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18 Sep 2023

CASH IS KING...

Where investors have put their #cash this year (hint: NOT stocks) via Goldman

13 Sep 2023

Templeton just filed application for a Bitcoin spot ETF

Here's the list of Institutions which have filed for a bitcoin spot ETF (assets under management in brackets) -> Total assets managed is $17.7 trillion - BlackRock ($10T) - Fidelity ($4.5T) - Franklin Templeton ($1.5T) - Invesco Galaxy ($1.5T) - WisdomTree ($87B) - VanEck ($61B) - GlobalX ($40B) - ARK Invest ($14B) - Bitwise ($1B) - Valkyrie ($1B) Asset manager Franklin Templeton applied with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Sept. 12 to launch a spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF).

8 Sep 2023

ARK just filed for a Spot Ether ETF, the first one.. it is highly likely that more filing will soon come

Source: Eric Balchunas

6 Sep 2023

Over the last 15 years, the S&P 500 ($SPY) has gained over 360% vs. a 58% increase for the MSCI World ex-US ETF ($ACWX) and just 33% for the Emerging Markets ETF ($EEM)

This is the longest cycle of US outperformance that we’ve ever seen. Source: Charlie Bilello

1 Sep 2023

After rising ~$3,000 on the Grayscale news, prices just fell $1,000 in a matter on minutes

In less than a day, Bitcoin has shed nearly all the gains it made from Grayscale Investment's court victory against the United States Securities regulator. On Aug. 29, Bitcoin popped to a two-week high after a judge ruled that the Securities and Exchange Commission was “arbitrary and capricious” when it rejected Grayscale’s spot Bitcoin ETF application. However, the SEC’s Aug. 31 decision to delay seven pending spot Bitcoin ETF applications sent Bitcoin’s price downward — falling nearly 5% in the 24 hours to 12 am UTC Sep. 1. This could brutal move coud also be a sign of drying liquidity in the market. This is indeed the 4th "flash-crash" happening on bitcoin this year Source: Cointelegraph, The Kobeissi Letter

30 Aug 2023

What's going on with Grayscale ($GBTC) and bitcoin? As summarized by James Bianco:

1) Grayscale is closed-end fund that owns Bitcoin (BTC). It currently owns the equivalent of $16 billion in BTC. 2) Because GBTC is a closed-end fund, it can and does trade at huge discounts and premiums (see the bottom panel on the chart). As of yesterday's close, GBTC traded at a 25% discount to its Net Asset Value (NAV). 3) Many years ago, Grayscale filed with the SEC to convert its closed-end fund to an ETF in order to be able to create and redeem shares. This makes it easy to keep the price and NAV at nearly the same level. Until now, this conversion never got approved (the SEC has so far denied all spot bitcoin ETF applications) 4) Today, The Court of Appeal ruled IN FAVOR of Grayscale in their lawsuit challenging the SEC's decision to deny $GBTC's conversion to an ETF. This paves the way for the first "spot" bitcoin ETF. Source: James Bianco

23 Aug 2023

A nice tweet by Rich Kleinbauer

In February 2020, 70% of private sector employee schemes were allocated to long-term debt (mostly UK Gilts). This investment is down -53% since then, i.e a MINUS 37% contribution to performance...

16 Aug 2023

SEC delays set deadlines for Bitcoin ETF approval to early 2024

With a maximum 240-day window available to the #SEC to delay crypto ETF applications, some firms could wait until March 2024 to hear decisions on filings made in July 2023.

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