#trust

Investment firm Bitwise has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a trust fund in Delaware, signaling a potential move to apply for a spot ETF for Solana.

Bitwise, a crypto asset management company, is taking steps to launch an XRP ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund). The company registered a trust entity in the state of Delaware, US, on October 1.

Hedera became the first founding member of the Linux Foundation's Decentralized Trust (LFDT), transferring control of its source code, including core services, algorithms, and tools, to the foundation. This collaboration will be part of a new project called Hiero.

Grayscale launched the Ethereum Mini Trust, offering an introductory zero-fee period (0% commission) for the first 6 months or up to $2 billion. Subsequently, the commission will be 0.15%, the lowest in the market, excluding initial discounts.

The Linux Foundation, a non-profit organization, is set to launch the LF Decentralized Trust (LFDT). This new platform aims to foster the development of open-source decentralized technologies across a range of sectors, including security, scalability, and finance.

Following Fidelity's lead, Grayscale Investments has introduced the capability to utilize the ETH in its trust for staking, as part of its application to register a spot Ethereum ETF.

Chicago Board Options Exchange (Cboe) pulled out its application for Global X Bitcoin Trust ETF which would have been operated in partnership with Coinbase.

The following image illustrates a comparison between Spot Bitcoin ETFs and such stock market titans as the SPDR S&P500 ETF Trust and Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1, based on Bloomberg's data as of January 11, 2024.

Yesterday, December 21st, BlackRock, the investment company, was among those attending a meeting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The discussion centered on the regulations for listing and trading the iShares Bitcoin Trust, a spot Bitcoin ETF.

On November 7, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs reached a new milestone with net inflows totaling $1.38 billion in a single trading day, as reported by SoSoValue. This surge was largely driven by BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust, which alone brought in $1.12 billion.

The hacker group LockBit, which recently claimed to have breached the U.S. Federal Reserve and stolen over 30 TB of secret documents, only managed to release confidential data from Evolve Bank & Trust. This included information about file domains, virtual machines, and more.

A tale of trust turned treachery: an American senior ventured into cryptocurrency investments guided by an online acquaintance from Instagram, resulting in a staggering loss of $240,000. Though wary of funneling substantial amounts into a dubious site at first, his initial crypto futures successes led him to up his investments. The insistence from his online friend to boost his deposit only fueled his decisions.

Ripple (XRP), a cryptocurrency company, has just finalized the purchase of Standard Custody & Trust Company, a subsidiary of PolySign that specializes in corporate governance and the custody of digital assets. The transaction details, including the financial aspect, are yet to be revealed.

Ark Invest continues its strategy of unloading Grayscale Bitcoin Trust shares, with the latest sale amounting to $28 million in GBTC.