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The incentive structure of the current blockchain ecosystem works against useful innovation. CoinDesk columnist Azeem Khan has some ideas to fix that.

Bitcoin ETFs have purchased around 48 days of the mined bitcoin supply in the past four trading days.

Russian nationals Sergey Ivanov and Timur Shakhmametov have been charged for their involvement in operating money laundering services that catered to cybercriminals using cryptocurrencies, U.S. authorities announced on Thursday.

Global X, one of the former contenders for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), has withdrawn its application, according to a Jan 30 notice from Cboe BZX Exchange, which could have listed the fund.

Bitcoin is often referred to as "digital gold," but now it is possible to mint and trade physical gold on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Ordinals protocol.

While the new spot bitcoin ETFs have received billions in net inflows since opening for business on Jan. 11, a sizable amount of money has been exiting gold ETFs.

In the past seven days, over 1 million ounces have gone into gold ETFs, the biggest inflow since October 2022.

Bitcoin traded at a perfect negative correlation to PAXG in a sign of weak demand as a geopolitical hedge, according to one observer.

Bitcoin's fourth mining reward halving is just two days away.

Investment banker says it owns over $400 million in bitcoin ETFs, according to a recently filed 13F.