The attack on Israel by Iran was feared by markets already last week and partly explains the pullback on Friday.
When the attack happened last night, bitcoin and cryptos (which are the only assets traded over the week-end) went down substantially (-10% in 30 minutes for the bitcoin). But it seems that the fact that 1) Israel and US were able to intercept the vast majority of drones and missiles; 2) Biden administration comment that they will not support any Israel counter-attack seem to calm down investors for the time being. Indeed, President Biden told Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a call on Saturday that the U.S. won't support any Israeli counterattack against Iran, a senior White House official told Axios. Bottom-line: Further escalation does not seem to be the core scenario at this stage. This morning, Bitcoin is back to $64k/$65k and Israeli stocks open slightly higher after Iran drone attack foiled. TA 35 index is up 0.5% after opening but trade remains nervous. However, stocks in the Arab world are down. Saudi Arabia’s main bourse opened 1.2% lower. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ
Bitcoin ETFs now sit at nearly $60 Billion in assets.
To put that into perspective, GLD, which is the largest gold ETF, has a total AUM of $62 billion. Source: Bloomberg
Bitcoin’s inflation rate will become lower than gold’s post-halving
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
SEC delays decision on spot bitcoin ETF options
American regulators are again delaying a decision by 45 days on whether to allow options on spot bitcoin ETFs. The Securities and Exchange Commission published a notice Monday saying that it "designates May 29, 2024 as the date by which the Commission shall either approve or disapprove, or institute proceedings to determine whether to disapprove," allowing the New York Stock Exchange to start listing options on spot bitcoin ETFs. source : theblock
JUST IN 🚨: Fidelity now holds more than 150,000 Bitcoin $BTC worth over $10.2 billion
Source: barchart
No one can make more than 21 million Bitcoin.
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
Hedge funds are shorting Bitcoin at record levels.
Is another massive short squeeze ahead of us ? Source: Bloomberg, www.zerohedge.com
The Bitcoin halving is now only about 16 days away 👀
https://bitbo.io/halving/ Source: Bitcoin Magazine
