For years, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has existed in a kind of regulatory purgatory as Ripple's long-running legal battle with the SEC cast a shadow over the entire asset, keeping institutional money on the sidelines and leaving retail investors with limited, often inconvenient ways to get exposure.
Nicholas Crypto Income ETF (BLOX) offers a 36% distribution yield, appealing to income-focused investors seeking crypto exposure despite ongoing volatility. BLOX employs a synthetic call strategy for crypto exposure, blending covered calls with growth equities and using put spreads to mitigate drawdowns. Recent NAV and distribution declines reflect crypto market weakness, but BLOX's drawdown since inception is less severe than peers, aided by active management.
Cryptocurrency traders have reportedly made five-minute bets a big business for prediction market platform Polymarket. As Bloomberg News reported Sunday (March 15), users can now bet on where the price of bitcoin will be within five or 15 minutes.
Question: Does Bitcoin protect investors when markets become unstable?
Gemini has been hit hard by some very negative updates. A deeper dive into the fundamentals doesn't offer up too many positives. Stay sidelined until GEMI's earnings later this month.
OKX, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was valued at $25 billion after it received a minority investment from Intercontinental Exchange , the NYSE parent said on Thursday.
Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN) stock is charging higher this morning, last seen up 7.5% to trade at $196.08, the cryptocurrency wallet enjoying a halo lift alongside Bitcoin (BTC).
Crypto-linked equities are surging in premarket trading Wednesday morning. Strategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is up 6.7%, Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) is up 5.6%, and Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is up 2.9% as of 7:55 AM ET, with Bitcoin providing the fuel for all three moves.
Nicholas Crypto Income ETF stands out as a high-quality, actively managed crypto income fund with a sustainable strategy and weekly distributions. BLOX's methodical holdings, option-writing approach, and diversification offer resilience during crypto downturns, with a current annual yield of approximately 36%. The fund's active management allows dynamic option strategies, reducing NAV erosion and volatility compared to higher-yielding, less flexible peers.
HOOD's shares are down nearly 30% as crypto trading slumps, but global expansion, new products and buybacks could reshape the stock's risk-reward.
Most crypto funds bet on a single asset. Bitwise 10 Crypto Index Fund ( NYSEARCA:BITW ) takes a different approach, offering diversified exposure to the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap, weighted by free-float.
Bitmine (NASDAQ: BMNR) has quietly become one of the most interesting crypto-related stocks on the board — not because it mines Bitcoin, but because it no longer does. The company made a decisive pivot away from Bitcoin mining and went all-in on Ethereum.