Bitcoin-related investment products appear to have lost some of their sheen among crypto investors, recording its first week of outflows since Blackrock filed for spot Bitcoin ETF in June. According to a July 24 report by CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, Bitcoin (BTC) investment products saw outflows of $13 million for the week ending July 21, reversing five weeks of inflows. Short Bitcoin products also saw outflows of $5.5 million in the week. Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index is 50 ~ NeutralCurrent price: $29,178 pic.twitter.com/T1DMFpsX9p — Bitcoin Fear and Greed…
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Crypto Investors Sour on Bitcoin (BTC) Funds After Massive Inflows, Turn to Ether (ETH) and Ripple’s XRP: CoinShares
ETH-focused investment products enjoyed the largest inflows among all cryptocurrencies, totaling $6.6 million. The growth suggests that “sentiment, which has been poor this year, is beginning to turn around” for the second largest crypto asset, noted James Butterfill, head of research at CoinShares. Original
DeFi Protocol Conic Finance Hacked for 1,700 Ether
Each Omnipool allocates liquidity of a single asset into different Curve pools. All Curve liquidity provider (LP) tokens get staked on Convex to boost Curve (CRV) rewards earnings. Convex (CNX), another Curve ecosystem token, is also rewarded, as is Conic (CNC), Conic’s native token. Source
Celsius could repay all claims if Bitcoin, Ether prices rose 2X — Simon Dixon
Bankrupt crypto lender Celsius is battling a Chapter 11 bankruptcy with billions of dollars in claims made by various parties. A new estimate by the Bank of the Future suggests that the troubled crypto lender could likely repay the claims if the price of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) — two assets held by the firm — doubled their current market prices. Simon Dixon, the founder of Bank of the Future — a crypto-centered investment firm — tweeted the estimated price BTC and ETH would need to reach for Celsius…
Crypto survey finds 47% of investors expect Ether to ‘surpass’ Bitcoin
Fidelity Digital Assets released a “Q2 2023 Signals Report” on July 18, which claimed that Ether’s outlook for the next 12 months and the long term is positive. Year-to-date, Ether (ETH) has gained 62%, but while the investment firm might be short-term bullish on Ether, that does not mean it believes that the month-long bullish channel will be sustained. While institutional investors like Fidelity Digital Assets may have a bullish longer-term vision for ETH’s price, let’s compare their analysis against network and market data to see if they’re on the money. Ether/USD…
Ether Pushes Past $2,000 as XRP Ruling Excites Markets
Many Layer-1s are also soaring as SEC cases are called into question after favorable XRP ruling. Source
Stader Labs Debuts Ether Staking Product With 6% Yield
“While the Ethereum staking ecosystem is already mature and features multiple protocols and services, it’s somewhat centralized today as the top three entities have more than 50% ETH staked on them while the predominant liquid staking protocol has roughly 90% market share,” said Amitej Gajjala, CEO at Stader Labs, told CoinDesk in a message. Source
Ether Staking Ratio Nears Key Milestone as Inflows Slow Amid Regulatory Pressures
Investors committed nearly 20% of all ETH tokens to lock up in staking contracts, according to blockchain data. Source
Marex Unveils Volatility-Adjusted Long Strategy Tied to Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH)
While crypto propounders hail bitcoin as a safe haven asset, the empirical evidence suggests otherwise, with the top cryptocurrency chalking out major rallies during sustained weakness in the U.S. dollar. The dollar, meanwhile, remains a hedge against systematic uncertainty, acting as a haven during times of stress in both crypto and wider markets. Source
UK’s Digital Securities Consultation Will Examine DLT Bonds and Equities, not Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH)
The relaxation will in the first instance operate for a period of up to five years, and would apply as a minimum to digital equities, bonds and money market instruments – but not to derivatives, or to unbacked crypto, such as bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH), as officials point to an evolving regulatory framework. Original