De openstaande belangstelling voor Bitcoin-futures stijgt, maar de volumes dalen.

Openstaande interesse in Bitcoin-futures is gestegen naar nieuwe recordhoogtes voorafgaand aan de directe notering van Coinbase op woensdag op de Nasdaq

Crypto-marktgegevensaggregator Glassode stelt dat de open rente van Bitcoin voor het eerst meer dan $ 27 miljard heeft overschreden toen Bitcoin ( BTC ) nieuwe recordhoogtes van meer dan $ 63.000 bereikte. De mijlpaal suggereert dat traders kunnen speculeren op hogere prijzen, hoewel sommigen zich ook kunnen indekken tegen inkomende volatiliteit.

Het leeuwendeel van de handelsactiviteit is op Binance, waar de $ 5,2 miljard aan posities goed is voor bijna 20% van alle uitstaande posities die op de beurs worden aangehouden. Het wordt gevolgd door Bybit met $ 4,66 miljard, OKEx met $ 3,75 miljard, en dan Huobi, FTX en CME met elk ongeveer $ 3 miljard.

Ondanks de record openstaande interesse lijken de Bitcoin-futures-volumes de afgelopen maand te zijn gedaald , van $ 117 miljard op 15 maart tot tussen $ 50 miljard en $ 75 miljard in april, volgens gegevensaggregator voor cryptoderivaten Skew.

Het afnemende volume zou erop kunnen wijzen dat traders steeds voorzichtiger zijn geworden met het openen van nieuwe posities, aangezien de datum voor de notering van Coinbase naderde, waarbij een aanzienlijk deel van de openstaande rente waarschijnlijk posities vertegenwoordigt die in de afgelopen weken en maanden zijn geopend.

Van de $ 75 miljard aan BTC-futures die de afgelopen 24 uur van eigenaar zijn veranderd, vormt Binance meer dan een derde van het volume met $ 26,9 miljard, gevolgd door Huobi met $ 14,5 miljard, OKEx met $ 12,7 miljard en Bybit met $ 10,6 miljard

Daarentegen is de openstaande interesse in Bitcoin-opties afgenomen sinds eind maart een recordbedrag van $ 6 miljard aan contracten afliep . De optievolumes zijn in april gestegen, waarbij de gegevens suggereren dat veel traders hun posities hebben afgedekt toen miljarden werden gemobiliseerd om zich te beschermen tegen een crash tot $ 40.000 vorige week.

Bitcoin is niet de enige markt waarop handelaren in derivaten speculeren, met openstaande interesse in Ethereum-futures die ook stijgen tot recordhoogtes van meer dan $ 8 miljard, aangezien de volumes de afgelopen weken zijn toegenomen.

De optiemarkten van Ethereum hebben ook een toename van de activiteit gekend, met open rente die naar 30-daagse hoogtepunten duwt in de buurt van $ 3,2 miljard. De volumes van etheropties zijn van de ene op de andere dag met 90% gestegen, van $ 200 miljoen naar $ 380 miljoen.

Veel Ether ( ETH ) -traders lijken deze week echter verder te kijken dan de notering van Coinbase, waarbij analist Cantering Clark voor eind juni eerder deze maand een aanzienlijk volume opmerkte dat gericht was op prijzen boven $ 3.200 .

Vaikka Goldman Sachsin johtaja hylkäsi bitcoinin arvovarastona tai vaihtovälineenä, hän väitti, että blockchain-tekniikka on „täällä pysyä“.

Goldman Sachsin johtajien määrä, joka kyseenalaistaa tai kiistää BTC: n roolin arvon säilyttäjänä, kasvaa edelleen. Vanhimman puheenjohtajan ja hyödyketutkimuksen johtajan jälkeen sijoitusstrategiaryhmän päällikkö on tehnyt saman.

Goldman Sachsin Exec vastaan ​​BTC: n arvoposition

Kun bitcoinilla on samanlaisia ​​ominaisuuksia kuin kullalla, mukaan lukien rajoitettu tarjonta, kryptovaluutta pidetään usein arvosijoitustyökaluna, jalometallina. Kertomusta ovat rikkoneet jopa monet perinteisen finanssialan edustajat, kuten SkyBridge Capitalin Anthony Scaramucci.

