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New York-based asset manager WisdomTree has filed for a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund, or ETF, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The firm submitted its filing on March 11. It states the WisdomTree Bitcoin Trust would trade on Chicago Board Options Exchange’s BZX platform under the ticker BTCW. The trust would
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The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has approved Canada’s second bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Evolve’s bitcoin ETF was conditionally approved on Tuesday to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange, the company announced in a press release. “Evolve was the first to file for a bitcoin ETF in the U.S.,” said James Seyffart, ETF
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Bitwise Asset Management, a provider of cryptocurrency index funds, is seeking regulatory approval that would enable it to publicly trade shares of its bitcoin fund on an over-the-counter (OTC) marketplace.According to a press release issued Tuesday, the company has filed a 211 form with the U.S.’s Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
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SDAX now has in-principle approval from Singapore's central bank for its Recognized Market Operator license. Source
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Ark Investment Management CEO Cathie Wood said she doubts U.S. regulators will green-light a bitcoin exchange-traded fund before the original cryptocurrency’s market cap hits $2 trillion.“The flood of demand has to be satisfied so it’s going to have to get well over a trillion dollars – $2 trillion, I think,
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Cryptocurrency prices jumped Monday evening after the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a letter approving U.S. banks to use public blockchain networks. Ether jumped nearly 12% on the letter’s release, given Ethereum’s dominance as a stablecoin payment settlement protocol. Bitcoin also gained 5% and both
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According to current data, the AstraZeneca PLC stock (LON: AZN) recorded about a 1.3% gain soon after the approval was finalized on top of the previous 3.3% gain.The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine has finally been approved for use by the UK, and just as the reaction of the European stocks when
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Pascal Soriot, the Chief Executive of AstraZeneca revealed that the vaccine is as effective as Pfizer and can be a strong protector against the new variant of the virus which is very contagious.AstraZeneca Plc (NASDAQ: AZN) has responded to the circulating news concerning the near approval of its COVID-19 vaccine
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Digital asset services firm Bequant has secured two “in-principle” approvals in Malta which will eventually lead to the firm being a licensed prime broker and crypto exchange in Europe.“Within three months we should get the license,” Bequant CEO George Zarya said in an interview. “The regulator does not grant approvals
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American pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and German biotech firm BioNTech SE (NASDAQ: BNTX) have submitted applications for their coronavirus vaccine in Europe. The two believe they will receive the nod to roll out the vaccine in Europe before the end of 2020. In a press release, Pfizer and
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