BITQ News and Press, Bitwise Crypto Industry Innovators ETF From 04/01/22

The crypto fear and greed index is a metric designed to measure which sentiment is dominating the markets. When fear is the dominant sentiment, it can mean a good time to buy for the long term. When greed is the feeling du jour, it could mean it makes sense to let things cool off ...

"Risk on" sectors continue to dominate "What's Working." Interest rate sensitive securities were "What's Not Working" as the 10-year rate continues to tick higher. The bottoming process in growth stocks continued for the second straight week. A "barbell portfolio" might be a g...

The upcoming EU crypto regulation is very welcome as it brings much-needed clarification of responsibilities. Yet, as the crypto-universe develops very fast, a number of questions remain unanswered. Financial services regulation serves a number of distinct purposes. For furt...

Cryptocurrencies operate differently than the money that we are used to. A “consensus mechanism” is the process of validating transactions across many nodes of the network. Current cryptocurrency adoption rates outpace early adoption rates of the internet. For ...

Given the incredibly unfavourable macro outlook set to weigh down crypto assets over the coming quarters, it is difficult to see Bitcoin, Ethereum, or any other crypto assets making a sustained move higher in the immediate future. Sentiment is slowly but surely reaching levels of extr...

VanEck has unveiled a new ETF focused on the crypto mining space, adding to a growing list of exchange traded funds aimed at blockchain-related companies. The company revealed the launch of its VanEck Digital Assets Mining ETF (DAM), which offers exposure to stocks that participate in the dig...

I have seen a fair amount of chatter about currency regime shifts. Although such an event may be happening, there is no particular reason to get too excited about it from the perspective of the developed countries. The events of recent years hopefully have made corporations more cogni...

Proponents of Bitcoin have been known to downplay the costs, or even count them as benefits, while opponents have been known to downplay the benefits and even count them as costs. Bitcoin’s demand for electricity contributes to total demand and thereby to determining the price ...

The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...

The Fed is still a long way from having a CBDC. China is in an advanced stage for implementing a CBDC. Implications for the US Dollar. For further details see: The U.S. Dollar And CBDCs