As an analyst, I’ve been watching the launch of the Morgan Stanley Bitcoin ETF, ticker MSBT. It started trading today with a 0.14% expense ratio, which is slightly lower than the 0.25% charged by the iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). While the difference isn’t huge, in the current Bitcoin ETF landscape, even small price advantages can be really important for attracting investors.
no foreign chips sneaking in here. Alibaba says the chips act like one colossal brain, each firing in unison with a latency so low-around four microseconds-that even a hummingbird might feel smug about its reaction time.
Over the last 24 hours, Bitcoin’s price increased by 3%, reaching $71,600. Other cryptocurrencies like ether, XRP, and solana saw even bigger gains, rising by more than 5% each. The CoinDesk 20 Index, which tracks a broader range of altcoins, rose 4.2%, a common pattern when these alternative coins perform better than Bitcoin.
Oh, what a scrumptious scandal has bubbled up from the murky depths of the crypto world! A fresh batch of gossip claims that the elusive Satoshi Nakamoto, the phantom father of Bitcoin, might actually be Adam Back, the British boffin behind Hashcash and the bigwig at Blockstream. Jolly good show, eh?
In a somewhat theatrical display of collaboration, six of Switzerland’s major banks allied with Swiss Stablecoin AG to explore the delicate art of a Swiss franc-pegged stablecoin, announced UBS on a Wednesday that probably felt like any other Wednesday in Zurich.
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So, another journalist claims to have solved the riddle of Satoshi Nakamoto? Well, that’s nothing new. For over 15 years, journalists and conspiracy theorists alike have thrown out theory after theory, each more ridiculous than the last. But wait, there’s more! This time, a major U.S. publication-The New York Times, no less-has named its top candidate: Adam Back. Carreyrou, the two-time Pulitzer winner behind the investigation, probably had a good laugh when he realized this was the first time a top-tier outlet had named a suspect. Back, meanwhile, isn’t laughing-he’s been vehemently denying it for years.
Key Takeaways (and sighs):
So, XRP was stuck in a boring $1.30 to $1.33 loop, like a bad Tinder date that won’t end. Shorts were ruling the roost, and longs were getting squeezed harder than a tube of toothpaste. The derivatives market was more defensive than a hedgehog in a room full of balloons. No one had the guts to make a move – until Trump and Iran decided to play nice.
The global financial theater cheered. S&P 500 futures nudged upward by a polite 2%, European equities pranced by 5%, and Brent crude oil, ever the drama queen, tumbled 13% to $94-$95 per barrel. Gold, that stoic old relic, shimmered over 2%, probably laughing at the human obsession with numbers.