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Bitcoin's ETF Hangover

gm Bankless Nation, It was a brutal day for buy-the-news'ers
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Jan 12, 2024 โ€ข 3 min read
Bitcoin's ETF Hangover
Published on Jan 12, 2024
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NEED TO KNOW
BlackRock Wants ETH
  1. ๐Ÿ—ฟ Larry Fink wants ETH ETF. BlackRock's Larry Fink seems to get what he wants, and he wants the SEC to approve ETH's spot ETF debut.
  2. ๐Ÿ”ช Halving is on the way. The next bitcoin halving is predicted to be just 100 days away; how will the market respond?
  3. ๐Ÿ˜” NEAR layoffs. The NEAR Foundation, the startup behind the L1 blockchain, announced plans to lay off 40% of staff across biz dev and marketing.
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TODAY IN MARKETS
BTC's ETF Hangover

๐Ÿ“Š Enter Ether. Notorious countertrade indicator Jim Cramer may have tweeted that BTC's top is in, but the statements have done little to bolster price, with BTC down 9% on the day. Cramer has spoken, so why arenโ€™t we pumping?

Prices as of 5pm ET 24hr 7d
Crypto $1.67T โ†˜ 5.8% โ†— 0.6%
BTC $42,062 โ†˜ 9.0% โ†˜ 4.2%
ETH $2,479 โ†˜ 5.0% โ†— 10.4%
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WEEKLY ROLLUP
ETF Bonanza

Phew, what a week! With David off climbing mountains, Ryan is joined by Anthony Sassano to discuss ETF week and all of the chaos and ecstasy that it involved.

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