Strategy will sell Bitcoin as ‘last resort’

Today in crypto: Strategy CEO Phong Le says Bitcoin would only be sold if the company’s stock falls and funding options disappear, Nasdaq is aiming to move as possible on its tokenized stocks proposal. Meanwhile, 1.75 million HYPE tokens unlocked on Hyperliquid token generation anniversary. Strategy will sell Bitcoin as ‘last resort’ if mNAV drops,…

Bitcoin Derivatives and ETF Flows Signal Caution: Will BTC break $91K?

Bitcoin (BTC) failed to reclaim $93,000 despite positive momentum in the US stock market and rising gold prices. With the S&P 500 trading just 1% below its all-time high, traders are evaluating what could spark sustainable bullish momentum for Bitcoin. Key takeaways: Demand for BTC put (sell) options and stagnant ETF inflows kept momentum capped…

Bitcoin Derivatives and ETF Flows Signal Caution: Will BTC break $91K?

Bitcoin (BTC) failed to reclaim $93,000 despite positive momentum in the US stock market and rising gold prices. With the S&P 500 trading just 1% below its all-time high, traders are evaluating what could spark sustainable bullish momentum for Bitcoin. Key takeaways: Demand for BTC put (sell) options and stagnant ETF inflows kept momentum capped…

Meet Denis Dariotis, the Billion-Dollar GoQuant Founder Who Started Trading at 9 Years Old

Denis Dariotis, the 22-year-old founder and CEO of cryptocurrency-focused trading software firm GoQuant, remembers the constraints and pressures of maximizing his trading portfolio while he was still in the third grade at school. “I remember telling my teachers I had to take 10 minutes out of class to check my portfolio when the market opened…

BlackRock Calls $2.3 Billion IBIT Outflows in November ‘Perfectly Normal’

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) closed November under pressure after experiencing heavy withdrawals, but the asset manager remains confident in its long-term outlook for the product. Speaking in São Paulo, BlackRock business development director Cristiano Castro said the company’s Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs had become one of its biggest revenue drivers, calling their growth “a…

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce ‘Baffled’ That Self-Custody is Even Debated

Hester Peirce, a commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and head of the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, reaffirmed the right to crypto self-custody and privacy in financial transactions. “I’m a freedom maximalist,” Peirce told The Rollup podcast on Friday, while saying that self-custody of assets is a fundamental human right. She…

BlackRock Calls $2.3 Billion IBIT Outflows in November ‘Perfectly Normal’

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) closed November under pressure after experiencing heavy withdrawals, but the asset manager remains confident in its long-term outlook for the product. Speaking in São Paulo, BlackRock business development director Cristiano Castro said the company’s Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs had become one of its biggest revenue drivers, calling their growth “a…

Nasdaq Digital Assets Head Says Tokenized Stocks Are A Priority

The US Nasdaq stock exchange is making SEC approval of its proposal to offer tokenized versions of stocks listed on the exchange a top priority, according to the exchange’s crypto chief. “We’ll just move as fast as we can,” Nasdaq’s head of digital assets strategy, Matt Savarese, said during an interview with CNBC on Thursday,…

BlackRock Calls $2.3 Billion IBIT Outflows in November ‘Perfectly Normal’

BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) closed November under pressure after experiencing heavy withdrawals, but the asset manager remains confident in its long-term outlook for the product. Speaking in São Paulo, BlackRock business development director Cristiano Castro said the company’s Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs had become one of its biggest revenue drivers, calling their growth “a…

Hyperliquid Team Confirms 1.75M HYPE Tokens Unlocked Today

The team behind the Hyperliquid decentralized exchange (DEX) disclosed a 1.75 million HYPE token unlock for its developers and core contributors on Saturday, valued at over $60.4 million at the time of this writing. Saturday’s token unlock was previously announced and is part of HYPE’s vesting schedule, according to pseudonymous Hyperliquid developer iliensinc, who celebrated…