Swiss regulator FINMA has approved the country's first bitcoin ETF open to ordinary retail investors, not just professionals, after granting an exemption from standard fund diversification rules.
Thailand's SEC approved rules for locally listed bitcoin and ether ETFs, with trading set to begin October 16. Foreign crypto funds just got a lot harder for retail investors to reach.
Winklevoss Asset Services has filed with the SEC for a WINK fund holding ZEC directly, with Gemini as custodian and a 0.25% fee — the third spot Zcash ETF bid after Grayscale and Bitwise.
The SEC has approved listing six 3x leveraged ETPs from Volatility Shares, pushing past the old 2x cap on US crypto funds for the first time. Trading won't start right away — a registration statement still has to clear.
US bitcoin ETFs pulled in $2.4 billion in a single week, their biggest haul since October 2025, flipping 2026 flows positive for the first time. By Friday, though, daily buying had collapsed 87%.
Bitcoin broke $87,000 for the first time since January as a short squeeze wiped out hundreds of millions in bearish bets — real ETF demand, or just a liquidation cascade?
Spot bitcoin and ether ETFs pulled in a combined $1.1 billion last week, their strongest showing since April, after a weak US jobs report cut the odds of a Fed rate hike.
Wintermute's New York arm has registered with the SEC and FINRA as a broker-dealer. The crypto market maker can now trade US stocks and options and act as an authorized participant for crypto ETFs.
Vanguard, the $10 trillion asset manager that once blocked Bitcoin ETFs and called crypto immature, has posted its first-ever Head of Digital Assets role. The last major holdout in traditional finance is changing course.
June was the worst month on record for U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs: $4.5 billion withdrawn. On July 3, Fidelity and Ark led a $222M reversal after a miss on U.S. jobs data eased rate-hike fears.
Bitcoin closes the second quarter of 2026 below $60,000, logging a Q2 decline of about 12% after a 22% fall in Q1. Back-to-back losing quarters to start a year has happened only twice before in Bitcoin's history.
Morgan Stanley filed spot ETH and SOL ETFs at a 0.14% fee, undercutting Grayscale and Franklin Templeton. The crypto ETF fee war has reached altcoin funds.
The world's largest asset manager launched BITA on Nasdaq — a covered-call bitcoin income ETF targeting 15–25% annual yield with monthly distributions, beating Goldman to market.
SEC approved T. Rowe Price's active crypto ETF on June 12, covering 15 digital assets from Bitcoin and Solana to Dogecoin and Shiba Inu — the first regulated fund letting managers pick their own crypto portfolio.
Japan's lower house passed a bill on June 11 classifying crypto as a financial instrument, cutting capital gains tax from 55% to 20% and enabling spot crypto ETFs — expected as early as 2027.
Bitcoin dropped to $59,100 on June 5 — its lowest since October 2024. The coin shed nearly 20% in a week and over 52% from its $126,000 peak. ETF outflows hit a record $4.4 billion across 13 straight days.
