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VanEck to Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘XBTF’ Next Week After SEC Rejects Spot Offering

Chicago-based CBOE exchange says in website posting that the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF will start trading Tuesday under the ticker symbol “XBTF.”

After weeks of delays, the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF is ready to launch. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Retreats From All-Time High, Ether Follows

The shakeout appeared to coincide with a turn lower in U.S. stock markets.

Bitcoin and ethereum hourly chart (Trading View)

Markets

Bitcoin Jumps to New All-Time High as Inflation Spikes to 6.2% in October

Bond traders are increasing their bets on faster inflation after the U.S. consumer price index jumped 6.2% in the 12 months through October, the highest rate in three decades. Still “transitory?”

Bitcoin's hourly price chart showing a rally to new record high after CPI release. (TradingView/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin Pulls Back From All-Time High, Support Between $63K-$65K

Intraday charts are showing initial signs of upside exhaustion.

Bitcoin four-hour price chart (Damanick Dantes/CoinDesk, TradingView)

Finance

Crypto Exchange WOO Network Closes $30M Series A

WOO Network is betting on deep liquidity to break into the crypto exchange landscape.

(Shutterstock)

Finance

Every Big Bank Will Think About Crypto Trading, Says Ex-Citi CEO

Vikram Pandit believes every major financial institution will be considering trading crypto “in one to three years.”

Vikram Pandit at The Bloomberg Year Ahead 2015 Conference (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Markets

What Bitcoin and Ether’s Options Tell Us About Their Maturity

Higher options volume relative to spot is a sign of a developed market and can help with price discovery.

Source: Skew, Bitstamp, Coinbase, FTX, Gemini, ItBit, Kraken, LMAX Digital.

Markets

Ethereum Alternatives and Gaming Tokens Outperform BTC and ETH

Solana’s SOL hit an all-time high of $246 on Wednesday and the token is up 5% in the last 24 hours. Polkadot (DOT) is up 7%.

The chart shows Ethereum alternatives such as Polkadot's DOT and Solana's SOL are outperforming bitcoin and ether. (TradingView)

Markets

Bitcoin Back Over $60K as El Salvador Buys 420 BTC

After a swoon in recent days, the largest cryptocurrency bounced back after the Central American country bought the dip.

El Salvador bought the dip. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Cambrian Says Its New Bitcoin, Ethereum Trusts Will Cut Through Volatility

The California-based asset manager said the new trusts will reduce volatility through its active management strategy.

(Executium/Unsplash)