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    Last weekend, on the 24th, in the US NY stock market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 138 points (0.36%) higher than the previous day, and the Nasdaq index closed 49.3 points (0.32%) higher than the previous day. The US stock market has been buying mainly high-tech stocks, and the S&P 500 is hitting new all-time highs every day.

    While the market price of crypto assets (virtual currencies) such as Bitcoin fell across the board, crypto assets (virtual currency) related stocks such as Coinbase, which had continued to decline sharply since the beginning of the year, rebounded.

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    Virtual currency market conditions

    In the crypto asset (virtual currency) market, the Bitcoin price fell 2.8% from the previous day to 1 BTC = $40,067. Among the major alts, Ethereum (ETH) was down 4.1% and Solana (SOL) was down 4.5% from the previous day.

    BTC/USD weekly

    At one point, it fell below the $40,000 level and fell to $39,372. The drop from the most recent high was $10,000, or about 20%. The halving level is approximately $32,000, but some believe that the decline will stop at the support line of $38,000 or $34,700 before the halving in April of this year.

    In the futures market, a loss cut (forced liquidation) of $210 million (31 billion yen) has occurred, the third largest amount since the beginning of the year.

    After the approval of Bitcoin ETFs (exchange traded funds), market sentiment deteriorated due to selling of BTC which had soared, and in particular the withdrawal of funds from the alt market due to profit-taking selling was noticeable.

    In terms of macroeconomic factors, expectations for an early interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve System) have receded, and the rise in US bond yields and the US dollar index (DXY) may also be a headwind.

    Last week saw $11.8 billion in inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETPs) since the approval of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETPs) on January 11, according to a weekly report from asset management firm CoinShares.

    This is approximately seven times the average weekly trading volume in 2023.

    There was an outflow from Canada and Europe to the US, where fees are more competitive, and in the US, there was also an outflow of $2.9 billion from existing crypto funds with poor cost performance.

    Meanwhile, newly issued Bitcoin ETFs, which are more dominant, have seen massive inflows of $4.13 billion.

    The surge in trading activity signals the growing interest of institutional investors and the dominance of exchange-traded products (ETPs).

    Recently, the outflow of funds from asset management company Grayscale’s investment product “Bitcoin Trust (GBTC)”, which was converted into a Bitcoin ETF, has been causing selling pressure in the market.

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    As a closed-end investment product, GBTC traded at a deep discount to the market price for a long period of time. After converting to ETFs, the relatively high maintenance costs were also disliked, and demand for redemption (cash) appears to have increased rapidly.

    According to Adam Cochran’s view, the GBTC sell-off could continue over the next two months.

    According to QCP Capital, it has recorded an outflow of $1.17 billion since the ETF was approved, including the debt restructuring of GBTC held by FTX, a major crypto asset (virtual currency) exchange that went bankrupt in November 2022. However, as of the 22nd, it appears that they have sold most of their holdings.

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