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Tether-Backed Twenty One Capital Sinks on Debut
Shares of crypto treasury firm Twenty One Capital plunged on their first day of trading on Tuesday following the completion of the company's merger with a blank-check firm as crypto-related stocks face mounting pressure.
The new company, trading under the ticker "XXI" on the NYSE, closed down 20% at $11.42.
Twenty One is majority-owned by stablecoin giant Tether and crypto exchange Bitfinex, with a minority stake held by Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group. It was formed by merging into blank-check vehicle Cantor Equity Partners in a deal first announced in April.
PNC Launches Bitcoin Trading With Coinbase for Wealthy Clients
PNC Financial Services Group’s high-net-worth customers can now trade Bitcoin directly through their investment accounts, fulfilling an initial goal of the Pittsburgh-based lender’s partnership with Coinbase announced in July.
The move is the latest example of a traditional financial services provider offering digital asset trading through its own platform — a role still primarily filled by cryptocurrency exchanges such as Coinbase. Through its partnership with PNC, Coinbase provides broker services and technology integration, facilitating trades of any amount of Bitcoin, according to Brett Tejpaul, co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional.
The service is currently limited to PNC’s private bank clients, made up of high-net-worth investors and family offices. Customers can buy crypto through their investment management accounts, often funded by money in their PNC checking accounts.
SEC Chair Atkins Suggests Certain ICOs Should Be Considered as Non-securities
SEC chair Paul Atkins said Tuesday that numerous types of ICOs, or initial coin offerings, should be considered non-securities transactions, and thus outside the Wall Street regulator’s jurisdiction.
“That’s what we want to encourage,” Atkins said Tuesday at the Blockchain Association’s annual policy summit, in response to a question from Decrypt. “Those sorts of things would not fall, as we would define it, into the definition of a security.”
Atkins specifically referred to a token taxonomy he rolled out last month, in which he broke down the crypto industry into four general token categories. Of those four categories, Atkins argued last month that three—network tokens, digital collectibles, and digital tools—should not be considered securities in and of themselves.
New Application Filed For “Afterdark“ Bitcoin ETF Seeking to Mirror Asset's Overnight Returns
A company called Tidal Trust II filed an application with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday for an exchange-traded fund that would only offer Bitcoin exposure when U.S. markets are closed.
The fund, dubbed the Nicholas Bitcoin and Treasuries AfterDark ETF, would also hold short-term U.S. Treasuries during the day, according to the filing. As a result, the ETF would mirror Bitcoin’s overnight return profile, for investors based in the U.S.
Unlike spot Bitcoin ETFs, which were approved last year, the ETF would not hold Bitcoin as an underlying asset. Rather, the fund aims to track Bitcoin’s performance by investing in futures contracts, options on indices, and spot Bitcoin ETFs themselves.
Bitwise BITW ETF Gains SEC Approval With Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP and More
The Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund (BITW) has received SEC approval to trade as an exchange-traded product on NYSE Arca.
BITW offers diversified exposure to the 10 largest cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, and is rebalanced monthly.
This approval marks a significant milestone for crypto indices, potentially attracting more institutional investment.
Bitcoin & Ethereum Spot ETF Flow
The overall net inflow of the US Bitcoin spot ETF on Tuesday was $151.74 million. The total net asset value of Bitcoin spot ETFs is $22.1 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to total Bitcoin market value) is 6.57%.
The Bitcoin spot ETF with the highest net inflow on December 9 was Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC), with a net inflow of $198.85 million, according to SoSoValue.
Source: SoSoValue
The overall net inflow of the US Ethereum spot ETF on Tuesday was $177.64 million. The total net asset value of Ethereum spot ETFs is $21.04 billion, and the ETF net asset ratio (market value compared to total Ethereum market value) is 5.24%.
The Ethereum spot ETF with the highest net inflow on December 9 was Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH), with a net inflow of $51.47 million, according to SoSoValue.
Source: SoSoValue
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