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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,...
BTC ETFS SEE MASSIVE INFLOWS: IS CRYPTO NATIVE CAPITAL SIDELINED? BTC ETFs saw over $2.2 billion in net inflows across all spot ETFs from Monday through Wednesday of this week—the largest three-day sum of inflows since the products launched in January—bringing the five-day moving average to north of $500 million. This is certainly impressive and speaks to the explosive breakout we have seen this week. Source: Farside Investors, Fundstrat We've...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Solana is a high throughput smart contract platform (SCP) engineered for user friendly and efficient decentralized applications (dApps). The platform's primary objective is to establish a unified global state chain via its unique architecture enabling the parallel processing and rapid confirmation of transactions. Osprey Funds is a digital asset manager aiming to build low-cost digital asset investment products that are simple, secure, and transparent. Osprey's Solana Trust (OSOL)...
In today's video, we discuss the bullish momentum returning to crypto markets, key macro updates from the JOLTs report and China's stimulus plans, the anticipated MicroStrategy BTC bid, upcoming earnings for COIN, and the broader macro factors supporting the bullish case for crypto. TICKERS IN THIS VIDEO: BTC 1.14%
WEEKLY RECAP Total funding fell 49% week-over-week from $188 million to $95 million, and total deal count decreased modestly from 23 to 31. Infrastructure and DeFi were the two leaders in fundraising, accounting for approximately two-thirds of the total. The week's largest deal was a $15 million Series A round completed by Bluesky, a Web3 social network. Party Icons was the sole Gaming company that raised capital this week. They...
SOL OUTPERFORMANCE Last week, we highlighted the explosive activity on Solana as DEX volumes surpassed those on Ethereum, leading us to increase SOL's weighting in our Core Strategy. These elevated DEX volumes have persisted through this week, and SOL has dramatically outperformed, breaking out against ETH and gaining ground against BTC—all amid a sharp bond selloff and a rally in the DXY. Source: Artemis Source: TradingView A significant portion of...
Stripe's Acquisition of Bridge Validates Stablecoins & Crypto Rails, SOL Outperforms BTC & ETH, HPC Miners Reprice Higher
In this week's video, we cover (1) why Stripe's acquisition of Bridge is a major development for stablecoins and crypto rails, (2) Solana's breakout against Bitcoin and Ethereum, and (3) the continued repricing of HPC miners. TICKERS IN THIS VIDEO: BTC 1.14%
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding rose by 37% from $132 million to $180 million, while the total deal count decreased slightly from 23 deals to 21. Funding was relatively evenly dispersed across categories, with four out of five categories raising more than $30 million, except Web3, which saw $8 million in funding. DeFi was the leading category in total funding and deal count, raising $56 million across nine deals. Series A...
SMALL CAP BREAKOUT A POSITIVE INDICATOR FOR BTC It is a common refrain among passive industry observers that BTC is strongly correlated with large-cap tech stocks, leading some to view BTC as a quasi-leveraged version of QQQ. However, we think this perspective is limiting. If you were to rely on QQQ as a barometer for crypto market conditions, you would experience several periods of underperformance over the course of a...