Steven Walgenbach

Hargreaves Lansdown, the UK’s biggest retail investment platform, has slammed Bitcoin, saying it’s not a real asset class and should not be included in investor portfolios. The investment giant’s remarks came just days after the UK government lifted a longstanding ban on crypto exchange-traded notes (ETNs), reigniting debate over digital assets in retail portfolios. “The […]

Crypto ETF inflows have surged to $48.6 billion so far this year, surpassing the total recorded for all of 2024, according to CoinShares. Bitcoin products still dominate with roughly $30 billion in inflows, or 62%, said head of research James Butterfill in a post on X today. But Bitcoin’s market share tumbled from 86% last […]

Bitwise has amended its filing for a spot Solana ETF and set a 0.20% management fee, signaling a potential SOL ETF fee war before launches even begin. The proposed fee is well below the higher fees that frequently are charged at launch, likely reflecting a strategic move to capture investor inflows from the start. It […]

America’s largest labor union has urged the Senate Banking Committee to reject a draft crypto bill, warning it lacks safeguards and risks a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. In a letter sent to the committee, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), said the Responsible Financial Innovation Act (RFIA) should […]

YZi Labs, the family office of Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ), has announced a $1 billion Builder Fund to fuel the growth of the BNB ecosystem that will support projects that are building on the BNB Chain. That’s as Binance’s native utility token, BNB, flipped Ripple’s XRP and Tether’s USDT to become the third-largest crypto […]