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The crypto space is keeping such a close watch on spot Bitcoin ETFs that the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) website crashed. Meanwhile, Binance and its CEO want the U.S. commodity regulator’s suit dismissed and Bitcoin briefly touched the $35,000 mark for the first time in over a year.
All eyes on DTCC's site for spot Bitcoin ETFs
The crypto space has been keeping a close watch on the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation’s (DTCC) website for any move on a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF).
Eagle-eyed watchers noticed the ticker for BlackRock's ETF — IBTC — vanished from the site before it returned a few hours later. Bitcoin‘s price dropped nearly 3% with the disappearance, indicating much of the trading activity is focused on ETF developments.
The hype around IBTC also seemingly caused DTCC's site to crash. Senior Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas noted the DTCC doesn’t typically get this level of attention, which “speaks to the uniqueness and intensity of this entire saga.”
Early on Oct. 25 rumors spread across social media that ARK Invest and 21 Shares’ joint spot Bitcoin ETF had been listed on the DTCC’s site — in reality, many mistook ARK’s futures ETF tickers for the pair’s spot fund.
Social media posts referred to the ticker “ARKA,” the yet-to-be-approved ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Futures ETF along with the tickers "ARKY" and "ARKZ" which respectively refer to the ARK 21Shares Active Ethereum Futures ETF and the ARK 21Shares Active Bitcoin Ethereum Strategy ETF.
The most recent amended filing for ARK’s spot Bitcoin ETF from Oct. 11 shows that the fund will trade using the ticker “ARKB.”
Binance and CZ want to dismiss CFTC lawsuit
Crypto exchange Binance and its CEO Changpeng "CZ" Zhao have filed statements to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The filing, dated Oct. 23, attempted to show that the CFTC's lawsuit overstepped its boundaries, specifically as they relate to derivatives products. By accepting the CFTC's arguments, the court "would allow it to regulate any activity in cryptocurrency [...] related to a derivatives product" around the world.
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Binance and CZ's filing in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Source: Courtlistener
“Congress did not make the CFTC the world’s derivatives police, and the Court should reject the agency’s effort to expand its territorial reach beyond what is permitted by the law,” the filing said.
The CFTC filed its lawsuit in March, alleging that Binance failed to register with the regulator, which violated derivatives trading rules.
Bitcoin price reaches $35K as ETF excitement grows
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broke through the $35,000 mark for the first time since May 2022, marking a staggering gain in the past 24 hours.
The price of Bitcoin suddenly spiked upward on Oct. 23, with BTC gaining more than 10% from $31,000 to over $34,000.
Less than two hours after breaking $34,000, Bitcoin reached as high as $35,300 according to data from TradingView. Bitcoin is currently changing hands for a price of $34,550.
The sudden uptick in price for Bitcoin comes amid a fresh wave of interest in upcoming spot ETF approvals and a significant increase in overall trading volumes across spot markets.
The iShares spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) proposed by investment firm BlackRock has been listed on the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), suggesting potential approval by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
In an Oct. 23 X (formerly Twitter) thread, Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas said the DTCC listing was “all part of the process” of bringing a crypto ETF to market. The iShares spot Bitcoin ETF has a ticker symbol of IBTC for a possible listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange, which applied to list and trade shares of the investment vehicle in June.
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https://cointelegraph.com/news/what-happened-in-crypto-todayThe bitcoin derivatives market is beginning to show heightened volatility and interest from participants seeking to take advantage of the week’s major price moves
Volatility across the crypto derivatives market leaped to fresh local highs this week following a surge led by major blue chip asset bitcoin (BTC).
A two-month period of relatively muted market activity had placed the world’s largest digital asset in relative stasis, trading within a $2,000 range. But on Monday, the market sprang to life, with a 14% rise in the asset’s price topping out at just above $35,000 on Tuesday.
That activity caused a flush of large leveraged short positions, creating a short squeeze — short sellers closing out their positions “en mass” — Bradley Duke, chief strategy officer at ETC Group told Blockworks.
“Only hindsight will be able to tell us if this rally actually has legs, but it feels like enthusiasm for bitcoin is starting to return,” he said.
Open interest for bitcoin futures initially tanked on the back of those liquidations, wiping roughly $1 billion from the market. That has since retraced, indicating new contracts are being opened post-rally, according to Aditya Jalan, APAC trading manager at FalconX.
Interestingly, open interest in listed BTC options on Deribit has increased to $13 billion and is now at the highest level in USD terms since the bull market of Q4 2021, Jalan said.
Blockworks was told by several analysts that options trading tends to attract a more professional audience compared to futures trading, leading to fewer retail investors participating in this segment of the crypto market.
Consequently, the incidence of liquidations and declines in open interest are less frequent in options trading compared to futures, crypto algorithmic trading firm Auros said.
