qfx In a recent CNBC interview, CEO Rick Wurster casually mentioned that Schwab’s clients already own more than 20% of the entire ETP market. Because nothing says “trust” like letting your clients bet on digital tokens they can’t even hold in their hands. 🤷♂️
In the past 30 days, it’s strutted its stuff with a 13% gain. And what’s the stock market doing? Sitting on its hands with a measly 4.73% increase. It’s like watching a tortoise race a hare—except in this case, the tortoise is heavily caffeinated! ☕🐢
This Genius Act, a name so fitting it could only be dreamed up by someone with the audacity of Trump himself, grants stablecoins the legal status they’ve been clamoring for. Armstrong, in an interview from the White House yard—because apparently, the Oval Office wasn’t available—declared this a monumental moment for crypto. Stablecoins, he claims, will whisk us into a new era of payments, faster and cheaper than a dodgy cab ride in New York 🚕.
Everyone’s watching XTZ’s price action now. Which is great, because watching numbers go up and down is *exactly* how I envisioned spending my Tuesday. Will this enthusiasm last, or are we all going to be crying into our crypto bags soon? Let’s dive in and attempt to decipher this… thing.
“We’re absolutely going to compete with Coinbase,” Wurster declares. “If you’re buying crypto there, you should be buying it here. We’re the trusted name in finance, after all.”
Apparently, the governments of the world (bless their bureaucratic hearts) have decided stablecoins aren’t completely terrible. The U.S. Congress actually approved something (the GENIUS Act – sounds promising, doesn’t it? 🧐) and Europe decided to get its crypto act together with MiCA. Even Singapore, Hong Kong, and the UAE are jumpin’ on the bandwagon! It’s a global conspiracy to make digital money… functional! Who knew?
The digital etherium, a fantastical brew of code, has lately engaged in a most remarkable frolic! In the span of a month, it hath ascended by nigh 47%, and recently brushed against the sum of 3,609. A price most exalted, exceeding that of two years past! This has captured the gaze of both those who dabble in cryptocurrency and the venerable houses of finance. 🏛️
Bit Digital, that peculiar creature of Nasdaq (ticker: BTBT, or as we like to call it, “БТБТ”), has somehow convinced institutional investors to part with $67.3 million, which it promptly exchanged for 19,683 ETH—because why not? 🤷♂️ According to their official proclamation, this brings their total ETH holdings to a cool 120,306. At this rate, they’ll soon be running their own shadow Ethereum state. 🇪🇹
This historic tidal wave came less than 24 hours after Ethereum ETFs shattered their own single-day record with a jaw-dropping $726 million haul. Cumulative holdings now hover just under five million ETH, while Ether’s price soared above $3,400 for the first time since January. One might say Ethereum is flexing harder than a gym bro on Instagram. 💪💸
Arkham Intelligence, those purveyors of secrets (and perhaps a few fabrications, who knows?), assure us that BlackRock has poured a rather impressive $547 million into the ether. A veritable deluge! While simultaneously managing a mere $497 million for Bitcoin. A single day, dear reader! A single day of trading, and the balance of the crypto universe is subtly, yet irrevocably, shifted. Adjusted for market cap, it’s…astonishing. One might even say, almost theatrical. 🎭
