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MSTR Bid and IBIT Options Power Market Higher, JTO Eyes Catch-Up Amid Surging Solana DEX Volumes
In today's video, we break down the massive Microstrategy bid, IBIT options, near-term macro considerations, Solana's impressive on-chain activity, and the potential beneficiaries of these emerging trends. TICKERS IN THIS VIDEO: BTC 4.27%
WEEKLY RECAP Total funding has rebounded from last week’s abnormally low amount, increasing 251% from $44 million to $154 million. Infrastructure was the leading category, raising $99 million across 13 deals. This week’s largest deal fell into the Infrastructure bucket; 0G Labs, a former Deal of The Week, raised $40 million in a Seed round, bringing its total funding to $75 million. From a deal stage perspective, funding was concentrated...
Market Lacks Convincing Signs of Market Froth, Major Demand Side Catalyst for CORE (Core Strategy Rebalance)
FROTH OR REPRICING? A heated debate is unfolding among crypto investors: have we just hit a local top, or will the breakout after eight months of consolidation continue higher through year-end? The crypto market has surged rapidly, as we anticipated, but the key question remains—can this rally sustain itself, or is it nearing exhaustion? Anecdotally, we are seeing renewed interest in crypto from casual observers. Friends and family are once...
MAPLE OVERVIEW Maple Finance is a digital asset lending platform founded in 2019 by a group of former investment bank and credit professionals. Maple Finance has an institutional lending focus with industry-standard compliance and due diligence for all borrowers and lenders, providing a transparent and frictionless lending experience. Maple is the gateway for institutions to access on-chain credit. Most borrowers are institutions in the digital asset space and are subject...
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding sharply declined, falling 81% from $181 million to $35 million, with total deal count dropping 31% from 26 to 18. The decreases can potentially be attributed to projects foregoing announcements in light of a week filled with U.S. election headlines. 77% of funding fell into the Infrastructure bucket, totaling $27 million across seven deals. Similarly, funding was concentrated in Pre-Seed and Seed deal stages, collectively comprising...
TRUMP MAINTAINS A SLIGHT EDGE, BUT IT’S ESSENTIALLY A TOSSUP Well, it's here, folks – the moment that markets have been building up towards since January—the general election to decide the next President of the United States. As our clients know, we have been closely tracking polling and prediction market trends over the past several months, and these have served as a key input in our recommendations. Odds for both...
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding increased 65% from $103 million to $170 million despite the deal count falling 15% from 26 to 22. Eight companies raised $10 million or more this week, in contrast to just 10 companies combined in the last two weeks. The bulk of funding was concentrated in the Infrastructure category, with projects raising $112 million across 12 deals. DeFi was the second most funded category, with $48...
In tonight's video, we discuss why we think many crypto-native investors remain sidelined despite record BTC ETF inflows and bullish futures sentiment, how Trump's stalling momentum and potential de-risking ahead of the election might be causing BTC's retest of $70k, the significant bullish implications of MicroStrategy's plan to deploy nearly $43 billion into BTC over the next three years; and how the Stacks Nakamoto upgrade enhances its alignment with Bitcoin,...