The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC) remains expensive with a 1.50% fee, causing it to lose market share to lower-cost competitors despite holding significant legacy assets. Unlike Grayscale's Ethereum and Solana funds, which recently added staking distributions to enhance returns, GBTC offers no yield features, limiting its appeal. Existing GBTC holders stay due to embedded gains and tax considerations, but high fees and lack of product improvements deter new investors. The fund is rated a Hold, awaiting a catalyst such as a fee reduction or product enhancement to regain competitiveness and attract fresh capital.
Goldman Sachs Nasdaq-100 Core Premium Income ETF (GPIQ) fell 6.1% in July while Apple, its largest holding, surged 15.23%. This underperformance is due to GPIQ's covered-call strategy, which caps gains by selling call options to generate monthly inco...
AstraZeneca is in talks with US rival Bristol Myers Squibb about a potential merger that could form one of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies valued at nearly $400 billion. The discussions have been ongoing for several months and may conclu...
After a major Coldcard hardware wallet hack involving over 1,359 BTC, an unusual onchain message publicly offered laundering services to the thief for a 10% fee. This message, embedded in the Bitcoin blockchain, signals a rare direct solicitation to ...
On July 23, 2026, an attacker exploited a vulnerability in the Verus Protocol's Ethereum cross-chain bridge, stealing about $7.44 million in ETH, tBTC, stablecoins, and MKR. The hack exploited differences in how Verus and Ethereum processed notarizat...
A7A5, a ruble-pegged stablecoin launched in 2025 to help Russian firms circumvent international sanctions, initially handled over $100 billion in transfers. However, coordinated actions by the US, UK, and EU in late 2025 targeted its infrastructure, ...
