GBTC Bitcoin Investment Trust Observer - page 45.

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Quote from: David Rabahy on April 27, 2015, 11:32:33 AM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

I did indeed receive the instruction email late on Friday; it is marked such that I may not copy it here for review. I have done my best to figure it out and then submitted the transfer form https://evantage.trustetc.com/forms/Trustetc_Forms/accnttransfer.pdf (others will use the form from their broker/custodian); btw, the fax # for Continental is 212-616-7617. We shall see.

based on what you read / your understanding of the documents, what do you expect turn around time to be?

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Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

I did indeed receive the instruction email late on Friday; it is marked such that I may not copy it here for review. I have done my best to figure it out and then submitted the transfer form https://evantage.trustetc.com/forms/Trustetc_Forms/accnttransfer.pdf (others will use the form from their broker/custodian); btw, the fax # for Continental is 212-616-7617. We shall see.

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Well Monday morning and still no trades... Not sure what to make of this. Still moving shares I guess.

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It would be indelicate to point out that the DTC does for BIT shares precisely what the bitcoin network is meant to do for bitcoins, only centralized, nominal, with a trusted authroity etc.... So I will refrain from pointing that out. Grin

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Quote from: Cconvert2G36 on April 24, 2015, 11:46:08 PM

I think "clients have instructions to add shares to their brokerage accts" means several days or a business week. Hang on to your butts, and place dump catching bids in the interim.

I think it could be quicker. Based on the prior tweet "UPDATE: @BitcoinTrust's DTC process is now complete" I think it means DTC now has the shares registered on their system, in "Direct Registration" format. Meaning it is tied to the individual investors.

Now, the investors just need to instruct DTC to transfer their shares to a broker where it is then held in Street Name (i.e. the broker controls the shares for the benefit of the investor.) Brokers can then trade the shares.

All of that is done electronically.

Here is a general description of the DTC service: http://www.dtcc.com/asset-services/securities-processing/direct-registration-system.aspx

And here are generic instructions to investors who have had their shares transferred to DRS / DTC, probably similar to what Grayscale has provided to its investors: http://www-us.computershare.com/Content/download.asp?docId=%7BE034FEA2-973D-44FB-900E-0CABA3AB9B72%7D&cc=US&lang=es&bhjs=0&fla=0&theme=cpu

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I think "clients have instructions to add shares to their brokerage accts" means several days or a business week. Hang on to your butts, and place dump catching bids in the interim.

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I think the best advice at this time is just for everyone to dump the hell out of this thing and let the believers pick up the pieces. Or, hang on and buy the shit out of this pricing in a bold testament to the future of how things will look later this summer and so on. Certain folks want to accumulate so do the right thing and let them sneak in your back door and kick you to the curb and wash your hands of this historical relic.

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Quote from: travwill on April 24, 2015, 08:40:13 PM

Quote from: Alley on April 24, 2015, 06:44:11 PM

So shareholders have instructions on how to transfer shares to there account... How long does that take lol. If its instant we should see some asks on Monday.

It should be pretty instantly available, just depends on then the internal/review process at Grayscale to make the available.

It seems a little timed to be at end of Friday, setting up for Monday trades. I think if you see a little higher volume this weekend and run up on price, it was manipulated this way for internal individuals to snatch up regular Bitcoins at low price before GBTC drives its up further - but then a dump is possible, but I think they would hold a while... It is harder for a lot of people to be able to buy over weekend as they would have to wait for additional fiat to deposit/clear at exchanges...

Nope. Grayscale doesn't have any control over when the shares are held "in street name." That is handled by the Depository Trust Company (DTC). That's why this has been taking forever.

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Quote from: Alley on April 24, 2015, 06:44:11 PM

So shareholders have instructions on how to transfer shares to there account... How long does that take lol. If its instant we should see some asks on Monday.

It should be pretty instantly available, just depends on then the internal/review process at Grayscale to make the available.

It seems a little timed to be at end of Friday, setting up for Monday trades. I think if you see a little higher volume this weekend and run up on price, it was manipulated this way for internal individuals to snatch up regular Bitcoins at low price before GBTC drives its up further - but then a dump is possible, but I think they would hold a while... It is harder for a lot of people to be able to buy over weekend as they would have to wait for additional fiat to deposit/clear at exchanges...

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So shareholders have instructions on how to transfer shares to there account... How long does that take lol. If its instant we should see some asks on Monday.

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Quote from: Biodom on April 24, 2015, 04:58:27 PM

Quote from: Chef Ramsay on April 24, 2015, 04:52:13 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:39:42 PM

Quote from: jehst on April 24, 2015, 04:37:50 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 24, 2015, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

If you check bitcoinwisdom, you can see that the market doesn't give a shit about this. And for good reason.

I'd give it a week before concluding what the market thinks about this.