Useat ihmiset ovat kuitenkin myös kumoaneet idean, ja viimeisin asia on Goldman Sachsin johtaja pankin sijoitusstrategiaryhmässä Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani.

Bloombergin mainitsema johtaja korosti bitcoinin äärimmäistä volatiliteettia merkittävimpänä esteenä matkalla arvotilan varastoon.

„Se, että kaikki kasaavat idean ja puhuvat siitä, ei tarkoita, että se olisi arvovarasto.“

Mossavar-Rahmani meni vielä pidemmälle vertaamalla BTC: n vaihtelevaa hintakehitystä surullisen GameStop (GME) -osakkeen viimeaikaiseen kehitykseen. Sellaisena hän uskoo, että bitcoin ei voi toimia myöskään vaihtovälineenä:

„Joku, jonka pitkän aikavälin volatiliteetti on 80%, ei voida pitää vaihtovälineenä.“

On syytä huomata, että Mossavar-Rahmani vastustaa myös kultasijoituksia. Viime vuonna hän sanoi, että suurten sijoittajien tulisi välttää kullan hallussapitoa, elleivät heillä ole „erittäin vahvaa näkemystä siitä, että Yhdysvaltain dollaria alennetaan. Meillä ei ole tätä näkemystä. “

Negatiivisilla kommenteillaan bitcoiniin Mossavar-Rahmani on liittynyt kahteen muuhun Goldman Sachsin johtajaan salata kryptovaluutta. CryptoPotato ilmoitti äskettäin, että vanhempi puheenjohtaja Lloyd Blankfein ja hyödyketutkimuksen päällikkö Jeff Curie varoittivat myös, että BTC: n volatiliteetti estää sitä olemasta luotettava arvon varasto.

Blockchain ei Bitcoin

Ja vaikka Mossavar-Rahmani ei näe ansioita BTC: ssä, hän liittyi „pro-blockchain, no bitcoin“ -kertomukseen. Johtaja kertoi, että tekniikka on „täällä jäädäkseen“ ja että sillä on valoisa tulevaisuus, varsinkin jos adoptiotasot jatkavat kasvuaan.

Hän varmisti erottavansa salausvaluutan ja lohkoketjun välillä sanomalla, että jälkimmäinen voi helpottaa varojen sujuvampaa liikkumista ja sillä on mahdollisuus tulla tärkeä osa globaalia rahoitusinfrastruktuuria.

Viimeaikaiset raportit viittasivat siihen, että jättiläinen investointipankki tutkii blockchainin napauttamista ja mahdollisesti oman stablecoinin käynnistämistä.

Tidigare Ripple-rådgivare kommer att bli den nya chefen för amerikansk banktillsyn

President Joe Biden kommer sannolikt att utse en tidigare rådgivare till kryptobetjänstleverantören Ripple som valutaansvarig.

Som Wall Street Journal rapporterar, är en tidigare medlem av Ripples rådgivande styrelse inställd på att bli nästa „Valutakontrollant“.

Detta rapporteras av den berömda tidningen och citerar källor som sägs ha insiderinformation om den Bitcoin Evolution planerade utnämningen av den nya presidenten Joe Biden. Följaktligen kommer Michael Barr att vara nästa ordförande för den amerikanska banktillsynsmyndigheten.

Den så kallade “Valutakontrollern” är chef för “Kontoret för valutakontrollern” (OCC) i USA och är därför ansvarig för tillsynen av banksystemet på federal nivå. Följaktligen beskriver WSJ också kontoret som en av de mest inflytelserika positionerna i det amerikanska finanssystemet:

„Comptroller övervakar hundratals finansinstitut i USA, vilket gör honom till en av de viktigaste tillsynsmyndigheterna i banksystemet.“

Det officiella tillkännagivandet om Barrs utnämning väntar fortfarande och WSJ har ännu inte kunnat verifiera historien genom Vita huset, finansdepartementet eller Barr.

