Institutional Money

2020 was a very challenging year economically. Data points to a 4.4% shrinking of the global economy during this financial year, the worst such performance since the 1938 global depression. Due to the uncertainty, investors realized the importance of switching their funds into other assets such as precious metals and digital assets.  Crypto's performance bested that of gold, having grown by 65% vs. 20% of the latter from the start of 2020 to September. Fidelity and Baktt, key players bringing…

The most recent data has shown that Bitcoin (BTC) futures platform Bakkt is currently seeing the majority of its contracts settled in BTC, not cash. According to the provider of real-time data analytics for Bitcoin and Ether derivatives, Skew, the latest data on May 26 shows that Bakkt’s physically-settled Bitcoin Futures produced $34m, cash-settled Bitcoin Futures produced $9.3m and total open interest was $7.6m. Likewise, Bakkt’s physically-settled BTC Futures recorded a daily volume of $43m on the same day. The data shows that…

There has been a considerable growth in investors’ interest for Ethereum. With such growth it means investors are willing to pay a high price towards the diversification of their portfolio. This helps them in utilizing an investment vehicle that meets regulatory requirements, neutralizing part of the risks that come with more traditional means of investing in cryptocurrencies. The asset management company known as Grayscale Investments has claimed the purchase of about 50% of all of the Ethereum mined this year. Grayscale…