Utah’s Bitcoin Investment Bill Passed in the House of Representatives
Utah has passed a Bitcoin investment bill in the House of Representatives. The bill will now go to the Senate for consideration.
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Czech President Signs Law Exempting Holding Bitcoin for More Than 3 Years from Tax
The Czech President has approved a bill exempting Bitcoin from capital gains tax if held for more than 3 years.
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Trump Media Group Files Trademark Application for “Truth.Fi Bitcoin Plus ETF”
Trump Media & Technology Group filed a trademark application for Bitcoin Plus ETF and other financial products under the Truth.Fi brand.
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Trump Family Crypto Project WLFI Plans to Create Strategic Token Reserve
Trump’s DeFi project World Liberty Financial (WLFI) announced plans to create a strategic token reserve.
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SEC Advances ETF Filings for XRP, LTC and SOL
The SEC has started considering new ETF applications for XRP, Litecoin and Solana. This development signals that the SEC is adopting a crypto-friendly approach.
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SEC Seeks Public Comments on Conversion of Grayscale Litecoin Trust to ETF
The SEC is seeking public comment on Grayscale’s application to convert its Litecoin Trust into an ETF. The comment period will last 21 days after publication in the Federal Register.
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SEC Considers Proposal to Open BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF to Physical Redemptions
BlackRock’s proposal to modify its spot Bitcoin ETF to allow physical redemptions is under review by the SEC. The comment period will be completed in 21 days.
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Cboe BZX Exchange Files 19b-4 Application for XRP Spot ETFs
Cboe BZX Exchange filed a 19b-4 application with the SEC for the listing of XRP spot ETFs on behalf of Bitwise, 21Shares and Canary Capital.
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Franklin Templeton Seeks SEC Approval for New Cryptocurrency Index ETF
Franklin Templeton has requested SEC approval to launch a new cryptocurrency index ETF to capitalize on the crypto boom in the US.
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Ethereum Pectra Upgrade Enters Test Phase
Ethereum developers will start testing the Pectra upgrade on the Holesky testnet on February 26 and on the Sepolia testnet on March 5. If successful, it is scheduled to launch on the mainnet in April.
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US, Non-Farm Payrolls Data announced
Announced:143K
Expectation 169K
Previous 256K
US Unemployment Rate Announced
Announced: 4.0%
Expectation: 4.
Previous: 4.1%
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SEC Accelerates Crypto ETF Reviews
Following the departure of Gary Gensler, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun to review crypto ETF applications faster. This indicates that the SEC has adopted a more open approach to crypto assets with its new administration.
SOL Spot ETF:
Grayscale, Bitwise, VanEck, 21Shares and Canary Capital filed applications for a Solana (SOL) spot ETF. Among these applications, Grayscale’s application was accepted by the SEC and entered the review process.
XRP Spot ETF:
Grayscale, Bitwise, Canary Capital, 21Shares and Wisdom tree have filed XRP spot ETF applications with the SEC. The SEC has started the review process to evaluate the applications.
LTC Spot ETF:
Grayscale and Canary Capital’s Litecoin (LTC) spot ETF applications have been accepted by the SEC. The applications are currently in the public comment period and the SEC is in the process of evaluating them for approval or disapproval.
Other Spot ETF Applications:
NYSE Arca filed a 19b-4 application for spot Dogecoin (DOGE) ETF.
1Shares has filed an application for a spot Polkadot (DOT) ETF with the SEC.
New applications such as the Trump ETF and the BONK ETF were also on the agenda.
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DeepSeek Overtakes OpenAI in GitHub Star Count
DeepSeek’s popular project DeepSeek-V3 has reached 77,700 stars on GitHub, surpassing OpenAI’s most popular project. This achievement demonstrates DeepSeek’s growing influence in the open source community.
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SEC Reviews Proposal to Allow Physical Redemptions in BlackRock’s Spot Bitcoin ETF
The SEC is considering BlackRock’s proposal to modify its spot Bitcoin ETF to allow physical redemptions. The comment period will last 21 days after publication in the Federal Register.
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Japan Asks Apple and Google to Suspend Five Unregistered Crypto Apps
The Japan Financial Services Agency has requested the removal of Bybit, MEXC, LBank, KuCoin and Bitget’s apps from the App Store and Google Play.
Kentucky Proposes Investing 10% of State Funds in Digital Assets
A bill introduced in Kentucky would invest 10% of state funds in digital assets with a market capitalization exceeding $750 billion.
BlackRock Increases Its Stake in Strategy to 5%
BlackRock increased its stake in Strategy (former MicroStrategy) to 5%. Following this news, STRK shares rose 5% pre-market.
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Ondo Finance Launches Ondo Chain for Asset Tokenization
Ondo Finance has launched a permissioned Layer-1 blockchain called Ondo Chain, which aims to bridge the gap between traditional finance and DeFi.
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