The recently launched spot bitcoin ETFs, excluding Grayscale’s GBTC, added nearly another 5,000 tokens to their holdings yesterday, and now at more than 192,000 BTC, hold more of the …

Bitcoin targets $48,000 in the short term fueled by a strong historic track record around the Chinese New Year, 10X Research’s Markus Thielen said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/08/bitcoin-could-hit-48k-in-days-propelled-by-historic-chinese-new-year-gains-10x-research/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The cryptocurrency last traded above $45,000 on Jan 11. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/08/bitcoin-breaks-above-45k-traders-predict-a-possible-50k-push/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The timing for the long-awaited Dencun upgrade, with its much-touted “proto-danksharding” feature, was announced Thursday on a call with top developers for the Ethereum blockchain. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/08/ethereum-developers-target-march-13-for-milestone-dencun-upgrade-on-mainnet/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The latest in blockchain tech upgrades, funding announcements and deals. For the period of Feb. 8-14. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/02/08/protocol-latest-tech-news-crypto-blockchain/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Diogenes Casares’ new Stream Protocol is a trading platform he plans to eventually turn into a decentralized perpetual swaps exchange. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/08/activist-dao-investor-pivots-to-building-a-company/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The Securities and Exchange Commission found that the companies customer assets were transferred overseas before an announcement was made. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/02/08/thai-sec-files-charges-against-former-zipmex-thailand-ceo/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

GBTC is expected to lose further funds to newly created ETFs unless there is a meaningful cut to its fees, the report said. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/02/08/blackrock-fidelity-bitcoin-etfs-have-a-liquidity-edge-over-grayscale-jpmorgan/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Yat Siu explains why we shouldn’t dismiss NFTs as monkey JPEGs and how blockchain acts as a political system of sorts, fostering a consensus-based democratic process. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2024/02/08/nfts-are-the-pillars-of-digital-capitalism-animoca-founder-says/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The company, backed by the owner of the NYSE, was introduced in 2018 with the initial goal of helping Starbucks customers buy coffee with bitcoin. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2024/02/07/crypto-firm-bakkt-warns-it-might-not-be-able-to-remain-in-business/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines