{"id":270,"date":"2024-05-02T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T08:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/?p=270"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T08:44:36","slug":"hong-kong-bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-have-soft-debut-u-s-bitcoin-etfs-bleed-record-563m-even-as-feds-powell-rules-out-rate-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insights.digift.io\/zh\/hong-kong-bitcoin-and-ether-etfs-have-soft-debut-u-s-bitcoin-etfs-bleed-record-563m-even-as-feds-powell-rules-out-rate-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have soft debut; U.S. Bitcoin ETFs bleed record $563M even as Fed’s Powell rules out rate hike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Weekly Update: 02 May 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Hong Kong Bitcoin and Ether ETFs have soft debut [CoinDesk]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The volume of ether exchange-traded funds came in at over $13 million, while bitcoin ETFs came in at $7.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2) U.S. Bitcoin ETFs bleed record $563M even as Fed’s Powell rules out rate hike [CoinDesk]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Fidelity’s FBTC, not GBTC, led outflows on Wednesday in what may be an alarming development for the bulls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3) Indonesia\u2019s election results may be good for Crypto, industry watchers say [CoinDesk]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Indonesia\u2019s presidential election in February initially ended in controversy when the winning duo claimed victory before official results were released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4) Is the SEC weighing a lawsuit against Consensys? [Blockworks]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Last year, the SEC served Coinbase with a Wells Notice just months before filing a lawsuit. Is the same about to happen to Consensys?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5) MicroStrategy to launch Bitcoin-based decentralized ID solution [Cointelegraph]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– MicroStrategy has already built an application on \u201cMicroStrategy Orange\u201d \u2014 Orange For Outlook \u2014 which integrates digital signatures into emails to verify the identity of the sender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6) RWA tokenization firm Securitize raises $47M led by fund partner BlackRock [CoinDesk]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– BlackRock and Securitize last month teamed up to create the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund, which may prove to be geared toward RWA tokenization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7) Republic First Bank closure: First US bank failure of 2024 [Blockchain News]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– US regulators have closed Philadelphia-based Republic First Bank, marking the first banking failure of 2024. The closure has sparked debate among the crypto community, with Bitcoin and Ether trading down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8) Tokenized asset issuer Backed raises $9.5M as Crypto’s RWA race heats up [CoinDesk]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The fundraising will help accelerate Backed’s private tokenization offering and onboard asset managers to blockchains, the company said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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