Coinbase has officially launched Coinbase Custody (a custody solution for institutional investors). The current crown jewel of the crypto space is a reliable custody solution for the big players, and Coinbase has essentially just become first to market.
Bitcoin rebounded from its 2018 lows. Rallies are always impacted by a range of factors, but one notable event is the launch of Coinbase’s custody solution for institutional investors. Was this the event we were waiting for?
Bitcoin is still in a proper bear market, and have been since the height of January 2018. Meanwhile trading volume is declining. That isn’t a great combo, but there is a lot of reasons to remain hopeful.
Here in late June 2018 the GBTC premium and the South Korean “Kimchi” premium are quickly disappearing. This has historically been a bullish sign that has signaled the end stages of a bear market.
Tether tends to get printed before crypto prices stabilize or go up. The simplest reason for this is because Tether acts as a dollar substitute, especially on exchanges that don’t use dollars, and prices go up when people buy crypto… especially with dollars / dollar substitutes.
Crypto tends to move in fairly predictable cycles, this is that part of the cycle when everyone capitulates, panics, and eventually falls into despair. It is the popped side of a classic economic bubble. Luckily for crypto investors, this isn’t just “a bubble” it is a bubble in the crypto space (where bubbles are painfully common and markets are absurdly quick to form patterns).
The Bank of International Settlements (BIS) published a mostly negative report on crypto called “Cryptocurrencies: looking beyond the hype.” The report criticizes much of crypto while noting the potential importance of the underlying technology. The only thing I would point out is that cryptocurrency is software, and thus many of the current issues (from the… Read More
Crypto search trends are finally trending up again after a “search term correction” started in the winter as crypto prices started to drop. Although its too early to say for sure, this is potentially a very bullish sign when considered alongside the price and volume data.
Cash App customers can now buy and sell Bitcoin in New York. Square has been getting into the crypto space allowing Cash App users in most states access to Bitcoin, but New York was excluded from that list until now.
The SEC’s Bill Hinman officially announced that Bitcoin and Ethereum are not securities. That hints that Ripple and other top coins like TRON and NEO may not be securities either. However, Hinman noted that many ICOs are securities.
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