Om det gjorde det skulle Michael Barr vara nästa kontrollör med bakgrund i kryptobranschen. Hans föregångare Brian Brooks, som avgick förra veckan efter en åtta månaders tjänstgöringstid i Donald Trumps administration, har tidigare varit styrelseledamot för Coinbase-kryptobörsen.

År 2015 utsågs Barr till Ripple Labs rådgivande styrelse. Då var hans mål att driva innovation i betalningsbranschen:

”Det globala betalningssystemet är helt inaktuellt. Jag tror att innovation behövs för att göra vårt finansiella system säkrare och billigare och för att förbättra tillgänglighet och effektivitet för konsumenter och företag. „

Joe Bidens administration rapporteras också ha övervägt Mehrsa Baradaran, professor vid University of California, för tjänsten

Dessutom har Gary Gensler de bästa chanserna att bli ny chef för American Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Gensler var tidigare ordförande för Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), som i sin tur ansvarar för övervakningen av derivathandel. Den tidigare CFTC-chefen är känd för att ha en något mer öppen inställning till digitalisering, blockchain och krypto.

Finland sells bitcoin for $80 million

Not only private investors are profiting from the Bitcoin rally. The Finnish customs authority Tulli is also rubbing its hands at the moment.

While Bitcoin is not so popular among petty criminals and serious offenders these days, considerable amounts of BTC have already ended up in the hands of law enforcement agencies in recent years. While they did not know what to do with their luck for a long time, more and more European authorities are following the American example and putting their loot up for auction. The Finnish customs authorities were also unable to part with their digital treasure for a The News Spy long time. Fortunately, because the state is now profiting from their indecision.

As BTC-ECHO already reported, the Finnish customs authority caught a particularly big fish about five years ago, from today’s perspective. In June 2016, officials seized around 1,666 BTC when they broke up a darknet platform. The mastermind was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for drug trafficking. However, the loot remained with the authority after the Turku Court of Appeal ordered the Bitcoin proceeds from the offences to be seized. This now benefits the state, which can pocket the profit margin.

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And this does not turn out to be small. When bitcoin was seized, the exchange rate was still around 600 US dollars. The rest is history. At the time of going to press, Bitcoin is trading 64 times higher – at around 38,500 US dollars. In just five years, the value has risen from one million to 64 million US dollars.

Finland soon Bitcoin auctioneer?

According to the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat, there are now a total of 1,981 Bitcoin in the hands of the authority, which could now go under the hammer. According to Pekka Pylkkänen, CFO of the Finnish customs authority Tulli, they are „currently preparing the implementation procedure with the cooperation authorities“. Once the bitcoin has found suitable buyers, „the money from the sale will go to the Finnish state“. Customs is currently „preparing the implementation procedure with the cooperation authorities“ and will „inform about it as soon as the concrete procedure has been determined“.

The procedure by which the bitcoins are to be sold is therefore still open. The auction route, as already practised in the USA, cannot be ruled out. In Germany, too, the sale of Bitcoin via auction houses has already been initiated. Whether the Finns will follow suit or find direct buyers, for example through crypto exchanges, remains to be seen.

A good cause

Either way, the proceeds will bring more than a little capital into the state coffers. In total, the value of the Bitcoin amounts to 80 million US dollars. Money that could be spent, for example, on 4 million doses of the Covid vaccine developed by Biontech and Pfizer. Since two doses are needed for full protection, 2 million citizens could receive a vaccination through the Bitcoin proceeds – more than one in three in a population of 5.5 million.

Rajd BTC nabiera tempa, gdy Litecoin obserwuje wzloty 2019. BCH widzi wzrost cashbacku Square, a Bancor opiera się na zyskach DeFi dzięki dodaniu Coinbase.

Crypto Genius wzrósł powyżej 20 000 $, jak przewidywałem w zeszłym tygodniu , a moneta osiągnęła maksimum 24 300 $ w niedzielę.

