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BlackRock BTC Spot ETF overtakes microstrategy BTC holdings

"As of March 8 (local time), BlackRock's Bitcoin spot ETF, IBIT, now holds more BTC than MicroStrategy (Nasdaq ticker: MSTR), the single largest holder of Bitcoin outside of BTC spot ETFs," crypto analyst HODL15Capital (@HODL15Capital) reported on X. As of Aug. 8, IBIT held 196,089 BTC, surpassing MSTR's holdings (193,000 BTC), according to the data he attached. On CoinMarketCap, BTC is trading up 0.17% to $68,243.09.

Binance WBTC plunges to $5200, then recovers

Cointelegraph reports, “A flash crash in the price of WBTC occurred on Binance on Nov. 23 (local time). This caused WBTC to briefly drop from $98,000 to $5,200, but has since recovered. The cause of the error is still unknown.

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Trump nominates 'Crypto Proponent' Howard Lutnick as Commerce Secretary, while US SEC chairman struggles to narrow down candidates to four.

US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated US investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick to serve as Secretary of Commerce, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). Lutnick is an avid supporter of Bitcoin and Tether (USDT), with Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly serving as Tether's U.S. Treasury bond

blockchain crypto cryptocurrency IBIT Option hit 1.9B first day od trading (SpotedCrypto)

BlackRock IBIT Options Hit $1.9 Billion in First Day of Trading, Grayscale Begins Trading on November 20th.

Bloomberg ETFs analyst James Seyffart reports via X that “Options volume on BlackRock's bitcoin spot ETF IBIT, which began trading today (Nov. 19), was about $1.9 billion. A total of 35.4 million contracts were active, of which 28.9 million were calls (82%) and 65,000

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