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Good morning, and welcome to First Mover. I'm Lyllah Ledesma, here to take you through the latest in crypto markets, news and insights. Price point: Bitcoin is trading slightly down on the day but is holding $21,000. Market Moves: Data from CoinShares shows a record high of bitcoin outflows last week.
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Bitcoin (BTC) is slightly down on the day after a steady weekend of trading in a range of $20,000 - $21,800. This comes as the cryptocurrency has struggled to stabilize over the last few weeks, dropping to lows of $18,001 on June 18. Bitcoin, is up 3.8% over the last 7 days, but is still down around 27% over the last month. "BTC is showing some decent support but it's a bit too early to get excited for any continued upside," said Matthew Dibb, co-founder of Stack Funds. Dibb expects price action will continue to follow macro trends which have seen a nice bounce over the last week. "Any additional news around contagion and lender insolvency will likely lead to a swift sell-off." In recent weeks, digital-asset markets have been weighed down by reports of financial difficulties at crypto lenders including Celsius, BlockFi and Voyager Digital, and at the hedge fund Three Arrows Capital. If additional crypto lenders "come out with unhealthy balance sheets, we may see further liquidation of assets across the board," said Dibb. "It's hard to tell right now which lenders and exchanges are safe." added Dibb. BlockFi announced last week that it has secured a $250 million revolving credit facility from FTX. |
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Bitcoin price chart over the last 24 hours. (CoinDesk) |
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Digital asset investment products saw a record of $423 million outflows last week, which is the largest of all time, according to data from CoinShares. The outflows were solely focused on Bitcoin, which saw net outflows for the week totalling $453 million. This erased almost all inflows year-to-date and left total bitcoin assets under management (AuM) at $24.5 billion, the lowest point since the beginning of 2021. Short-bitcoin funds – set up to bet on price declines – saw inflows totalling $15 million. According to CoinShares, this is due to the launch of the first U.S.-based short exchange-traded fund last week. Ethereum saw inflows totalling US$11 million, ending a streak of 11 consecutive weeks of outflows. |
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Crypto Asset Flows (CoinShares) |
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The SEC wants to hear from investors, like you. As part of Grayscale's filing to convert Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (Symbol: GBTC) to an ETF, the SEC provides a 240-day review period for anyone to submit comments for consideration.If you support the conversion, write to the SEC by clicking here - you have until the end of June to submit your thoughts. Your submission matters because: We can level the playing field. To date, the SEC has only permitted Bitcoin Futures ETFs, while rejecting "physically-backed" or Spot Bitcoin ETFs. The choice should be yours. If you've been waiting for the familiarity and protections of a Bitcoin ETF, we believe you should not be forced into a Futures-based product simply because it's the only one that exists. You can help take GBTC to the next level, conversion to an ETF. It's already the world's largest Bitcoin fund and regularly reports to the SEC on a voluntary basis as an SEC-reporting company. Learn more here.
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The following are the biggest movers in the CoinDesk 20 digital assets over the past 24 hours: |
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Biggest Gainers Biggest Losers |
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Sector classifications are provided via the Digital Asset Classification Standard (DACS), developed by CoinDesk Indices to provide a reliable, comprehensive, and standardized classification system for digital assets. The CoinDesk 20 is a ranking of the largest digital assets by volume on trusted exchanges. |
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And check out the CoinDesk TV show "First Mover," hosted by Christine Lee, Emily Parker and Lawrence Lewitinn at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern time.
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Disclaimer: The information presented in this message is intended as a news item that provides a brief summary of various events and developments that affect, or that might in the future affect, the value of one or more of the cryptocurrencies described above. The information contained in this message, and any information liked through the items contained herein, is not intended to provide sufficient information to form the basis for an investment decision. The information presented herein is accurate only as of its date, and it was not prepared by a research analyst or other investment professional. You should seek additional information regarding the merits and risks of investing in any cryptocurrency before deciding to purchase or sell any such instruments. |
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Bitcoin Holds $21K as BTC Outflows Hit Record High