Wall Street just poured nearly $900 million into Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
Bitcoin funds recorded their third-biggest inflow day of 2026, while Ether products reversed the prior session's outflow.
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SEC’s latest crypto rules only open a few of Wall Street’s ‘million doors’ – Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan
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Wall Street piled $1.2 billion into MSTR in Q2 before Strategy turned its Bitcoin flywheel toward rescuing STRC
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The sudden collapse of a $20 billion AI fund reveals why Bitcoin is the first thing Wall Street sells when margin calls hit
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