Rynek kryptowalut jest w poniedziałek nieco wyłączony, ponieważ rynki reagują na kolejny atak paniki koronawirusa w Europie

Bitcoin rósł w zeszłym tygodniu, gdy dolar amerykański nadal był uderzany w długo oczekiwany drugi pakiet stymulacyjny dla Stanów Zjednoczonych, który ma zostać przyjęty później dzisiaj. Umowa opiewa na 900 miliardów dolarów, a każdy obywatel otrzymuje czek na 600 dolarów. Rynek wycenił tę transakcję, a dzisiejsze ponowne pojawienie się paniki wirusowej spowodowało, że dolar wzrósł o ponad 1%. Mówi się, że nowy szczep wirusa znaleziony w Wielkiej Brytanii jest bardziej zaraźliwy, a inne kraje wprowadzają zakaz podróżowania do iz kraju, a Francja odcina 20% dostaw żywności poprzez blokowanie transportu. Kolejna runda chaosu na rynkach finansowych mogła spowodować, że Bitcoin będzie wspierany, chociaż marcowa wyprzedaż płynności była ostrzeżeniem.

BTC zlekceważyło niektóre negatywne wiadomości w zeszłym tygodniu, w których regulator finansowy FinCEN próbował wbić pazury w przestrzeń kryptowalut

Zasada zaproponowana w piątek przez Departament Skarbu może oznaczać, że posiadacze amerykańskiej waluty cyfrowej będą musieli przestrzegać wymogów znajomości swojego klienta (KYC), aby przenieść swoje aktywa z giełd do portfeli osobistych. Brian Armstrong, dyrektor generalny giełdy Coinbase, powiedział, że firma rzuci wyzwanie zasadom w tweecie, który udostępnił założyciel Litecoin, Charlie Lee.

Silny wzrost bitcoina w ostatnim tygodniu oznacza, że ​​moneta będzie szukać wsparcia na poziomie 20 000 USD, a inwestorzy powinni obserwować rynki akcji. Wchodzimy w koniec roku, kiedy portfele są korygowane przed nowym rokiem, a wielcy inwestorzy mogą chcieć czerpać zyski z pienistych wycen rynkowych, jeśli obawiają się kolejnej rundy zawirowań wirusowych w 2021 roku.

Ogólny rynek kryptowalut wynosi obecnie 662 mld USD, a BTC odpowiada za 66% tej kwoty.

Litecoin był najlepiej prosperującą monetą tygodnia z 34% wyprzedzeniem. Piąty co do wielkości projekt monet ma obecnie kapitalizację rynkową w wysokości 7 miliardów dolarów.

Grayscale, która jest jednym z największych zarządzających aktywami cyfrowymi, zauważyła ostatnio zainteresowanie monetą i opublikowała dogłębną pracę badawczą, nazywając ją „jedną z najciekawszych cyfrowych walut ekosystemu”. Firma ogłosiła niedawno, że aktywa inwestycyjne, którymi zarządza, wzrosły w połowie grudnia do 13 miliardów dolarów. Firma zainwestowała ponad 10 miliardów dolarów w Bitcoin i chociaż w LTC jest tylko 75 milionów dolarów, popyt rośnie, więc istnieje możliwość, że LTC będzie postrzegana jako „niedowartościowana” przez nowych inwestorów, ponieważ niedawny wzrost Bitcoina zwraca uwagę na rynek .

Despite the company’s counter-claims, the SEC probably wants to sue Ripple.

Ripple is being sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly selling unlicensed securities in the form of XRP tokens, Fortune said

The article is reminiscent of a similar report on Bitcoin Future in the New York Times, which deals with the stock exchange’s handling of colored employees. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse took an unusual step and posted on Twitter to get the public to discuss the matter.

Bitcoin ( BTC ) and Ether ( ETH ) have both not yet been attacked by the SEC due to their decentralized nature. The XRP, the Ripple token, has long been criticized by some members of the crypto community for being highly centralized. Ripple has an escrow account with around 50 billion XRP. That is about half of the total offer. David Schwartz, the company’s technical director, claims it was a „gift“ from the creators of the third largest cryptocurrency.

Despite class actions and split views between the original founders, Ripple survived to become one of the richest companies in the fintech industry. Its reserve, held primarily in XRP, is theoretically close to $ 25 billion, even after the dramatic 13.5 percent drop following news of the lawsuit.

