SEC approves spot bitcoin ETFs in game-changer for crypto industry
In a watershed moment for the world's largest cryptocurrency and the broader crypto industry, U.S. securities regulators on Wednesday approved the first U.S. exchange-traded fund to track Bitcoin, Chairman Gary Gensler said on Wednesday. Stated. The agency approved applications from BlackRock, Ark Investments, 21Shares, Fidelity, Invesco, VanEck and others, according to a notice on its […]
Russia Approves Two ‘Challengers’ to Putin in Presidential Election
MOSCOW (AP) – Russia's state election commission on Friday registered the first two candidates to run against President Vladimir Putin in March elections, where Putin's victory is all but certain. The commission approved the inclusion of Leonid Slutsky of the Nationalist Liberal Democratic Party and Vladislav Davankov of the New People's Party on the ballot […]