Despite the recent pullback in the crypto market, experts suggest Bitcoin will remain the leader in the coming year. The latest Franklin Templeton’s 2025 crypto outlook report, for one, predicted its continued dominance. Bitcoin is expected to solidify its position as a global financial asset, increasingly viewed as a digital store of value. Bitcoin Dominance...Read More
Long-term holding trends in the crypto market have taken an intriguing turn this year as Ethereum surpassed Bitcoin in retaining such investors. Despite Bitcoin’s 122% surge compared to Ethereum’s 48% growth in the past year, the increase in the long-term holders of the latter highlighted rising market confidence as 2025 approaches. Ethereum Shows Stronger Long-Term...Read More
The prominent crypto exchange-traded fund (ETF) issuer has proposed a new product called the Bitcoin Standard Corporations ETF, which aims to invest in publicly traded companies that adhere to a “Bitcoin standard,” holding at least 1,000 BTC in their corporate treasuries. The ETF will focus on firms with a market capitalization of at least $100...Read More
Strive Asset Management, led by billionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, has filed a request with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to launch an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on Bitcoin-linked convertible bonds. The proposed Strive Bitcoin Bond ETF is designed to offer exposure to bonds issued by corporations that use the proceeds to purchase Bitcoin...Read More
Bitcoin investing isn’t what it used to be. You don’t just buy coins and hope they go up anymore. Strive Asset Manager, a firm founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, is pushing the boundaries with a new kind of fund. They’ve filed for a Bitcoin Bond ETF, which could let investors profit from companies that are big...Read More
Canadian crypto firm Matador Technologies announced a major shift in its capital preservation strategy this week after its Board of Directors unanimously approved the addition of Bitcoin and USD-denominated assets to its corporate treasury. The goal behind this decision is to mitigate risks associated with the company’s reliance on Canadian dollar-denominated assets, which marks a...Read More
Institutional investors are getting cold feet as the crypto market correction deepens with spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US reversing a fifteen consecutive trading day trend of inflows. For the past three trading days, the eleven spot Bitcoin ETFs have shed $1.17 billion as the asset fell more than 14% from its all-time high a...Read More
Institutional investors now account for 31% of all known Bitcoin (BTC) holders, reflecting a sharp increase from 14% in 2023. The uptick has been largely driven by spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), government acquisitions, and MicroStrategy’s ramping up of its BTC strategy, which has seen its stash grow to over 440,000 BTC. ETFs, MicroStrategy, Drive...Read More
Bitcoin’s price actions in the past few days have been nothing short of a substantial correction that pushed it south by around thirteen grand. It seems Powell’s comments made during the latest FOMC meeting have scared US investors as they pulled over $670 million from the spot Bitcoin ETFs within just a day. Red Record...Read More
US investors continued to pour money into the spot Bitcoin ETFs after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential elections, and the streak extended into the past five trading days. The Ethereum counterparts have also enjoyed the momentum by attracting almost a billion dollars within the past week. BTC ETFs Keep the Momentum Going The initial...Read More
Nearly a year since United States-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were launched in January, the funds have experienced remarkable growth. Inflows into the 12 funds have surpassed 500,000 BTC. Spot Bitcoin ETFs Attract Over 500K BTC In an X post, Vetle Lunde, head of Research at the digital assets research firm K33, stated that...Read More
The 11 spot Bitcoin ETFs in the States continue to enjoy substantial investor demand following the presidential elections, with another week of multi-billion dollar net inflows. This time, the same can and will be said about the spot Ethereum ETFs, which finally emerge as attractive investment tools. BTC ETF Inflows Rockets The previous business week...Read More
Bitcoin prices dumped to $92,980 during late trading on Dec. 5. The move follows an all-time high earlier the same day when the asset came just short of $104,000 on Coinbase. The 10% flash crash wiped around $10,000 off the price of BTC as another leverage-induced liquidation event occurred. BREAKING: #Bitcoin briefly falls -$8,000 in...Read More
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), launched on January 11, has become the fastest exchange-traded fund (ETF) to reach $50 billion in assets under management (AUM). Data from SosoValue shows that IBIT currently has $50.60 billion in AUM. The AUM refers to the total value of Bitcoin managed by the fund. In the context of a...Read More
The US-based spot Bitcoin ETFs enjoyed a highly positive week, with every trading day ending with net inflows of millions and even billions of dollars. In stark contrast, the Ethereum counterparties ended the same five-day trading period deep in red territory. Over $3B Enter BTC ETFs Weekly It has been nothing short of a spectacular...Read More
