Barry Silbert deletes old tweets amid GBTC selloff
Silbert is under fire after $580 million in outflows from Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) last week was blamed for a dip in bitcoin’s price.
Silbert is under fire after $580 million in outflows from Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) last week was blamed for a dip in bitcoin’s price.
In two days of trading last week, the new SEC-approved spot bitcoin ETFs attracted approximately $819 million of net new cash inflows.
Many cryptocurrency stocks fell following approval of the new spot-based bitcoin ETFs in the US, including MicroStrategy and Coinbase.
In her criticism of the approved Bitcoin ETFs, Crenshaw focused on fraudulent information, wash trading, and reasoning by ETF sponsors.
The SEC claimed the fake bitcoin ETF post was not drafted or created by the agency and that a joint investigation with the FBI is underway.