BlackRock, based in New York City, isn’t breaking new ground. Calamos debuted its first three protected bitcoin ETFs in early 2025, offering investors a choice between full downside protection and funds that limit losses to 10% or 20% over a set period. BlackRock’s filing did… Read More
A bitcoin BTC$83,696.96 whale that received its coins days before the Covid crash of March 2020 and sat through it has moved $377.6 million worth of them. The wallet, 18VmXvkF4cgLi35RtMiHHDpvMjUCyVpQ9x, sent roughly 4,582 BTC to five addresses on Monday, according to blockchain data from Arkham… Read More
“People were keenly aware, like me, they were bulled up because it was ‘go’ time,” Connors said. “We were going to go to that $250,000 to $300,000, $400,000 level using previous cycles.” Instead, the market turned against them. “The movement was obviously not onchain data.… Read More
Altcoins left behind For altcoins, the picture is reversed. In CoinDesk Research’s basket of altcoins, dollar depth was greatest on Jan. 1, 2025, and has been lower on each date measured since. Depth at 5% from the price is down about a third since the… Read More
The team said thin liquidity and automated traders distorted the launch, while Nansen data showed some early buyers sitting on six-figure losses after the memecoin’s debut.
Perpetual futures tied to SK Hynix, a South Korean chipmaker whose American depositary receipts debuted on Nasdaq earlier this month, suffered a flash crash on Hyperliquid shortly before the underlying share price came under pressure in its home market. Between 23:00 UTC and 23:01 UTC,… Read More
