OBTC News and Press, Osprey Bitcoin Trust Unit Ben Int From 05/01/23

2023-05-01 05:05:00 ET Summary What’s up with this foursome? Treasuries and gold maybe, but Nasdaq and Bitcoin do not compute. Historically, gold is not a glistening investment. We have seen the infatuation with tech before, and it has not ended well. Bad recol...

2023-04-21 02:15:00 ET Summary In the wake of the collapse of prominent crypto firms and contagion concerns, the starting point for cryptocurrency investment decisions should center on risk management. and then risk management again. Time and time again, with volatility in the und...

2023-04-08 00:35:00 ET Summary The US labor market is softening, but still remains tight and that should keep the door open for policymakers to raise rates again at the May 3rd policy meeting. The ECB accounts will be of interest considering recent events and the central bank ...

2023-04-06 01:22:42 ET Summary Interview with a 14-year blockchain veteran and FinTech CEO to better understand where we are and where we are going in blockchain development. Deep dive discussion and explanation of the recent blockchain technology advancements that are making paym...

Summary Bitcoin’s 30-day volatility plunged below that of the S&P 500 Index’s in early January, as both buyers and sellers looked elsewhere amidst declining liquidity. The lack of a Bitcoin spot ETF serves as a powerful symbol from U.S. regulators that the asset is not...

Summary The bitcoin hash rate measures the computational power of the bitcoin blockchain and is a proxy for how much bitcoin mining is being done. As bitcoin mining declines in a region, the correlation between bitcoin and local stock markets subsides as well. The United States and ...

Summary December was a rough month for growth stocks and digital assets. Possible future market catalysts for crypto include industry restructuring, government regulation, and industry bankruptcies. Most Layer-1 smart contract platforms underperformed Bitcoin & Ethereum in December ...

Summary Much of Wall Street will be taking off this week. It will be a week filled with lots of economic readings. There will be no earnings and no Fed speak. By Ed Moya US Thin trading conditions could persist as much of Wall Street will be taking off th...

Summary The bump in the terminal rate to 5.1%, as per the consensus dot plots in the last FOMC meeting, was not accompanied by a similar sell-off in the Fed funds futures that would reflect a higher terminal Fed funds rate being priced in. The ECB and the BOE also talk the same game pla...

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 ...