OBTC News and Press, Osprey Bitcoin Trust Unit Ben Int From 12/09/22

Summary The oil and gas industry will not be able to capture and convert all 265 bcm of natural gas emissions into electricity. Bitcoin miners often tout their economies of scale and low levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) as competitive advantages. While harnessing vented methane ...

Summary The allegations against FTX are that it lent out customer assets for risky activities. If this sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a move we have seen before in recent months with other bankruptcies. Most cryptocurrency values have been down significantly in t...

Summary The 3-month/10-year Treasury curve inverted last Thursday on better-than-expected CPI news. If the 10-year note can stay below 4% until the end of 2022, we could see the stock market rally extend into Christmas. Powell can announce a pause in rate hikes at the December...

Summary The fact that pension funds have allocated significant member capital to this madness reveals a dereliction of duty and the speculative madness that was. From March 2020 through March 2022, some 40% of purchases in Canada and the US were bought as second homes for investme...

Summary Will the fourth 75 basis-point rate hike be the last major rise before the Fed downshifts in December? Next week’s FOMC decision is widely expecting a unanimous vote for one last major rate increase. Inflation has hit double-digits and remains the ECB’s numbe...

Summary Crypto regulation has been widely discussed as one of the necessary steps for the digital asset market to mature and become truly mainstream. While mature industries often fear regulations because they believe they may stifle innovation, many crypto advocates are looking f...

Summary Sentiment, positioning, network activity, network growth and other on-chain indicators continue to trend favourably and appear positive for the long-term outlook for crypto and digital assets. Bitcoin miners currently pose meaningful downside risk to crypto markets, given ...

Summary Digital assets are a new and distinct asset class that, despite considerable volatility, is rapidly maturing. To analyse digital assets, we apply the lens of traditional finance (“TradFi”). By combining this framework - informed by decades of experience in eq...

Summary In a crypto bear market that has seen trillions in digital assets valuations disappear, crypto gaming continues to attract significant early-stage funding. Mobile gaming has grown to be a massive category for traditional gaming and has generated the majority of growth in r...

Summary Major upgrades across smart contract platforms lay the groundwork for scaling blockspace availability without the $50 gas transactions that marked the last bull cycle. Smart contract platforms saw major protocol upgrades across multiple chains in September. These upgrades ...