News with the tag "SAND-USD"

Summary Ethereum's underperformance in 2024, despite bullish developments, leads me to favor altcoins like Algorand, Filecoin, Flow, Hedera, Solana, and Stellar for 2025. Altcoins are gaining market share and could benefit significantly from deregulation, potential ETF approvals, and proposed tax ch...

Summary Bitcoin rallied 45%, its best monthly performance since December 2020 and its largest monthly candle ever in dollar terms. An emerging narrative that re-surfaced in February is the creation of protocols that make Bitcoin more useful. Outside of the major themes of the month, we saw renewed i...

Summary VanEck predicts that the U.S. will experience a recession in the first half of 2024, but this will coincide with the launch of the first spot Bitcoin ETFs. The 4th Bitcoin halving in April 2024 will occur without major drama, and Bitcoin will rise above $48,000 after a brief consolidation pe...

Summary Bitcoin outperformed the S&P 500 in November, reaching an 18-month high, driven by investor interest and the potential approval of US Bitcoin ETFs. Ethereum experienced significant growth, surpassing Bitcoin's increase for the first time since July. Other notable performers in the cryptocurr...

Summary Bitcoin surged 28% in October, outperforming the Nasdaq for the second month in a row, driven by increased flows into Bitcoin ETNs and ETFs. Demand for on-chain leverage remained muted, with DeFi TVL growth keeping pace with the rise in ETH prices. Bitcoin's performance is gaining attention ...

Summary Digital assets outperformed other risk assets in September for the first time since May, as Bitcoin rose +3% and Ethereum +1% vs. the S&P -5% and the Nasdaq Composite -6%. Smart contract platforms ended the month flat after a month characterized by fears of FTX asset liquidation, continued r...

Summary Digital assets’ trading volumes & volatility made 2-year and all-time lows, respectively, in August as investor interest dwindled amidst the lure of the beach and the US 10-year treasury bond, the yield on which reached its highest levels in 15 years. August was a typical month in the tempes...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is hardly known for its crypto-friendly approach. So, when Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) CEO Brian Armst...

Summary Bitcoin rose as other cryptos sectors' fell, influenced by a new legislation proposal, SEC lawsuits against exchanges, and BlackRock's Bitcoin ETF filing. We believe just 25 of the top 100 tokens could potentially be considered ‘sufficiently decentralized’ to avoid the disclosure requirement...

Summary There have been 16 centralized exchanges that have withdrawn from certain regions, half from the United States. Digital assets underperformed other risk assets in May as trading volumes slumped to a 2-year low, breadth narrowed, and leverage remained muted. Overall, the Metaverse & NFT marke...