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Los mercados pueden revivir la crisis bancaria estadounidense del año pasado, ya que un programa de financiación crucial está a punto de expirar, dijo Hayes. El agotamiento del programa de repos inversos de la Reserva Federal y la expiración de una línea de financiación crucial para los bancos en problemas pueden desencadenar una caída del mercado en marzo y obligar a la Reserva Federal a recortar las tasas de interés, dijo el CIO de Maelstrom, Arthur Hayes. Bitcoin podría caer entre un 20% y un 30% en la caída, pero se recuperaría rápidamente, predijo Hayes. Si bien los inversores en criptomonedas están obsesionados con una inminente decisión sobre un fondo cotizado en bolsa (ETF) de bitcoin que podría impulsar el precio de BTC aún más alto, Arthur Hayes, director de inversiones de la oficina familiar Maelstrom y ex director ejecutivo de BitMex, advirtió sobre un potencial 20 Caída del -30% en los próximos meses. En una publicación de blog del viernes, Hayes describió los riesgos inmi

Su publicación sugiere que confían en que la SEC aprobará pronto los primeros ETF de bitcoin al contado de EE. UU. Los fondos cotizados en bolsa (ETF) de bitcoin al contado de EE. UU. parecen estar a punto de lanzarse después de que las bolsas que los incluirán presentaron documentos modificados, lo que sugiere que esperan la aprobación de la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de EE. UU. en los próximos días. Las presentaciones 19b-4 enmendadas, presentadas en nombre de BlackRock, Grayscale, Fidelity y otros emisores, se unen a las presentaciones S-1 enmendadas del mes pasado, que abordan los comentarios de la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de EE. UU. (SEC). Más de una docena de solicitantes esperan lanzar los primeros ETF de bitcoin al contado en los EE. UU.; es probable que se aprueben varios emisores simultáneamente. Personas de dos emisores diferentes le dijeron a CoinDesk el jueves que sus empresas anticipan aprobaciones en algún momento de la próxima semana. Una de las personas le dijo a C

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday rejected a petition from Coinbase, the largest crypto exchange in the U.S., for a separate regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency industry. “The commission concludes that the requested rulemaking is currently unwarranted and denies the petition,” the SEC wrote in a letter addressed to Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal. Gary Gensler, the chair of the SEC, cheered on the denial in a separate statement, saying that he supported the commission’s decision because, he argues, existing laws and regulations already apply to crypto, the SEC already addresses the industry through rulemaking, and it’s important for his agency to maintain control over what resources it deploys to oversee its regulatory agenda. “As I said prior to the collapse of one of the largest noncompliant crypto intermediaries that cost investors billions of dollars,” he wrote, “meaningful engagement with the SEC is always welcome.” Grewal said in a post on X, fo

It's been weeks since the crypto world has suffered a significant scandal—meaning we were probably overdue. And sure enough, Thursday brought yet another "you've-gotta-be-kidding" moment when hackers compromised software used to connect Ledger hardware devices to a variety of decentralized applications. This would be roughly equivalent to using a Web2 service like Facebook or Google to log in to a website, and then finding out the log-in code was compromised and that hackers could steal your account data. The debacle was short-lived as Ledger issued an update to its software around five hours later, though cybersecurity folks are warning people to be cautious about interacting with apps for now. The hacker reportedly drained over $500,000 from various wallets, though, in a sign the crypto industry as a whole is behaving more responsibly, the stablecoin issuer Tether froze a portion of the stolen funds. The upshot is that the financial fallout has been relatively minor

Polygon Labs, a developer of scaling networks for Ethereum, has shifted toward "Polygon CDK," a blockchain-development kit powered by zero-knowledge cryptography. The older "Polygon Edge" was used by Dogechain, in an unofficial effort to build a Dogecoin-oriented smart-contracts network. Polygon Labs is deprecating support for Polygon Edge, a blockchain template that predates the project's shift toward zero-knowledge cryptography as a core technology. Dogechain, which was never officially endorsed by leaders of the Dogecoin project, used Polygon Edge to build their new network, which accepts Dogecoin's DOGE to pay for transactions, known as gas fees. Polygon Labs, the primary developer behind the Polygon blockchain ecosystem, said it has discontinued contributions to Polygon Edge, the open-source software for building Ethereum-compatible networks that was used as the template for Dogechain – created purportedly to bring DeFi to the Dogecoin community. In a b

Market participants expect interest rates to fall "aggressively" in the U.S., U.K. and Europe for the next couple of years, which is more beneficial for risky assets, OANDA's Craig Erlam Bitcoin's price cooled at $41,800, down 4% this week and on track to snap the first eight-week streak of gains since 2017. Investors moved a net $860 million of BTC to exchanges, signaling profit-taking, IntoTheBlock noted. BTC to hit $75,000 early 2024 as U.S. spot bitcoin ETF approval and halving narratives combine, WOO Network predicted. Bitcoin's (BTC) rally stalled, putting it on track to snap a historic eight-week streak of gains as its price remained muted at around $42,000 as of Friday. The largest cryptocurrency by market cap recovered to $43,000 after Monday's 10% flash crash to $40,000 that flushed overenthusiastic leveraged bets on higher prices. A dovish Federal Reserve projecting rate cuts and the falling U.S. dollar bolstered the recovery, but lost steam by Frid