Just under a whopping 9,000 BTC was accumulated by spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States on Tuesday, Nov. 19. This equates to around $814 million in total aggregate inflows across the eleven funds, according to Coinglass. Around 450 BTC are mined daily, which means that a huge supply shock is imminent if institutional funds...Read More
Ever since the US presidential elections in the middle of last week, the spot Bitcoin ETFs had enjoyed a massive demand trend with a couple of $1+ billion inflow days before a slight change in investors’ tactics. The spot Ethereum ETFs also had some noteworthy days but ended the week in the red. Billions Enter...Read More
Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs, once lukewarm on crypto, has surprised the financial world with its newfound commitment to Bitcoin after disclosing an impressive $710 million in BTC holdings through several exchange-traded funds. The substantial position reflects a significant increase in the banking firm’s exposure to cryptocurrency, which could be key to its continued adoption...Read More
Bitcoin prices hit another all-time high in late trading on Wednesday, Nov. 13, when it tapped $93,477, according to CoinGecko. However, the asset had since retreated to around $90,000 during the Thursday morning Asian trading session. The correction was a blip as BTC continued higher adding to its 20% weekly gains. Bitcoin has now added...Read More
Cryptocurrency-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs) now make up almost 40% of the top 50 best-performing ETFs launched in 2024. The surge is an indicator of the growing interest in digital assets, positioning such products as key parts of the investment space. Crypto ETFs Leading the Charge According to data shared by ETF expert Nate Geraci in...Read More
In perhaps one of the most intriguing and important weeks for the US, local investors showed uncertainty at first but ultimately changed their sentiment toward the spot Bitcoin ETFs as the country elected a new president. Even the spot Ethereum ETFs saw some impressive net inflows for their own standard. BTC ETFs During Election Week...Read More
The spot Bitcoin ETFs have had a particularly strong year and BlackRock’s IBIT has been at the forefront for most of the inflows. This week was particularly positive for the largest BTC ETF as it broke its own record on November 7 – the day after the US election results came out – and attracted...Read More
The eleven spot Bitcoin ETFs in the US saw a record inflow day as $1.37 billion in inflows entered the institutional investment products on Nov. 7. The massive inflow comes as Bitcoin notched a new all-time high just below $77,000 in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential election victory this week and as the US...Read More
November 5 is finally here, and all eyes are on the United States as the country elects its next president – whether it will continue with its Democratic views as it did during the past four years or it will go back to the previous cycle when Republican candidate Donald Trump was in charge. As...Read More
In the last full trading week ahead of the highly-anticipated US presidential elections, the 11 locally-based spot Bitcoin ETFs registered their best week in terms of net weekly flows since March. At the same time, the asset’s price skyrocketed to almost a new all-time high, but lost a lot of momentum in the following days....Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) is experiencing a positive momentum that has pushed it very close to its all-time high of $73,750. The leading crypto asset came a couple of hundred dollars away from crushing that milestone on October 29. However, it recorded a small correction, and is currently trading at $72,200. While crypto enthusiasts anticipate a new...Read More
BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) attracted a record-breaking $872 million in inflows on October 30th. The latest figure marks the highest single-day inflow since the fund launched in January. This surge came just a day after IBIT’s daily trading volume surged to $3.35 billion, reaching its highest level in more than six months. IBIT, which...Read More
The BlackRock iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) recorded a whopping $642.9 million in inflows on Oct. 29, according to Farside data. It is the largest inflow since March 12 bringing the total net inflow for all funds to $870.1 million, the highest since June 4. Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas observed that the fund also saw...Read More
In the last 30 days, Bitcoin has recorded a surge of 8.5%. Meanwhile, during the same period, Ethereum has declined 1.0%. Since October 15, the Bitcoin Spot ETF market has seen only one day with a negative inflow. Yesterday, the market registered an impressive inflow of +$472.60M. Notably, the 2-year US Treasury Bond Yield was...Read More
Less than a year after their launch, spot Bitcoin ETFs have recorded unprecedented growth, boosting investors’ interest and demand for the largest cryptocurrency. A recent report by Binance Research, the research arm of the global cryptocurrency exchange, revealed that bitcoin ETFs have accumulated over 938,000 BTC, worth $63.3 billion. This figure represents 4.5% of the...Read More
