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Monday morning picked up right where yesterday left off, with BTC surging toward $50k, momentarily touching the key level across several exchanges. The rally appears to be driven by spot market demand, as evidenced by a significant spike in spot volume while funding rates remain muted (see chart below). A substantial portion of this volume is likely entering the market via spot ETFs chasing the positive weekend price action. Concurrently,...
In today's Crypto Comments video, we discuss this week's outperformance of Bitcoin miners, examining how recent price movements reaffirm the sustained high beta relationship with bitcoin. Additionally, we explore considerations regarding mining cost profiles post-halving.
Bitcoin's value has increased by 6% in the past day, surpassing $47k. This surge is attributed to various factors, including ETF flows, short liquidations, and the typically positive sentiment around the performance of BTC during the Chinese New Year. Additional factors contributing to Bitcoin's rally include a decrease in sales by miners and potential positive influence from stock markets surging to all-time highs. CryptoQuant, an on-chain analytics firm, noted a...
WEEKLY RECAP Crypto funding cooled to $85 million this week, the first sub-$100 million week since the start of 2024. Funding was relatively evenly distributed across the DeFi, CeFi, and Infrastructure categories, totaling approximately 85% of the fundraising, while Web3 and Gaming only comprised about 15%. Deal count fell 28% from 29 to 21. DeFi was the most popular category from a deal count perspective, tallying eight deals and representing...
WEATHERING THE STORM Heading into Q1, the key risks identified were: (1) A potential QRA supply shock, as long-term interest rates could surge due to a possible shift in bond issuance towards longer-duration securities, (2) the repricing of interest rate cuts, as the Federal Reserve downplayed expectations regarding the timing and frequency of such cuts, and (3) concerns regarding the dynamics between the expiration of the Reverse Repurchase Agreement (RRP)...
Bitcoin surged to a four-week peak, trading at ~$45,400 in tandem with the U.S. stock indexes reaching all-time highs. After dipping to a low of $42,700 on Wednesday, Bitcoin's value increased by nearly 5%, marking its highest point since January 11. ETH is also moving higher, topping $2.4k with a 3% increase. Ethereum's two-week peak follows an amendment of the joint spot ETH ETF application by asset managers Ark Invest and 21Shares....
Equity indices continue to march higher, with the QQQ registering a near 1% gain on the day and the SPX following closely behind, up approximately 75 bps. It's a broad rally with all sectors in the green for the day, but technology is outperforming, up over 1%. Rates started the day lower, but the longer end of the curve is now marching higher, likely due to a major 10-year auction...
Crypto markets are rising today, with BTC (+1.45%) trading above $43k and ETH (+2.33%) surpassing $2,350. Dymension, a new layer-1 network focused on providing rollups-as-a-service, processed its first block, marking its mainnet launch. The first phase of the protocol is focused on enhancing economic security, after which the focus will shift to launching RollApps, a way for developers to deploy consensus-free blockchains easily. DYM, Dymensionâs native token, has gained 15.3% in early...
The SPY (-0.44%) and QQQ (-0.40%) are moving lower to start the week following ISM Services data coming in at 53.4 vs. 52.0 expected, marking the highest level since October. The prices paid component surged to 64.0 vs 56.4 expected, causing rates and the DXY (+0.52%) to move higher. BTC and ETH pared early morning gains and are roughly flat on the day, trading at $42.5k and $2.3k respectively. Chainlink (LINK 16.20% )...