Bitwise’s Crypto Assets Under Management Rise Fivefold in Just 2 Months

Authorities in Kazakhstan are discussing new regulations for the country’s crypto space that may lead to a serious increase in the tax burden on the mining business. Among the proposed changes is a fivefold hike of the fee miners pay per each kilowatt-hour of utilized electricity. Mining Companies in Kazakhstan Expected to Pay Much More to the State Government officials in Kazakhstan are debating over new legislation for the cryptocurrency industry. The authors of a draft law “On Digital Assets in the Republic of Kazakhstan” have covered certain matters that concern....

Bitwise has launched a new ETF offering exposure to the top publicly-listed firms operating in the blockchain and crypto industries. Bitwise Asset Management has announced the launch of its Crypto Industry Innovators exchange-traded fund, or ETF.Unlike the numerous proposals for Bitcoin and cryptocurrency ETFs offering direct exposure to digital assets that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission takes great delight in shooting down, Bitwise’s new fund, dubbed BITQ, offers exposure to the shares of leading “public companies that are participants in the growing Bitcoin and....

The entire crypto market opened the week on a turbulent note, with Bitcoin (BTC) giving back about 6% over the past seven days. Even with the broader market’s pullback, Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, stood out from the competition.  HYPE Jumps On Bitwise’s 10% Fee-To-Token Plan One of the key drivers behind the altcoin’s Monday strength […]

What to Know: Bitwise’s XRP ETF has launched on NYSE Arca with a 0.34% fee waived on the first $500M, positioning XRP as an institution-ready asset. XRP dropped more than 9% into the launch before recovering, with higher volumes and futures open interest indicating renewed speculative and hedging activity. Best Wallet Token, Bitcoin Hyper, and Ionix Chain map onto themes supported by ETF flows: self-custody, Bitcoin scalability, and AI-native infrastructure. These projects provide presale access and strong utility narratives but still come with early-stage risks tied to execution, exchange....

Grayscale Investments has surpassed the milestone of $30 billion in net crypto assets under management (AUM). The company says the tremendous growth is due to institutional investors, particularly hedge funds. Grayscale revealed Friday that its net total crypto assets under management now stands at $30.4 billion. In the lead is Grayscale Bitcoin Trust, which currently has over $24 billion in AUM, followed by the Ethereum trust with more than $5 billion in AUM. Last year, Grayscale started off with just $2 billion in assets under management and ended the year with more than $20 billion,....