A Ripple source told Cointelegraph:

„There’s no chance that XRP isn’t a security.“

Ripple posted a Wells submission document on its website explaining its position. It states: „When the commission claims that Ripple’s XRP distributions are investment contracts, while also saying that Bitcoin and Ether are not securities, it is picking winners and losers in the virtual currency space itself, destroying a consumer-friendly innovation from the USA.“

The company continued to claim without evidence that Bitcoin and Ether were „two China-controlled virtual currencies that the SEC has classified as non-securities“ and that „innovation in the cryptocurrency industry will be completely ceded to China,“ should the potential lawsuit SEC be successful.

According to Fortune , it is expected that Garlinghouse and co-founder Chris Larsen, whose common fortune is estimated at 13 billion US dollars, are named as defendants in the lawsuit.

Garlinghouse has stated that despite the designation of XRP as a security, Ripple would continue to thrive . However, the company recently said it was looking for new headquarters outside of the United States, claiming the lack of regulatory clarity compelled it.

Cointelegraph has asked Ripple for comment on whether Larsen and Garlinghouse will remain in the United States in light of the potential lawsuit. However, no answer had been received by the editorial deadline.

„I have already done hundreds of transactions in the ETH chain and because of an oversight, the rush and the lessons of my son, I lost my life savings.

According to a Github publication made today, the user „dawidkabani13“ claims to have accidentally sent 4,005 Chainlink (LINK), USD 53,226 at the time of publication of this article, to a smart contract of Aavegotchi (GHST) in the Ethereum block chain, which does not support transactions for the token. The user said that the contract is immutable, which means that his funds may not be recovered. Even so, he is offering a 1,000 LINK reward to anyone willing to help. At the time of publication, this reward would be worth approximately $13,000.

„I am recovering from a terrible loss, I am a father and a husband, and a few days ago I lost my life’s savings due to a small mistake and rush,“ said Dawid. „When I started the rescue operation, I was approached by good people who told me that there should be a possibility of adding a LINK side chain, which would allow me to recover my life savings“.

The author of the smart contract, Nick Mudge, said that the GHSTStakingDiamond to which the user sent the funds „cannot be upgraded“ and that the tokens will probably „be stuck in the diamond [Ethereum] forever. Since then, both Mudge and Dawid have asked Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin to „branch out and reverse the transaction.

@VitalikButerin please be my Santa. I have already made hundreds of transactions on the ETH chain and through an oversight, the haste and lessons of my son (damned* COVID) I lost my life savings by sending all my funds into a smart non-updateable contract.

Aavegotchi also responded to the incident, saying that reversing the transaction might not be „technically modifiable“. However, the company created a donation page to help Dawid recover some of the funds before Christmas. By the time this story is published, users have sent approximately USD 1,179 in Ether (ETH).

„At Christmas, we will transfer whatever has been deposited in this wallet to Dawid, a parent, member of GotchiGang and Link Marine,“ said Aavegotchi.

Unfortunately, the immutability of many transactions with crypto currencies makes occasional errors like this inevitable if users are not careful. In May, Cointelegraph reported that an Bitcoin Legacy user claimed to have lost 40 ETH (USD 25,000 by the time this newsroom closed) as a result of a single erroneous alphanumeric character entered in the address of the receiving wallet.

Justitia holds in her hand the scales of justice on which two Bitcoin coins hang. The flag of France can be seen in the background.

In a press release from the French Ministry of Finance, the government has revealed stricter KYC regulations for crypto transactions

On December 9, France’s Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire let the crypto cat out of the bag and updated the lawrevealed, which sets stricter know-your-customer regulations for all crypto companies operating in the country, including for peer-to-peer transactions. The revised version of the law could put an end to the anonymity of the French crypto space.

In order to avoid the rude awakening with the tax return in 2021, it is important to realize losses now, secure liquidity, preventively control tax debts and take a close look at the portfolio.

How it works?

From now on, crypto providers will be forced to validate the identities of their users. Anonymous accounts are banned. Cooperation with national secret services and the freezing of assets will also be made mandatory. France cites general security and attractiveness aspects as a reason, above all the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. In the press release, the ministry refers to a recent break-up of a terror network in September, which is said to have used transactions in digital assets. Crypto providers have until mid-2021 to make the necessary adjustments.

