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Crypto Market Extends Drop Despite SEC Approval of Ether ETF Filings
The SEC approval of spot ether ETF regulatory filings has not yet spurred a recovery in cryptocurrency prices, which extended their decline throughout the Asian and European mornings. BTC lost more than 3.4% in the last 24 hours to trade around $67,400, while ETH fell about 4.5% to $3,700. The CoinDesk 20 Index (CD20), which measures the broader digital asset market, lost more than 3.3%. Ether ETFs are not yet authorized for trading because the SEC still needs to approve their S-1 filings before investors can buy them. The approval came as a surprise to many. After clearing spot bitcoin ETFs in January, the SEC did not appear to engage much with ether ETF issuers, but that has changed in recent days.
Bitcoin and ether both experienced big swings before SEC ETF decision On thursday. ETH fell to $3,500 before rising to $3,900 as reports first emerged that approval of some registrations was imminent. Meanwhile, BTC fell below $66,500, then rose to $68,300 before settling just below $68,000. Liquidations across all leveraged crypto derivatives positions soared to more than $350 million during the day, the highest since May 1, CoinGlass data shows. Most of the positions were long positions betting on rising prices, worth around $250 million, suggesting that overleveraged traders were caught off guard by the sudden drop in prices.
Kabosu, the Shiba Inu dog that inspired the dogecoin meme and later the cryptocurrency DOGE, died at age 17. Kabosu’s image inspired the creation of DOGE in 2013, initially starting out as a joke coin. DOGE’s success later gave rise to a whole group of dog-themed tokens, such as SHIB and FLOKI, which have since cumulatively become one of the biggest sectors in the industry. “We will hold a farewell party for Kabo-chan on Sunday, May 26th. It will be held at Flower Kaori in Kotsu no Mori, Narita City, from 1pm to 4pm,” its owner wrote in a blog.
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