
Bitwise Will Close Its Dogecoin ETF Less Than a Year After Launch
Bitwise will liquidate BWOW, its Dogecoin ETF, on 22 October. Trading stops on 14 October, less than a year after the fund listed on NYSE Arca.
Altcoins, ETH & general crypto

Bitwise will liquidate BWOW, its Dogecoin ETF, on 22 October. Trading stops on 14 October, less than a year after the fund listed on NYSE Arca.

A Bitcoin Magazine post says 18% of Americans own crypto. The table beneath it is narrower: 176 current owners in a sample of 1,000 registered voters polled by Cygnal, or 17.6%. Other 2026 surveys land far apart.

A viral post says scientists want Bitcoin to serve as money between Earth and Mars. The paper behind it is real, but it went up on arXiv in August 2025. Its own light-delay figures contradict the post's graphic.

A viral Instagram carousel says Warren Buffett called Bitcoin dead at $600 exactly 12 years ago. CNBC and CoinDesk show the remarks came from two March 2014 interviews eleven days apart. The quote was trimmed as well.

An Instagram post says Cathie Wood predicts Bitcoin at $1.5 million by 2030. ARK Invest does publish that number, but as the top of a three-case model whose base case sits near $710,000. The floor went missing.

A single-slide post circulating on Instagram sets out three multipliers: Bitcoin 2x by 2027, Ethereum 5x by 2028, altcoins 100x by 2029. It names no author and no method. Bitcoin traded near $77,000 on 10 September.

Bitcoin fell under $77,000 on 10 September after August producer prices came in at 5.4% against a 5.3% consensus. Outlets put the size of the drop at three different numbers. The 30-year Treasury yield hit its highest level since 2007.

Nasdaq Ventures is investing $100 million in Payward, and the two firms plan to launch Nasdaq Equity Tokens in the second quarter of 2027.

Tether and Fasanara Capital have put $400 million into StableFund, an evergreen private credit vehicle that aims to raise up to $3 billion more.

Consensys Software will become two companies by the end of 2026: MetaMask under Joe Lubin, and a new Consensys holding Linea, Besu and Teku.

Block has applied to charter Builders Bank and Trust, an uninsured national bank for bitcoin and stablecoin custody. It would take no deposits and make no loans.

Trezor said a third-party email provider had been breached and a fake security alert went out through its own mail path. No customer funds are reported lost.