The live Bitcoin price today is $29,312, with a 24-hour trading volume of $11.3 billion. Bitcoin is up nearly 1% in the last 24 hours.
The current CoinMarketCap ranking is #1, with a live market cap of $569.8 billion. It has a circulating supply of 19,441,687 BTC coins and a max. supply of 21,000,000 BTC coins.
In addition to the price fluctuations, recent developments in the cryptocurrency market have caught the attention of investors.
Notably, Grayscale has made claims that Coinbase, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange, will not serve as a suitable partner for Bitcoin ETF surveillance.
As bears continue to exert pressure, Bitcoin has found support around the $29,000 level, leading traders and enthusiasts to ponder its potential next move.
Grayscale, a prominent asset management firm, has urged the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve any qualifying Bitcoin spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications simultaneously.
The company emphasized that the SEC should avoid favoritism and not "pick winners and losers" among applicants.
However, Grayscale also argued that Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency exchange, should not be considered a suitable surveillance partner for launching a Bitcoin spot ETF, citing the SEC's prior skepticism towards pricing data from unregulated Bitcoin trading venues.
The company is currently engaged in a court battle with the SEC to convert its Bitcoin fund into an ETF. If the SEC does decide to approve a Coinbase-partnered ETF, Grayscale has requested that it prioritize investors, particularly those of its GBTC fund, in the approval process.
The SEC's decision to approve or deny Bitcoin spot ETFs simultaneously, as advocated by Grayscale, could create more clarity and stability in
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