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Is a Bitcoin Futures ETF Really THAT Bad?
Primer The ProShares Bitcoin ETF launched yesterday, attracting over $500M in capital on day one....However, the ETF isn’t simply a product that buys spot BTC, instead it buys BTC futures....Futures Spreads Are Tight (Most of the Time) According to the ETF’s prospectus, ProShares will hold...However, the ETF isn’t simply […]...
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Infrastructure
Oct 2021
Market Musings - Bitcoin Battles ETF Outflows
With the introduction of the Bitcoin Spot ETFs in January 2024, this goal has finally become a reality...ETF products printing some disappointing numbers....Source: token.unlock.apps What We’re Reading Once Again, Bitcoin Is Behaving Like It Should (Alpha Feed...
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Macro & Markets
May 2024
Market Creeps Higher as Bitcoin Futures ETF Debuts
Market Updates All eyes are on Proshare’s Bitcoin Futures ETF today, the first Bitcoin-linked ETF in...Finally, the Valkyrie Bitcoin ETF launch—due to debut tomorrow with the memorable ticker BTFD—underscores...Futures ETF launch today.
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DeFi
Oct 2021
Leverage Watch, ETF Traction, and Relentless L1s
Bitcoin ETF Traction The ProShares Bitcoin ETF is off to a solid start with over $1.1B of inflows in...(Plus, as we noted yesterday, the ETF is not that bad)....would a proper spot ETF receive?...(@stablekwon) October 21, 2021 The Bitcoin ETF’s AUM could be limited by CME contract caps .
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Infrastructure
Oct 2021
Market Musings - ETF Flows Shine As BTC Flirts With Range Highs
BTC Spot ETFs — Summer Starts With Massive ETF Flows Reminder, Delphi’s BTC Spot ETF Flow Tracker can...With summer kicking off, first week ETF flows for June came in hot, well out-pacing expectations and...We have now seen 19 consecutive days of net inflows for these ETFs, the longest streak since the ETF’...What is Bitcoin?
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Macro & Markets
Jun 2024
The Path to DeFi's ETF Moment: The Rise of Morpho, Curators, and Mullets
ETF....ETF assets. More recently, we in crypto have felt the ETF effect too. ...Since launching in January 2024, U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs have attracted over $92B in AUM, now holding...The largest, BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), alone holds 572K BTC, more than 2.7% of supply...
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DeFi
Apr 2025
The State of Bitcoin
Long-term value potential and analysis of Bitcoin...
Infrastructure
Dec 2018
The State Of Bitcoin
...a dozen spot BTC ETF applications in 2023, with many ETFs approved at the start of 2024....For those who already hold spot BTC or have other crypto, a Bitcoin ETF may not seem like a big deal....The first ramification for Bitcoin is that a spot ETF is a strong signal that Bitcoin, and by extension...
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Layer 1 / L1
Feb 2024
Bitcoin's Global Breakout
...demand is outstripping available supply, thanks to the growing popularity of our shiny new spot BTC ETFs...As I said on @SquawkCNBC this morning, the supply/demand dynamic in bitcoin right now is off-the-hook...Bitcoin is the cool kid on the block again…much to the dismay of gold bugs.  ...
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Macro & Markets
Mar 2024
Embracing Bitcoin's Volatility
For perspective, net outflows from the two largest gold ETFs (GLD & IAU) totaled ~$5.7 billion in...Which is why Bitcoin is so fascinating to them....These two exchange traded funds do not constitute the entire market for gold-backed ETFs (and similar...Bitcoin Running Ahead of Schedule Bitcoin wasted no time in the new year, kicking off 2021 with a +35%...
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Macro & Markets
Jan 2021
Is Bitcoin Eating the World?
Is Bitcoin Eating the World?...Bitcoin has leapt back into the limelight after taking a backseat to the “summer of DeFi” craze....Bitcoin was not the only asset taking a hit....Bitcoin, however, is new to most....But bitcoin won’t be shackled to playing just one role.
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Data
Oct 2020
What's Up With Bitcoin?
Insights from the Bitcoin options market.
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DeFi
May 2021
Bitcoin's Seasonal Struggles
For more in-depth detail and context, be sure to check out our latest Bitcoin Outlook published just...Seasonality Struggles The early months of a new year are typically the most challenging for bitcoin,...But working off the data we do have, the argument for bitcoin’s Q1 weakness is likely two-fold.
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Spot Exchange
Jan 2021
Bitcoin for Advisors [Presentation]
I had the privilege of presenting at CoinDesk’s Bitcoin for Advisors conference earlier this week....The title of the session was “Global Macro Outlook and What It Means for Bitcoin”; needless to say I...Global Macro Outlook and What It Means for Bitcoin Slide 1: COVID-19 = Accelerant, NOT Root Cause..., “Global Macro Outlook and What It Means for Bitcoin”.
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DeFi
Nov 2020
The State of Bitcoin 2020
Eighteen months after our inaugural State of Bitcoin report and our conviction in the long-term value...proposition of Bitcoin is as strong as ever....We strongly believe Bitcoin offers several key advantages over traditional safe haven assets, which will...Within The State of Bitcoin 2020, our team dives into all this and more!
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Proof-of-Work
May 2020
Bitcoin Is Not An Inflation Hedge
Something to watch for going forward… Bitcoin’s initial price drop following the CPI release triggered...a resurgence in memes mocking those who put their faith in bitcoin as an inflation hedge....Joe Weisenthal, host of Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast and frequent Bitcoin critic, got in on the action...
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Macro & Markets
Jul 2022
Is the Bitcoin Bull Run Over?
Key Takeaways The MVRV ratio is a on-chain metric that measures Bitcoin’s market value (MV) against...Realized value was conceptualized by David Puell and Murad Mahmudov, and it values the Bitcoin network...However, it’s important to note that the Bitcoin market is a completely different animal today than it...A look into key data points for Bitcoin and what they say.
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DeFi
Jun 2021
Bitcoin - Back From the Future
As Bitcoin is the largest coin by market cap, a strong Bitcoin often acts as a tailwind for the broader...Bitcoin halvening events have historically signaled a substantial increase in the price of Bitcoin....be bearish in Bitcoin’s case....The chart above compares BTC’s performance against VFH, a financial sector ETF, and KRE, a regional banking...
17 Min
Layer 1 / L1
May 2023
Bitcoin Outlook Jan. 2021
On-chain analysis, market indicators, and cycle comparisons to understand the current state of Bitcoin...
Spot Exchange
Jan 2021
Infrastructure
Dec 2019