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Bitcoin briefly breaks $65,000
Bitcoin is trading around $64,000 in the US on Wednesday afternoon, after surpassing $65,000 earlier in the day.
An investment note from digital asset manager Bitwise says ether is set to hit all-time highs following spot ether ETF listings set to begin soon.
The US spot bitcoin ETF market saw its biggest day of inflows since June 5 on Tuesday, with $422.5 million.
Grayscale has launched a fund that includes a basket of crypto tokens focused on decentralized AI.
Bitcoin (BTC) continued its positive price movement this week, briefly rising above $65,000 on Wednesday. The cryptocurrency asset is now up around 12% since Friday amid improved odds for cryptocurrency-friendly candidate Donald Trump to be re-elected president and the for coming approval of spot ether (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Spot Ether ETF Launch Seen Boosting Ether Price
A new investment note from digital asset manager Bitwise’s chief investment officer Matt Hougan said the listing of Spot ether ETFs will send the underlying cryptocurrency of Ethereum to all-time highs above $5,000.
According to Hougan, this price increase will be due in part to the roughly 28% of the total ether supply that is not available for these futures ETFs due to their staked on the Ethereum network. This means that the assets are committed to a contract for a set period of time and cannot be withdrawn and sold. The ether held by the upcoming ETFs will not be staked, at least for now.
Hougan adds that the price of ether may be choppy at first; however, he sees all-time highs coming for ETH by the end of the year. Hougan previously stated his belief that spot ether ETFs will see $15 billion in inflows over the next year and a half.
Spot Bitcoin ETF Inflows Remain Strong
At the bitcoin On the other hand, inflows into U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs haven’t slowed down — Tuesday’s inflows were higher than on any day in the past two months. According to Farside Investors, $422.5 million flowed into these new financial products on Tuesday, which is the most in a single day since June 5. When combined with Monday’s figures, $723.4 million has already flowed into spot bitcoin ETFs this week.
Digital asset manager Grayscale, which operates the second largest spot bitcoin ETF (GBTC) announced on Wednesday the launch of its newest private placement investment product: the Grayscale Decentralized AI Fund, which holds crypto tokens that operate in the realm of decentralized artificial intelligence (AI).
The fund will be updated and rebalanced quarterly and currently includes AI crypto protocols Bittensor (TAO), Filecoin (FIL), Livepeer (LPT), Near (NEAR), and Render (RNDR).
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