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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...
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 (+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...
BTC surged in the overnight hours, nearing $74k, following a day of record inflows into spot ETF products. It's now trading around $72.5k. ETH is showing relative weakness this morning, dipping just below $4k. This may be due to capital rotating into Layer 2 solutions and other Ethereum-related assets following the successful Denunc upgrade. Ethereum-adjacent assets such as AAVE, SYN, MATIC, MKR, and ARB, are outperforming thus far today. SOL...
Grayscale Files for Spinoff Mini-Trust, TradFi Institutions Complete Tokenization Pilot on Canton Network
The highly anticipated February CPI report was released this morning, showing slightly higher than expected readings. Core CPI came in at 3.8% YoY vs. 3.7% expected and 0.4% MoM vs. 0.3% expected. Over 60% of the total monthly increase can be attributed to shelter and energy prices. Investors were prepared for worse, as the odds of a June rate cut increased slightly following the data release, helping to spur a...
Bitcoin broke out above $70k during the overnight hours, now floating above $72k, marking another new ATH. This price action was closely mirrored by ETH's resurgence above $4k, currently trading around $4050. AVAX is outperforming on the day, following the announcement that South Korean game publisher Nexon Group will transition its popular MMO RPG, MapleStory, onto the Avalanche network as MapleStory Universe. Meanwhile, NEAR also continues to outperform, likely fueled...
A New Source of BTC ETF Demand Emerges, Coinbase Meets with SEC Regarding ETH ETF
The day commenced with a flurry of activity, beginning with an NFP figure that exceeded expectations, juxtaposed with an unemployment rate that also surpassed forecasts. This combination pushed short rates lower and led the fed funds futures market to anticipate a full rate cut by the June FOMC meeting. The DXY dropped to a low of 102.4 before making a comeback. In crypto, the day started with significant momentum as...
In a volatile day, BTC (-4.51%) has made a new all-time high, briefly surpassing $69k before retracing to the low $65k range. ETH (+1.55%) is showing strength, trading around $3.7k as attention may shift towards Ethereum and related names ahead of the Dencun upgrade next week. Layer-2 tokens support that notion, as OP and ARB are outperforming today, gaining 13.46% and 4.44%, respectively. Some of the meme-mania has subsided, with...
BTC has soared to a new all-time high market cap, and is currently hovering just above $67k, with its sights set on $69k. Meanwhile, ETH is slightly behind, inching up to just under $3600. The market appears to be adopting a barbell strategy, with Bitcoin maintaining its strength, yet beyond meme coins, few assets are significantly outperforming. The sustained rallies in DOGE, BONK, PEPE, and SHIB unmistakably signals the resurgence...
Bitcoin experienced an uptick in premarket trading, approaching $63k, and is now stabilizing just above $61k. As we will expand on below, yesterday's price action was special in light of the GBTC outflows that were experienced. The BTC premium on Coinbase has decreased since the market opened, suggesting possible additional redemptions in GBTC today. However, the decrease isn't as pronounced as yesterday. ETH is currently hovering just below $3400, generally...
Marathon Announces Strong Earnings and Bitcoin L2, Gemini Comes to Settlement Agreement
The January PCE report this morning was largely in line with expectations, alleviating fears of a reacceleration of inflation. U.S. equities responded positively to the data, with SPY gaining 0.17% and the QQQ rising 0.42%. Crypto markets are mixed, with BTC declining 0.78% to $62k and ETH rising 1.45%. Yesterday marked the largest day of net inflows into Bitcoin ETFs since the launch, totaling $673 million and bringing cumulative AUM...
Bitcoin Surges Above $62k, Ark Invest & 21Shares Integrate Chainlink Proof of Reserves
Bitcoin (BTC) continues its stellar week, rising 9.02% to surpass the $62k mark and bring it within 11% of its all-time high. ETH has gained 5.43% today, exceeding $3,400, a level not seen since April 2022. Meme coins are outperforming today, with PEPE, DOGE, and WIF gaining 21.63%, 19.07%, and 23.25%, respectively. The strong moves across various names have squeezed shorts, with over $209 million in short liquidations in the...