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Hi there! Welcome to the fourth and final installment of Need to Know Crypto Edition, ahead of the launch of a new weekly crypto newsletter “Distributed Ledger,” which will kick off in November. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch, and I’ll walk you through the latest and greatest in dig

Dreamstime A third Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund with significantly lower management fees will hit the markets as soon as Monday, becoming a strong contender in a market that’s becoming increasingly crowded. VanEck filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Saturday to

When the first Bitcoin exchange-traded fund was proposed in the U.S. in 2013, there were limited ways to buy Bitcoin. Some people crossed their fingers and invested in overseas exchanges like Mt. Gox, which imploded the next year, or gathered in public places like parks to exchange cash for codes. T

Hello there! Think of this as the crypto edition of ETF Wrap. And it is hard to blame us for being in a crypto state of mind, after the debut of the U.S.’s first bitcoin-linked exchange-traded fund. The new product offered by the folks at ProShares has helped to spark a rally to new heights for bitc

Walmart Inc. WMT, +1.04% now allows customers to buy bitcoin BTCUSD, +1.59% in some of its U.S. stores. Coinstar kiosks, which people typically use to trade in coins for paper money or gift cards, will now also be used to purchase bitcoin in some Walmart stores, the company announced. See also: Anth

Stock investors may be feeling a tad jealous of their crypto cousins. Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, blew past its record high this past week, reaching new heights around $67,000, up 50% since Sept. 30. Bulls now see a path to $100,000. Just a few weeks ago, Bitcoin was in the doghouse—hit by

A groundbreaking development in exchange traded funds this week has Mark DeCambre, the author of the ETF Wrap column, answering an important question: Should you buy a bitcoin ETF? The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF BITO, -3.23%, the first ETF listed in the U.S. that is tied to the price movement of

Shares of Phunware Inc. PHUN, +471.24% surged more than 1,000% early Friday, as a special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, called Digital World Acquisition Corp. DWAC, +107.03%, was revealed to be merging with an entity called Trump Media & Technology Group. Austin-based Phunware is an adve