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CME Bitcoin Futures Almost Flips to Discount

Bitcoin bounced up after dipping below $42,000 Friday, tracking losses in U.S. stock futures. New data reveal the premium in the one-month BTC futures listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) almost flipped to a discount. “All About Bitcoin” host Christine Lee breaks down the Chart of the Day.

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Finance

WisdomTree Adds Bitcoin Futures Exposure to Fund, Refiles for Spot ETF

The BTC futures addition was made to WisdomTree’s commodities-focused Managed Futures Strategy ETF.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Vulnerable to Rising Leverage Despite Short-Term Optimism

Analysts are cautiously optimistic about a sustained price rise in bitcoin.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Pullback Pauses as Traders Reduce Leverage

Technical indicators show a positive upward trend for BTC.

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Markets

VanEck Bitcoin Futures ETF Finds Cool Reception

The new investment vehicle, trading under the stock ticker XBTF, jumped into the competition with a lower fee than two similar funds launched last month. But its first-day trading volume was still comparatively anemic.

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Markets

VanEck to Launch Bitcoin Futures ETF ‘XBTF’ Next Week After SEC Rejects Spot Offering

Chicago-based CBOE exchange says in website posting that the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF will start trading Tuesday under the ticker symbol “XBTF.”

After weeks of delays, the VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF is ready to launch. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Outperforms as Traders Prepare for Next Leg Higher

Bitcoin is up about 5% over the past week, compared with a 3% rise in ether over the same period.

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Finance

Direxion Files for Short Bitcoin Futures ETF

Investment firms are getting creative after last week’s watershed bitcoin ETF launch.

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Markets

As the CME’s Volume Gets Pumped, the Bitcoin ETF’s Quirky Structure Could Explain Some of It

If one wants exposure to bitcoin, the purest play is buying bitcoin itself. Everything else comes with its own idiosyncrasies.

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Markets

Market Wrap: Bitcoin Retreats From All-Time High; Ether Outperforms

The ETF enthusiasm has faded but some investors expect pullbacks to remain limited for the remainder of the year.

Bitcoin retreats from all-time high.