Yeah, only now can these guys get into their accounts and decide what they want to do. I suspect some of them, at least, haven't been keeping up on things lately in their year long escapade like most of us have so it'll take some time to drum up a sound decision at this point.

Smart GBTC investors will buy 'real' bitcoin while selling their "GBTC-bitcoin". At the minimum, they would be able to 'capture' loss, while fully replacing the underlying bitcoin.
Wash sale rule will probably not apply because they will be buying bitcoin, but selling a different asset (GBTC).
It is also possible that they will be able to sell GBTC at a higher price due to the interest from funds.

Agreed but it seems like most of these people were attracted towards GBTC for the expressed reason of not having to secure them themselves. Fast forward to now and it's way too easy to get them on your own.

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Quote from: Biodom on April 24, 2015, 04:58:27 PM

Quote from: Chef Ramsay on April 24, 2015, 04:52:13 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:39:42 PM

Quote from: jehst on April 24, 2015, 04:37:50 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 24, 2015, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

If you check bitcoinwisdom, you can see that the market doesn't give a shit about this. And for good reason.

I'd give it a week before concluding what the market thinks about this.

Yeah, only now can these guys get into their accounts and decide what they want to do. I suspect some of them, at least, haven't been keeping up on things lately in their year long escapade like most of us have so it'll take some time to drum up a sound decision at this point.

Smart GBTC investors will buy 'real' bitcoin while selling their "GBTC-bitcoin". At the minimum, they would be able to 'capture' loss, while fully replacing the underlying bitcoin.
Wash sale rule will probably not apply because they will be buying bitcoin, but selling a different asset (GBTC).
It is also possible that they will be able to sell GBTC at a higher price due to the interest from funds.

Smart GBTC investors will sell their shares and get as far away from Barry as possible. If they want BTC, buy it and keep it on Gemini or a bank if they are incapable of securing their own coins.

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Quote from: Chef Ramsay on April 24, 2015, 04:52:13 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:39:42 PM

Quote from: jehst on April 24, 2015, 04:37:50 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 24, 2015, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

If you check bitcoinwisdom, you can see that the market doesn't give a shit about this. And for good reason.

I'd give it a week before concluding what the market thinks about this.

Yeah, only now can these guys get into their accounts and decide what they want to do. I suspect some of them, at least, haven't been keeping up on things lately in their year long escapade like most of us have so it'll take some time to drum up a sound decision at this point.

Smart GBTC investors will buy 'real' bitcoin while selling their "GBTC-bitcoin". At the minimum, they would be able to 'capture' loss, while fully replacing the underlying bitcoin.
Wash sale rule will probably not apply because they will be buying bitcoin, but selling a different asset (GBTC).
It is also possible that they will be able to sell GBTC at a higher price due to the interest from funds.

Chef Ramsay

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Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:39:42 PM

Quote from: jehst on April 24, 2015, 04:37:50 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 24, 2015, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

If you check bitcoinwisdom, you can see that the market doesn't give a shit about this. And for good reason.

I'd give it a week before concluding what the market thinks about this.

Yeah, only now can these guys get into their accounts and decide what they want to do. I suspect some of them, at least, haven't been keeping up on things lately in their year long escapade like most of us have so it'll take some time to drum up a sound decision at this point.

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Quote from: jehst on April 24, 2015, 04:37:50 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 24, 2015, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

If you check bitcoinwisdom, you can see that the market doesn't give a shit about this. And for good reason.

I'd give it a week before concluding what the market thinks about this.

jehst

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21 million. I want them all.

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 04:32:35 PM

Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 24, 2015, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

If you check bitcoinwisdom, you can see that the market doesn't give a shit about this. And for good reason.

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Quote from: minerpumpkin on April 24, 2015, 12:15:26 PM

Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

Sounds like they can be sold any minute now!

https://twitter.com/GrayscaleInvest/status/591713454400139265

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Quote from: chriswilmer on April 24, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

So... when do people think GBTC shares will actually go for sale? For some reason I got the impression it was going to be yesterday/today.

It looks like no one really knows an answer. All we can do at this point is guess and trust people who have some experience in this field. I think it should happen within the next month, but I'm really not familiar with the processes required for such a trade.

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Quote from: JorgeStolfi on April 24, 2015, 04:38:09 AM

Quote from: BitAddict on April 24, 2015, 04:01:05 AM

Yes... It will be a historical moment because most of those bidders are probably noobs thinking they are bargaining a whole bitcoin at $40.... They will get crushed in seconds, -50% instant loss... Great!

Those "bids", all for exactly 100 shares, cannot be real bids from end investors. They must be only token amounts that the level-2 brokers entered only to have their names listed on that page.

The lower-tier brokers, if they care to keep their clients, should be telling them to wait until trading starts before buying in.

Good point!

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