Bitwise Debuts First Ever GameStop Covered Call ETF

Today, Bitwise Asset Management announced the launch of the Bitwise GME Option Income Strategy ETF (IGME), the first-ever covered call ETF centered around GameStop (GME). The fund arrives at a moment where GameStop recently made headlines for its $500 million Bitcoin treasury strategy. GameStop is embracing bitcoin; we built an income-generating ETF designed to capture … Read more

Why You Need To Use Your Node For It To Matter

What is an economic node? To understand that, you need to first conceptually understand how a user interacts with the Bitcoin network in the first place.  Bitcoin is a database, and a network to facilitate the updating and synchronization of updates to that database, used for the primary purpose of people transacting bitcoin (entries in … Read more

potential approval arrives within 5 weeks

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked would-be Solana exchange-traded fund (ETF) sponsors to file amended S-1 Forms within a week, Blockworks reported on June 10, citing three people familiar with the discussions. The sources said that the SEC has informed the issuers that it intends to respond within 30 days of the filings. … Read more

Aave Expands to Sony Backed Soneium L2

Aave has deployed its decentralized finance protocol on Soneium, an Ethereum layer two (L2) developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs. Sony’s Soneium Welcomes DeFi Giant Aave to Its L2 Network Aave, a major decentralized finance (defi) protocol, has launched on Soneium, a new Ethereum L2 developed by Sony Block Solutions Labs, a joint venture between … Read more

Secret Bitcoin Activities of a Company Supported by Donald Trump in the US Have Been Revealed

The American Bitcoin company, backed by US President Donald Trump and his son Eric Trump, has quietly collected 215 BTC as part of its Bitcoin accumulation strategy launched in April. This amount is over $23 million according to the current market value. The accumulation in question stands out as a significant reserve that the company … Read more

Société Générale-Forge Launches USD-denominated Stablecoin

Société Générale-Forge, the crypto arm of French financial services company Société Générale, has launched a new US dollar-pegged stablecoin. According to a June 10 announcement, the stablecoin, dubbed USD CoinVertible (USDCV), will be issued on the Ethereum and Solana blockchains. US-based financial services firm Bank of New York Mellon will act as the custodian for … Read more

No One Fell for It: Paraguay’s Bitcoin Legal Tender Announcement Was a Zero-Sum Hack

A recent social media post by President Santiago Peña announcing the enactment of bitcoin as Paraguay’s legal tender, shook the crypto community. Nonetheless, this turned out to be a scheme by attackers who gained control of the account and tried to take advantage. Attackers Compromise Paraguay’s President X Account, Announce Bitcoin as Legal Tender Paraguay … Read more