France as a prosperous blockchain location

The recently published report by the EU Blockchain Observatory provides a detailed overview of France’s blockchain economy. The country has a considerable number of blockchain start-ups. They are helped by state subsidies such as aid funds. A state fund has already invested almost 300 million euros in infrastructural projects for young companies in the crypto sector. In addition, there are measures to reduce bureaucracy, such as the PACTE law, which removes barriers to founding startups. France is trying to establish the country as a leading hub in the crypto space.

G7 is in favor of crypto regulations

France is now putting comprehensive regulations for the crypto space into force from next year. The country is thus following the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and the G7. The finance ministers of the seven most important industrialized nations in the West agreed on Tuesday in favor of regulation. So one could see a press release from the US Treasury Department Inferring that the developing crypto landscape wants to set regulations in order to prevent its use for „malicious purposes and illegal activities“.

5. EU money laundering guidelines as a basis in Germany

With the amendment of the law in France, the government is also following the 5th update of the money laundering guidelines of the European Union, which came into force in January 2020. This directive has also been in force in Germany since the beginning of the year. Since then, crypto providers have been included in the group of obligated parties under the Money Laundering Act in Germany. According to this, for example, credit institutions, insurance companies and now also providers of cryptocurrencies are obliged to keep customers in a transparency register, where proof of identity must be stored. This largely eliminates the anonymity feature that is characteristic of cryptocurrencies, which is now also disappearing in France.

The Bitcoin market suffered heavy losses in mid-week as its price fell from its high of $19,500 to as low as $16,200.

Some analysts believe that the crypto currency has more room for decline given its 100 percent rally before the recent correction. Nevertheless, macroeconomic fundamentals continue to favor the bullish outlook for the young asset.

One of Bitcoin Bank main upward drivers is a weakening US dollar. The crypto currency was one of the biggest beneficiaries after the US Federal Reserve flooded global markets with excessive dollar liquidity after a flood of emergency measures to contain the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Bitcoin is well above the technical support provided by the exponential 20-day moving average. Source: BTCUSD on TradingView.com

Many strategists expected the dollar to recover after the US government reopened the economies. There have been attempts, but the US Dollar Index still fell after only this week reaching its lowest level since 2018.

Its downward bias showed the likelihood for investors to maintain their exposure to riskier assets, giving Bitcoin ample opportunity to resume its upward trend.

„Excess dollar liquidity [from the Fed] is still in the system,“ Salman Ahmed, global head of Fidelity International’s macro division, told the WSJ. And that’s bullish for Bitcoin because:

„As soon as things improve and reflation returns, that liquidity can be channelled back into riskier assets“.

20% decline of the dollar is imminent

Investors are still heavily invested in the US, which in turn keeps demand for the greenback up. However, the arrival of a potential COVID-19 vaccine, coupled with expectations of a friendlier trade policy on the part of Joe Biden’s government, is making foreign assets more attractive.

This does not mean massive capital inflows into the developed and emerging economies that are already suffering the effects of the pandemic. Interest rates remain at lower levels in most countries, leaving them exposed to their riskier markets.

As a result, for many strategists, the U.S. dollar remains an overvalued asset that is traded high above its actual interest rates due to the lack of global investment alternatives. In fact, a Citigroup report even points to a 20 percent decline in the value of the dollar as global investors hedge their exposure to U.S. markets.
Hedging – where?

The answer is Bitcoin (Buy Now? Click here for instructions) – even if this means that you get comparatively little capital inflow compared to traditional markets.

The crypto currency recently reached all-time highs against several foreign currencies. It has risen particularly in regions affected by inflationary pressures such as Turkey and Venezuela, or struggling economies such as Brazil, Argentina, Zambia, Sudan, Angola.

Bitcoin also traded close to its record high in the Russian, Colombian and Eurozone markets.

The readings showed a booming demand for the crypto-currency systems in these economies. Both investors and traders secured themselves against Bitcoin and its sister currencies in order to escape the inflation uncertainty.

Put simply, the deviation from U.S.-linked assets also increased the potential for BTC/USD to reach USD 20,000 – despite cyclical downward corrections.