Switzerland clears its first retail spot bitcoin ETF
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.
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.
Asset managers are filing ETFs for Solana, XRP, Zcash and more — not just Bitcoin. Here's why that's not competition for crypto exchangers, but free marketing, and how to capture the upside.
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.
In 2026 the list of crypto ETFs stretched far beyond bitcoin and ether. Here's how altcoin ETFs reshape demand, volatility and spreads — and what that means in practice for exchanger owners.
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?
Asset managers have already filed for Solana, XRP and other altcoin ETFs. Here are three scenarios for 2026 and what wider fund approval means for liquidity and your exchanger's coin list.
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.
Money pouring into crypto ETFs is reshaping market volatility and liquidity — and exchangers feel it first. Here's what actually changes in 2026 and which signals are worth watching closely.
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.
Spot bitcoin ETFs have squeezed the BTC/USDT spread on major exchanges to almost nothing. Here's how the mechanism actually works, and where exchanger businesses can still find real margin.
Crypto ETFs are pulling pension funds and asset managers into Bitcoin and Ether in 2026. Here are three scenarios for where the ETF market goes next — and what it means for liquidity, spreads and exchanger clients.
Altcoin ETFs are reshaping which coins win institutional trust fastest. Here are three scenarios for 2026 and what the growing fund lineup means for anyone running a crypto exchanger — from listings to liquidity.
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.