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Bitcoin Spot ETF Custodian BTC Holdings Set to Overtake MSTR, GBTC's BTC Holdings Continue to Decline

As crypto influencer Fred Krueger reported on X (formerly Twitter), "Tomorrow, the amount of BTC held by the nine BTC spot ETF custodians (18.7 million BTC) is expected to surpass MicroStrategy (190,000 BTC). BTC spot ETFs are taking over the global marketplace, outpacing other asset classes." Meanwhile, official data from Grayscale shows that GBTC's bitcoin holdings stood at 470,637.4 BTC as of July 7 (local time). This is a decrease of approximately 1,707 BTC from the previous trading day (472,345).

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

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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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