, 2023

What happened Several cryptocurrencies and crypto stocks rose today after BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) , the largest asset manager in the world, filed to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Since late afternoon yesterday, the price of Bitcoin traded 4.5% higher as of 3:42 p.m. and BlackRock wasn't one of them!

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JUNE 22, 2023

What happened Most cryptocurrencies rose this week as investors cheered more interest and participation in the sector from large mainstream financial institutions. The price of the world's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), traded more than 13% higher on the week as of 12:25 p.m. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

More than 5,000 stocks that trade on U.S. exchanges pay dividends. There is another solution, though: Invest in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that offer solid dividend yields. Income investors should like the iShares Select Dividend ETF's 30-day Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) yield of 3.69%.

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JANUARY 14, 2024

The first exchange-traded funds tracking the spot price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) began trading last week after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission gave the go-ahead. Investors will no longer need to pay sky-high transaction fees at a cryptocurrency exchange like Coinbase.

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MAY 25, 2024

Standard Chartered's bullish Ethereum analysis Geoff Kendrick, head of crypto research and emerging markets foreign exchange at Standard Chartered (OTC: SCBF.F) , hung an $8,000 year-end price target on Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) earlier this week. Speaking to the crypto news site The Block on Tuesday, Kendrick predicted that the U.S.

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JULY 27, 2024

It is now just one of two cryptocurrencies to have a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) approved alongside the world's most valuable cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). A spot ETF is an exchange-traded fund that tracks the price of an underlying asset. Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) joined an elite club recently.

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OCTOBER 4, 2024

But in 2022, that rally fizzled out in a "crypto winter" as rising interest rates drove investors away from cryptocurrencies and other speculative investments. For many investors, Bitcoin might seem like the best " blue chip " play on the market's recovery. Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ).

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DECEMBER 28, 2023

That's despite all the hoopla surrounding the possible new spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and the Bitcoin halving next year, which will slow the crypto's supply growth. Around this time, institutional investors, not just retail investors, began to buy into the narrative around a Solana recovery.

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JULY 8, 2023

In the last month, a wave of major financial institutions have applied to offer spot Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETF) in a bid to bridge Wall Street with the original cryptocurrency. Although no ETF has been approved yet, the SEC's blessing looks more likely by the day.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In what could be a big catalyst for Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) , Cathie Wood's Ark Invest has filed an application for the first-ever spot Ethereum exchange-traded fund (ETF). Institutional demand Let's face it -- the launch of a spot Ethereum ETF probably means little for the seasoned crypto investor.

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JUNE 16, 2024

If you're looking for easy ways to make passive income, you might want to check out Vanguard's exchange-traded funds (ETFs). And one of its funds should be especially attractive to income hunters. An initial investment of $100,000 would spin off $6,820 in income based on the ETF's current 30-day SEC yield.

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MARCH 26, 2024

While speaking at the Bitcoin Investor Day Conference held in New York on March 22, Cathie Wood updated her and her firms' previous lofty forecast for Bitcoin following the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) decision to approve 11 spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs).

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

But there's one cryptocurrency that investors have largely overlooked, and that's Solana (CRYPTO: SOL). As a result, institutional investors are now embracing the narrative of Solana as the one blockchain capable of toppling Ethereum. And, yes, Solana had a major network outage in February that rattled investors.

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JUNE 5, 2024

However, the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) certainly contributed to those gains, and they could have a more significant impact in the future. To elaborate, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs in January. Here's what investors should know.

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JANUARY 28, 2024

Should investors buy this leading cryptocurrency while it's still below $2,500? Let's look at both the bull and bear cases for Ethereum, so that investors can make an informed decision. Another reason why Ethereum might be on your investing radar has to do with the potential for spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to hit the market.

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JULY 28, 2024

For much of crypto's existence, those interested in buying digital assets would have to do so via cryptocurrency exchanges. These ETFs trade on traditional stock exchanges, and their value is directly tied to the current (or spot) price of the cryptocurrency. This means you can only trade ETFs during market hours.

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Every quarter, institutional money managers with at least $100 million invested in the markets are required to file a form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). That's right -- one of the most prestigious investors of all time is investing in the S&P 500.

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