According to Forbes reporter Eleanor Terrett, the Solana ETF was previously approached by SEC employees, but its 19b-4 application was subsequently rejected. With Gary Gensler stepping down in three business days, the market is concerned about the future progress and timeline of Litecoin (LTC), XRP, and Solana (SOL) ETFs.
On January 7, HashKey Group announced that it has received VASP registration approval from the Central Bank of Ireland, expanding the market to Ireland. Under the European Union's Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD5), all crypto service providers in Ireland are required to register with the Central Bank for anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) measures. The VASP license approval allows HashKey to provide a variety of crypto services, including fiat-cryptocur...
According to the DeFi report, blockchain start-up companies received $13.60 billion in venture capital investment in 2024, accounting for 4.9% of the total investment of $279 billion for the year. This figure is up from $10.10 billion in 2023, but still well below the record of $32.40 billion set in 2021. Going forward, benefiting from falling interest rates and regulatory clarity, analysts expect the crypto industry to attract more than $18 billion in venture capital in 2025.
According to ai_9684xtpa analysis, BIO Protocol has raised $30.2 million through fundraising: two rounds of private placement, a total of 2.3 million US dollars, with a valuation of 35 million US dollars and 69 million US dollars respectively; The three rounds of public offering (i.e. BIO Genesis auction) raised a total of 27.9 million US dollars, and the three rounds were valued at 85 million US dollars/142 million US dollars/219 million US dollars. At present, BIO has launched Bybit and Bitget...
Six mutual funds tracking the price of bitcoin will debut in Israel next week after receiving approval from the Israel Securities Authority (ISA). The six companies, which will begin operations on the same day on December 31, will be provided by Migdal Capital Markets, More, Ayalon, Phoenix Investment, Meitav and IBI respectively, with management fees ranging from 1.5% to 0.25%. One of the funds will use active management in an attempt to outperform bitcoin.
US President-elect Donald Trump: If approval cannot be obtained, the use of recess appointments to fill cabinet vacancies will not be ruled out. "May" veto budgets or appropriations that are inconsistent with the newly created Department of Government Effectiveness.
Cryptocurrency startups received nearly $800 million in VC funding in November, according to DefiLlama. Although it was the fourth-highest month for funding this year, it was still down 8% from October. Among them, the chain game field raised about 71 million US dollars, and Monkey Tilt ranked first in the track with 30 million US dollars of financing (led by Pantera Capital). In November, VCs poured more than $583 million into startups developing cryptocurrency-related infrastructure, making it...
BlackRock announced that it has obtained a commercial license in Abu Dhabi and is applying for a license to operate in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM). Charles Hatami, head of BlackRock Middle East, said the company will focus on private markets and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
November 17, Q: According to media reports, China's application to host APEC in 2026 has been supported by all parties and approved at this year's APEC Leaders' Meeting. What is the spokesperson's comment on this? Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: APEC is an important economic cooperation mechanism in the Asia-Pacific region. Proceeding from the overall situation of promoting Asia-Pacific cooperation, China has taken the initiative to play a role and proposed to host the APEC meet...
According to on-chain analyst Ember monitoring, a whale address that received 200,000 ETH from the genesis block sold 5,707.9 ETH last night, and the whale that had 50,000 ETH in the ICO also transferred 9,298 ETH ($29.63 million) to Kraken 6 hours ago. The whale currently holds 10,102 ETH ($32.16 million).
Trump said on the X platform, "Any Republican senator who wants to get the coveted position of leader of the United States Senate must agree to a recess appointment (within the Senate) or we will not be able to confirm the person in time. Sometimes voting can take two years or even longer. They did this four years ago and we cannot let this happen again. We need to fill the position immediately! Also, no judges should be approved during this period because the Democrats want to pass their law wh...
Polymarket bettors said the January 6 protesters were more likely than Ross Ulbricht, the founder of Silk Road during Mr. Trump's second White House, to be pardoned, but the difference was not significant. Multimarket bettors put the January 6 protesters at 86 per cent and Ulbricht at 78 per cent. In addition to these two groups, bettors also gave him a 14% chance of pardoning himself and a 6% chance of pardoning Sam Bankman-Fried.
According to a report by the Associated Press on November 6, in the US congressional elections, the Republican Party has won 51 Senate seats, more than half of the Senate seats, which means that Republicans have regained control of the Senate. In the presidential election, the Republican presidential candidate and former President Trump has won swing states such as North Carolina and Georgia. Trump is one step closer to the 270-vote threshold required to win the presidential election. The Associ...
On October 28th, in the early morning of the 28th local time, all the seats in the 50th House of Representatives election in Japan have been determined. The Liberal Democratic Party won 191 seats, the Komeito Party won 24 seats, and the ruling coalition formed by the two parties won a total of 215 seats, failing to reach 233 seats in the majority of the House of Representatives.
On October 25th, after the first meeting of the Beijing Stock Exchange IPO Cologne New Materials was suspended for consideration on September 23rd, the Beijing Stock Exchange Listing Review Committee announced on October 25th that Shaanxi Cologne New Materials Technology joint stock company met the issuance conditions and was approved for the first time. The sponsor is Guoxin Securities, and the planned proceeds were raised to 210 million yuan. It is worth noting that Cologne New Materials is th...