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Quick Take Goldman Sachs is in talks with BlackRock and Grayscale Investments about serving as an authorized participant to their spot bitcoin ETFs, according to CoinDesk citing sources. The Securities and Exchange Commission will need to approve Goldman Sachs for the role.
Quick Take Nasdaq, which filed its 19b-4 form for BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust over the summer, will meet with the agency’s staff on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Quick Take According to a poll of 1,500 Americans by Security.org, 21% of people not currently owning crypto said they will be more likely to invest if the spot bitcoin ETF gets approved.
Quick Take There is a notable concentration of call options with a strike price of $50,000 for the January 26 expiry on Deribit.
Matrixport analyst Markus Thielen said the Securities and Exchange Commission will likely reject all bitcoin spot ETF proposals this month.Thielen argued the applications still fall short of a critical requirement that must be met before the SEC can approve them.
Quick Take Some 324,000 users fell victim to crypto phishing scams in 2023, with losses totaling nearly $300 million. Inferno Drainer was reportedly used to steal the most funds, draining $81 million from 134,000 victims.
Quick Take Etherscan plans to integrate useful features across both Etherscan and Solscan.
Quick Take Radiant has halted lending and borrowing markets on Arbitrum, saying funds are not at risk.
Klaytn said the platform, launched alongside an accompanying cryptocurrency, provides what it claims to be the first tokenized gold available on DeFi outside of the Ethereum ecosystem.
Quick Take Saylor said in November that he plans to sell some shares to address personal obligations and buy additional bitcoin personally. MicroStrategy continues to be the largest holder of Bitcoin among publicly traded firms.
