The first ever 2x and -2x spot bitcoin ETFs hit the market yesterday from ProShares.
$BITU and $SBIT (tickers could have been better). $BITX is 2x but it tracks futures and $BITI is -1x but is also futures. Fee 95bps on both. Haven't traded too much so far, under $1m. Source: Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg
NEW: 🇺🇸 Spot Bitcoin ETFs bought 66,008 BTC in March, while miners only produced 28,513 BTC
Source: Bitcoin Magazine
Here's the (probable) reason for today's sell-off on bitcoin ->
*WALLET LABELLED AS 'SILK ROAD DOJ CONFISCATED FUNDS' CONTAINING $2 BILLION OF BITCOIN INSTIGATES POSSIBLE TEST TRANSACTION FOR 0.001 BTC TO COINBASE PRIME WALLET: ARKHAM DATA AND LABELLING - THE BLOCK PRO See chart below highlighting the effects on bitcoin of last Silk Road sale... Source: www.zerohedge.com
Price of a home in the us (median price) vs. bitcoin over time
Source: coinsauce
Goldman: "The institutional Bitcoin net long and hedgefund Bitcoin net short lengths are at record levels".
Is another epic squeeze coming? Source: www.zerohedge.com
The race continues...Bitcoin is up a 'modest' 237% in the last 12 months.
Cocoa is up 310% and NVIDIA 350%. Source: Bloomberg, Jeroen Blokland
It took Gold ETFs 5 years to cross $50 Billion AUM.
Bitcoin did it in 57 days. Source: Bloomberg, Wells Fargo
Why are gold and digital gold (aka bitcoin) rallying?
Sometimes one chart is worth a thousand words... As explained by Tavi Costa, If easing monetary conditions with inflation re-accelerating is the next move, then this is probably the most compelling setup to own hard assets (and storer of values) that we've ever seen. Source: Tavi Costa, Crescat Capital, Bloomberg
