In late 2017, XRP experienced an increase in usage and value. This spike is mainly attributed to revived interest from speculation surrounding a possible Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) and most importantly, Ripple’s consistent moves to make itself a major player in the world’s liquidity solutions. Ripple's CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, has...
Donald Trump's recent financial disclosure reveals a substantial income of $57.4 million from cryptocurrencies in 2024, marking a significant portion of his earnings. Crypto-related income is on fire this year. This increase is powered in large part by a Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) filing associated with his media company,...
Ki Young Ju, the CEO of CryptoQuant and renowned on-chain analyst, has recently flip-flopped on Bitcoin. Smartly, he has since owned up to the fact that his prediction of the end of the bull cycle was incorrect. Five acute months shy of May 9, 2025, Ju produced a first draft....
Stephen Alpher is CoinDesk’s new managing editor for Markets, and he comes to the position with deep understanding and experience. He leads CoinDesk’s comprehensive, up-to-the-minute coverage of Wall Street’s latest efforts to capitalize on crypto. Alpher, who lives in New York, writes about the launch of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds...
Okay, let's be real. I know there’s a lot of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) going around about those Bitcoin ETF outflows. Everyone is talking about it. Here's the thing: focusing solely on that is missing the real story. It’s similar to examining one bad leaf and announcing that the...
The headlines scream "Bitcoin ETF Outflows!" $707 million gone in a week. Five straight days of bleeding. Their total net asset value of $93.36 billion may sound impressive right now. I am stuck by the feeling that we may be seeing the beginning of something far larger than just a...
The U.S. Bitcoin spot ETF market suffered through an unprecedented net outflow of $707 million across five consecutive days. The U.S. analogue, Ethereum spot ETF did no better with $82.5 million in outflows in only four days. Even with these outflows, the current total net asset value of the U.S....
Taken together, recent developments in the cryptocurrency market have produced some conflicting signals. On the downside Bitcoin ETF observably trending outflow, on the upside approval of Ethereum ETF options. It’s good news. This article originally appeared on BlockTraderHub.com, your intel HQ for all things crypto. It explains why these things...
What caused XRP’s market cap to explode on 12-Apr-2025? In fact, it had grown by an astounding $7.74 billion in a mere eight hours! Even with just $12.87 million recorded in inflows, an impressive spike goes here. The moment is indicative of the larger, broader effect that exchange-traded funds (ETFs)...
The cryptocurrency world is abuzz with predictions! One of the most discussed subjects at this time is the rumor that XRP could spike to $15. Crypto influencer Zach Rector has taken a longshot wager. He thinks XRP might explode to $15 any day now, on the back of institutional inflows...
