Those tweets caused bitcoin prices to immediately spike to $47,680 from the $46,800 level. It then fell as low as $45,400 as the tweets were found to be fake. …

Market maker says the uptick in over-the-counter trading was due to volumes moving off-exchange. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/10/crypto-otc-volumes-on-wintermute-soared-400-in-2023/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Curve’s FRAXPYUSD liquidity pool, which went live on Dec. 27, boasts the third largest TVL of $135 million. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/10/paypals-stablecoin-part-of-third-largest-liquidity-pool-on-curve/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) did not employ basic security measures on its X (formerly Twitter) account when it was “compromised” to spread false bitcoin ETF news, according …

Lawmakers and crypto boosters are asking questions about how the SEC’s X (formerly Twitter) account was compromised, leading to a bogus tweet on Tuesday. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/01/10/crypto-boosters-attack-sec-for-manipulating-btc-market-after-etf-tweet/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

The immediate price reaction showed that bitcoin’s price might be capped if a real approval arrives, one analyst noted. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/09/bitcoin-jumps-then-dumps-to-45k-as-fake-news-about-spot-bitcoin-approval-liquidates-50m/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

Bitcoin futures’ open interest on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange surged to an all-time high Tuesday as institutions piled into the asset, speculating on a spot bitcoin ETF approval. Source: …

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not approved any spot bitcoin ETF applications as of Tuesday afternoon, despite a tweet from the regulator’s X (formerly Twitter) account …

Luke Dashjr’s technical proposal sounded innocuous enough: to make the popular Bitcoin Core software “effective with newer datacarrying styles.” In reality, the effort represented a sophisticated but controversial plan …

Analysts from Standard Chartered, Galaxy and Corestone predict that a spot bitcoin ETF could see over $1 billion in inflows over just the first quarter. Source: https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2024/01/09/bitcoin-etfs-could-see-up-to-100b-in-inflows-if-sec-approves-standard-chartered/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines