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Today in crypto, Block has officially joined the S&P 500, expanding the benchmark index’s exposure to Bitcoin. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon announced plans to offer institutional access to tokenized money market funds and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has paused Bitwise’s attempt to convert its fund into a spot Bitcoin ETF.
Jack Dorsey’s technology company Block joined the Standard & Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) index on Wednesday, marking the third public company with Bitcoin holdings to join the global benchmark.
Block holds 8,584 Bitcoin (BTC) worth approximately $1 billion, according to BitcoinTreasuries.NET. That stash makes Block the 13th-largest corporate holder of BTC.
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