Modern Consensus is coining a new phrase: ETF Slop.™ And Morgan Stanley is the latest to add its thumb to the scale. This morning, the giant bank announced the launch of Morgan Stanley Bitcoin Trust, an exchange-traded product that seeks to track bitcoin performance. It’s doing so through its subsidiary Morgan Stanley Investment Management, the first U.S. bank-affiliated asset manager that offers cryptocurrency what they’re calling ETP for exchange-traded product. While there’s hardly a shortage of instruments to track bitcoin, this kind of endorsement from the bluest of blue chip banks only adds to the sense that bitcoin has matured into an asset for grown-ups. “ETPs remain a powerful way…
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The January Crypto Crash
Why is it happening?
Massive selloff Since 2022 started, the total crypto market cap has seen a decline of nearly 600 billion dollars. The last week in particular has been extremely volatile. Bitcoin is down over 16 percent over the last 7 days, according to CoinMarketCap. Ethereum is down over 24 percent, and nearly every other top digital asset is down over 10percent. A big factor of the selloff comes from stocks dropping and inflation continuing to rise. Everything from groceries to housing is getting more expensive, and there is fear in the air among retail investors. An additional part of this selloff comes from Russia’s announcement for a possible ban on cryptocurrency trading…
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Cryptocurrency Market Sees Drops Across the Board
Federal Reserve’s December meeting and Kazakhstan protests cause major dips in the market for the first week of 2022
Leading cryptocurrencies fall over 10% Over the last seven days Ethereum (ETH) has fallen 13.3%, Binance Coin (BNB) 12.4%, and Bitcoin (BTC) by 10%. Both BTC and ETH hit three months lows, and still have yet to recover. Few coins have seen gains in the last week, Chainlink (LINK) and Cosmos (ATOM) being exceptions. The market cap of the whole crypto market has been in decline since the middle of November. The market saw a major dip in early December, and then continued the slow decline. Now in early January the market has once again seen a significant drop. Even with the market dipping in December, it still seemed bullish.…
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Markets Report: Bitcoin bulls lie in wait as ‘New Era’ for adoption begins
This week has been a landmark for institutional Bitcoin moves, say analysts, but price has yet to reflect their excitement
“Morgan Stanley’s announcement to offer bitcoin to their clients ($5T) in April ushers in a new era,” Eric Weiss, CEO of Bitcoin Investment Group, concluded. “A tidal wave of money is about to flow into bitcoin. Every major bank will follow. Nothing will ever be the same.”
