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19th July: Crypto & Coffee at 8 🎙️ 

🚨Spot Bitcoin ETF update❗ Ripple invests in Metaverse Africa’s Crypto Interest 🔴Aave Launches Stablecoin GHO

🟧 Wednesday 18th July U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF Approval Clock starts as 8 applicants are named on Federal Register. The eight applicants are BlackRock’s iShares ETF filed on Nasdaq, Bitwise Inc’s Bitcoin ETP Trust filed on NYSE Arca and six others filed on the Cboe Global Markets Fidelity Investments’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Trust, WisdomTree Asset Management Bitcoin Trust, VanEck Bitcoin Strategy ETF, Invesco US Galaxy Bitcoin ETF, ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF and Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF. CoinDesk has more information on this here https://lnkd.in/dx9xHYxf

🔸 It’s important to note no guarantee the SEC will approve any of the applications, the filing by industry giant BlackRock has fueled speculation that permission is more likely.

🔸 Valkyrie Bitcoin Strategy ETF is called ‘BRRR’. And according to data from the SEC’s Nasdaq rulemaking list, the proposal entered the official docket on July 17. More info via Cointelegraph here https://lnkd.in/dhxd3K8z

- What are the chances a Spot Bitcoin ETF will be approved by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission before the final quarter of 2023?

🎙️ Check out Blockchain DXB’s Crypto & Coffee at 8 podcasts we share our opinion on this. We also discuss the state of #defi, #stablecoins & more

🚨 Futureverse, a startup formed out of 11 different firms, has raised $54 million in Series A round led by 10T Holdings and including contribution from Ripple Labs, the firm said on Tuesday. Information via 

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