Grayscale is moving ahead with plans to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to Dogecoin, filing to rename its existing Grayscale Dogecoin Trust into the Grayscale Dogecoin Trust ETF. If approved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the fund will trade under the ticker symbol “GDOG” on NYSE Arca. This marks another step in Grayscale’s ongoing push to expand crypto investment options for mainstream traders.

The filing comes as competition heats up among firms seeking SEC approval for crypto ETFs. Rivals Rex-Osprey and Bitwise have also submitted applications, while regulators are reviewing proposals tied to other tokens such as Solana (SOL) and XRP. The momentum reflects a more favorable regulatory climate under the Biden administration, following landmark approvals of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs earlier this year.

Grayscale has been central in shaping this landscape after a pivotal court ruling forced the SEC to greenlight its spot Bitcoin ETF. Today, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dominates with over $88 billion in assets, but Dogecoin’s potential ETF debut could open a new frontier for crypto investors.

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Strategy, Michael Saylor and MSTR have taken over Wall Street. To many people’s chagrin, the suitcoiners and corporates are here: Bitcoin held by corporations in the form of bitcoin treasury companies is hypnotic to look at. It has captured more or less everyone’s mind — mine, included.

It’s the latest fad on the world’s capital markets, celebrated by a narrow sway of financially savvy Bitcoiners and insiders, yet hated by tradfi people who can’t for the love of humanity understand why anybody, let alone a company, would want bitcoin at all. Every odd Bitcoin podcaster has joined one or more bitcoin treasury companies as investors or advisors… or, to put their role more…

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Hedge fund powerhouse Brevan Howard has taken the lead in the race for Bitcoin ETF dominance. A new SEC filing reveals the firm now holds about 37.5 million shares of BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) worth nearly $2.3 billion as of June 30. This marks a steep climb from 21.5 million shares in the first quarter, pushing Brevan Howard ahead of Goldman Sachs, which previously topped the list with a $1.4 billion stake.

The investment highlights Brevan Howard’s growing commitment to digital assets. Best known for its macro trading strategies, the hedge fund has been rapidly scaling its presence in crypto through BH Digital, a division managing billions across blockchain infrastructure and related technologies. This bold move solidifies the firm as a leading force in institutional crypto adoption.

IBIT continues to dominate the market with more than $88 billion in Bitcoin under management. Other major holders include Symmetry Investments, Capula Management, Mubadala Investment, and notably Harvard Management, which entered the top 20 with a $1.9 billion position, reflecting rising institutional appetite for Bitcoin exposure.

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Maximilian Obwexer had a problem. 

He was heating his home in Austria with conventional heating oil, and it was expensive. A tinkerer by nature, and a former engineer having worked on hydropower plants, he was trying to find a better way to heat his home. 

After many rounds of experimentation and having delved down the Bitcoin (mining) rabbit hole, three years ago he founded a company devoted to the effort. His company, 21energy, makes well-balanced, sturdy, and incredibly beautiful (and incredibly quiet!) miners for home use. The early models of Ofen 1 boasted up to 10 TH/s, while the premium model could reach, at top speed and making plenty of noise, 40 TH/s. Having scaled up…

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Due to certain laws and court rulings, it’s becoming more and more difficult to preserve one’s privacy when communicating and transacting online, but there are steps we can take to maintain our privacy, as per what Bitcoin policy advocate Freddie New shared in my recent interview with him.

Before getting to those steps, though, please allow me to offer some background on how online privacy has been negatively impacted in both the UK and US as of late.

July 25 marked the first day of enforcement for the UK’s Online Safety Act, which requires that UK internet users input identifying information before browsing certain websites in efforts to protect children from accessing…

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