SEC Comments on Hack of Its X Account and Resulting Fake Bitcoin ETF Approval Announcement

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said its systems and devices were not breached by the party responsible for tweeting out a fake bitcoin ETF approval announcement earlier this week.Source

What Other Crypto Firms Could Go Public This Year

After Circle’s SEC filing marking the first step towards a public listing, CoinDesk examined the other firms that might try to go public amid a rebound in crypto markets. High on the list of possibles: Kraken and Ripple.Source

BTC Tumbles Below $42K, Coinbase and Miners Plunge as Bitcoin ETF Mania Becomes ‘Sell the News’ Rout

Bitcoin dropped below $42,000 on Friday, plunging almost 10%, as the euphoria over the bitcoin ETFs approved this week gave way to a massive rout.Source

Bitwise, Fidelity, BlackRock See Biggest Bitcoin ETF Inflow in Preliminary Tally

Data about inflows is still incomplete and market watchers might have to wait until Friday evening for the full picture, Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas pointed out.Source

Bitwise, Fidelity See Biggest Bitcoin ETF Inflow, Grayscale Loses Only $95M in Early Tally

Data about inflows is still incomplete and market watchers might have to wait until Friday evening for the full picture, Bloomberg analyst Eric Balchunas pointed out.Source

Genesis Global Trading Pays $8M to Settle New York Lawsuit

Genesis Global Trading has agreed to pay $8 million and give up its BitLicense to settle anti-money laundering and fraud charges against it, New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris said Friday in a statement.Source

Taproot Wizards, Bitcoin Ordinals Project That Raised $7.5M, to Sell ‘Quantum Cats’ Collection

The “NFTs on Bitcoin” project has capitalized on the popularity of the controversial Ordinals protocol, which has generated a flurry of interest in the original blockchain but added to congestion and higher fees.Source

COINDESK’S LATEST SPOT BITCOIN ETF APPROVAL COVERAGE

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White Supremacists Lean On Crypto, Says Anti-Defamation League Report on Extremists

White supremacist groups in the U.S. have sometimes been funded by crypto, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) that analyzed about $140,000 in transactions connected to 15 extremist groups or individuals last year.Source