Investment firms ARK Invest and 21Shares have teamed up to apply for two Ethereum futures exchange-traded funds after reports emerged last week that the United States securities regulator could soon begin approving applications. The two proposed Ethereum futures ETFs are “ARK 21Shares Active Ethereum Futures ETF” (ARKZ) and the “ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy
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Developers behind the Base and Optimism networks have jointly announced a revenue-sharing and governance-sharing agreement. Coinbase, the parent company of Base, has also published a list of “principles of neutrality” it will follow to prevent Base from becoming centralized. This announcement was made through three separate blog posts on Aug. 24; one from the jointly-controlled
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Crypto advocacy group Coin Center has criticized the latest indictment of two former Tornado Cash developers, arguing that the facts offered don’t show any clear violations of money-transmitting-related offenses. Roman Storm and Romen Semenov were indicted by the United States Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) on Aug. 23 for conspiring to operate an unlicensed
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The cryptocurrency market has experienced a notable downturn recently, with the total market capitalization falling by 10% between August 14 and August 23, reaching its lowest point in over two months at $1.04 trillion. This movement has triggered significant liquidations on futures contracts, the largest since the FTX collapse in November 2022.  Total cryptocurrency market
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The focus was on the primary market Wednesday as the New York City Transitional Finance Authority’s $1 billion deal saw good reception, repricing to lower yields, though municipals underperformed a U.S. Treasury rally. Equities ended in the black . Triple-A yields fell or rose a basis point or two, depending on the scale, while Treasuries
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An aircraft said to be carrying notorious warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner group launched a failed mutiny in June, has crashed on a flight from Moscow to St Petersburg, according to Russian officials. All 10 people on the plane, including three crew members, died in the crash, Russia’s emergency ministry said, according to state newswire
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Moody’s Investors Service raised North Broward Hospital District, Florida’s revenue bonds to Baa1 from Baa2 and revised its outlook to stable from positive. North Broward Hospital District has about $300 million of debt outstanding. Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale is part of Broward Health Medical Center.AdobeStock The upgrade to “reflects the durability of
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Numerous theories emerge whenever the price of Bitcoin (BTC) takes a sudden and steep drop. The usual suspects include government regulations, the possibility of exchanges manipulating prices, Bitcoin whales manipulating prices, over-leveraged traders, and some conspiracies involving Tether (USDT). SEC kicks Bitcoin ETF can down the road Between Aug. 15 and Aug. 18, Bitcoin’s price
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Prospective investors in Arm’s initial public offering have raised concerns over the UK chip designer’s exposure to China, after the company warned of “significant risks” in the country. Managers at four separate funds considering an investment in Arm told the Financial Times that the prospectus for the planned listing on Nasdaq in September confirmed some
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Transcription: Chip Barnett (00:03):Hi, and welcome to another Bond Buyer podcast. I’m Chip Barnett, and my guest today is Tracey Manzi. She’s the senior investment strategist at Raymond James. And we’re going to be talking about the fixed income market and focusing in on that today. Welcome to the Bond Buyer, Tracey.  Tracey Manzi (00:22):Well,
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