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WEEKLY RECAP March continues to be an impressive month for the crypto private market. Total funding reached $228 million across 32 deals, marking the third consecutive week with over 30 deals. Average deal size has slowly been increasing. This week’s average deal amount was $10.9 million. For comparison, 2023’s average deal size was $9.2 million, representing an 18.4% increase. DeFi was the leading category from a deal count perspective, representing...
Equity indices are showing muted declines today, but the SPY (-0.13%) and QQQ (-0.02%) are still on pace for respective 18th and 17th positive weeks out of the last 21. Crypto markets are showing more pronounced losses, with total market capitalization falling by 3%. BTC (-2.89%) has fallen to $63.6k while ETH (-4.53%) has dropped to $3,340. Bitcoin ETFs have seen four consecutive days of outflows totaling $836 million, representing...
SEC Pursuing "Energetic" Campaign to Deem ETH a Security, Blackrock Unveils Tokenized Fund on Ethereum
U.S. equities rose following yesterdayâs FOMC meeting, where Chair Powell struck a dovish tone and the committee's dot-plot showed no meaningful revisions to rate cut expectations this year. The SPY (+0.33%) and QQQ (+0.44%) closed at record highs, surpassing $520.48 and $445.61, respectively. Crypto assets displayed a strong bounce following Powellâs comments yesterday but have since pared some gains. BTC (-4.08%) is trading at approximately $65.1k and ETH (-2.27%) is...
WHAT IS MIND LANGUAGE? Mind Language is an agnostic graph-based meta-programming language designed to enable easy program creation and modification through natural language or a drag-and-drop editor. Mind Language hopes to revolutionize programming by bridging the gap between human creativity and AI innovation. Mind Language offers an intelligent tool that can turn natural language into a program. It uses an approach known as graph programming, where tasks are represented by...
Starknet Roadmap Includes Parallel Processing, Robinhood Releases Crypto Wallet to Android Users
The Federal Reserve is set to announce its interest rate decision at 2 PM EST today. The key thing to watch will be the committeeâs âdot plotâ which shows their longer-term expectations for interest rates. Markets are pricing 75 bps of rate cuts this year, which aligns with the committeeâs previous dot plot, so any deviations could impact markets. Fear surrounding todayâs FOMC meeting may have contributed to Bitcoin ETFs...
Bitcoin ETFs Experience First Net Outflows Since March 1st, The Arena Announces Airdrop Details
Crypto markets are experiencing sharp declines, with BTC (-4.94%) falling to $64k and ETH (-6.01%) dropping to $3,310. Yesterday represented the first day of net outflows from Bitcoin ETFs since March 1st, with total outflows of $154.3 million. GBTC saw daily outflows of $642.5 million, setting a new daily record previously set on January 22nd. The Bank of Japan moved to end its negative interest rate regime, raising target policy...
Flows Remain Positive but Coinbase Premium Flips to a Discount, SOL Continues to Outperform Market
The weekend saw choppy price action, following the significant leverage washout in the perps market on Thursday evening. BTC revisited the $65k level, marking a roughly 12% decrease from the previous week's high of $74k. Since then, its price has partially recovered, currently trading just above $67k. ETH experienced a steeper decline and a less vigorous recovery, dropping from last week's high of $4100 to $3400, and is now trading...
WEEKLY RECAP Crypto funding continued to show strength through the first half of March, with $252 million in total funding across 38 deals, marking a 41% week-over-week funding increase. The infrastructure category represented approximately two-thirds of funding and almost half of total deal count, including a $69 million undisclosed round from Berachain, an EVM-compatible L1 network powered by proof-of-liquidity. The round was co-led by large TradFi asset manager Brevan Howard and...
El Salvador Moves 5,689 BTC Into Cold Storage, Avalanche Foundation Discloses Community Coin Investments
The crypto market suffered from a sharp decline early this morning, which saw BTC (-4.48%) fall over 8% to the mid $65,000s before paring losses to $68k. ETH (-5.07%) and altcoins saw similar price action, fueling over $727 million in liquidations over the last 24 hours. Funding rates have been getting frothy, and the drop helped to bring rates to more neutral levels across the board (see below). SOL 4.94% (+3.18%)...
BNB Chain Launches Rollup-as-a-Service Solution, Robinhood Reports Increased Crypto Trading Activity
A deluge of economic data was released this morning, including higher-than-expected PPI data, sparking a move higher in the DXY (+0.47%) and Treasury Rates. U.S. equities are showing modest declines, with the SPY decreasing 0.15% and the QQQ declining 0.07%. Crypto assets are faring worse, with BTC (-1.60%) falling below $72k and ETH (-2.79%) dropping to $3,900 despite yesterdayâs successful Dencun upgrade. Although the majors are showing losses, there are still...
Adding RON and IMX As a Different Flavor of ETH-beta and Gaming Exposure (Core Strategy Rebalance)
MARKET SHRUGS AT HOT CPI The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data indicated a hotter inflationary environment than forecasted for February. Despite the surprise in the numbers, market participants appeared largely unmoved, suggesting that the potential impact had already been factored into their calculations prior to the release. This resilience reflects a broader sentiment that a rates-driven selloff, in response to the CPI figures, is not a significant near-term risk....