Implied volatility over a 30-day period for bitcoin options contracts shows the rally has also pushed the value to its highest point since the end of June, at just above 59%, data from T3’s Bitcoin Volatility Index shows.
To put that into context, the index has only crossed over that level five times this year.
Contributing factors
According to Mark Connors, head of research at 3iQ, the recent volatility in the crypto derivatives market can be attributed to a combination of factors.
“Historically low cold coming into this week and favorable developments in spot BTC events combined to ignite a chase by some market makers to get longer gamma,” Connors said.
This means that changes in market sentiment occurred more quickly than market makers could adjust their hedges, leading to a shift in open interest across different derivatives vehicles, he said.
Connors emphasized these factors contributed to the surge in BTC price but were not the primary driver behind it.
“We do not think the options positions drove the spike to $35,000, rather they augmented the move somewhat,” he added.
At the same time, BlackRock’s proposed iShares Bitcoin ETF, carrying the ticker IBTC, reappeared on the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation website after disappearing early on Tuesday.
The initial listing on the Depository website was attributed by analysts as a catalyst for continued bullish fervor surrounding a potential greenlight of a US bitcoin ETF in the year ahead.
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bulletinspro2023Asset management firm AllianceBernstein put out a memo last Monday not so subtly hyping bitcoin over gold, calling the cryptocurrency a “safe haven asset.”
AllianceBernstein (AB) analysts highlight that aside from Bitcoin’s inherent value stemming from its limited supply of 21 million coins — referred to as its “hard money properties” — the asset’s returns are undeniable.
“Since its inception, Bitcoin has consistently outperformed gold,” AB analysts wrote in the Oct. 16 note. “Over [the] last 3 years, Gold has been flat, while Bitcoin is up 150% (despite the 60% drawdown in 2022).”
And over the last five years, they wrote, bitcoin had five times better returns than gold.
This note was written prior to the recent multi-day bitcoin rally, which began as early as Sunday night when bitcoin (BTC) was trading at close to $30,000. It then peaked at $35,100 early Tuesday morning, before dipping to just under $34,000 at the time of publication.
AB analysts also pointed out that bitcoin is such a young asset compared to gold, which had its first ETF tracking the commodity’s price in 2004.
In fact, speculation about a possible ETF is the very thing driving bitcoin’s value up at the moment, even though some industry watchers believe this price action is premature since ETF approvals are dependent on the US Securities and Exchange Commission. So far, the SEC has dragged its feet, delaying multiple spot bitcoin ETF applications multiple times throughout 2023.
According to AB, Bitcoin’s main hurdle is its “UX UI” problem. This is an issue the analysts believe can be turned around with the advent of spot bitcoin ETF.
“The inaccessibility of crypto wallets and the treacherous track record of exchanges, has made Bitcoin inaccessible to the mainstream. The Bitcoin ETF would make Bitcoin accessible in broker accounts, well integrated with private banks and wealth managers/advisors,” AB analysts wrote.
Grayscale could win the race to a bitcoin ETF since the SEC has declined to appeal an August ruling siding with Grayscale. The DC Court of Appeals said the SEC blocking the firm’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) to an ETF was “arbitrary and capricious.”
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https://blockworks.co/news/alliancebernstein-gold-bitcoin-returnsBitcoin has rallied on the back of institutional investors’ hopes that the SEC will soon decide to approve spot ETFs on BTC.
Bitcoin’s Resilient 1% Gain & Promising Bullish Setup Amid Overbought RSI
Bitcoin is up just under 1% in 24 hours and over 19% in the last seven days, consolidating near $34K after a higher surge. The consolidation forms a triangle with exits often to the upside. However, the RSI on the daily timeframe is highly overbought, suggesting that short-term speculators should be looking for a corrective pullback. Looking at the longer term, the current setup for Bitcoin seems very promising for the bulls.
Bitcoin has rallied on the back of institutional investors’ hopes that the SEC will soon decide to approve spot ETFs on BTC.
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BlackRock’s proposed spot bitcoin ETF, the iShares Bitcoin Trust, appeared for a while on the asset list of The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC), a Nasdaq clearing house. The instrument was listed under the ticker IBTC, then disappeared, and reportingly reappeared on Wednesday.
The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit formally approved a ruling that the SEC must review Grayscale Investments’ application to convert GBTC into a spot ETF based on the former cryptocurrency.
Another possible reason for BTC’s rise is the ongoing tension in the Middle East, causing investors to diversify risk through the first cryptocurrency.
Matrixport believes that BTC will reach $45K this year. This is particularly indicated by the ‘bullish’ figure of the ‘ascending triangle’ from Chainalysis.
Chainalysis argues that the US authorities are losing influence over the stablecoin market as more transactions are conducted through overseas crypto companies.
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