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RU channel link @crypto_penetration
Created in collaboration with Ton Whales - crypto regulation database https://cryptopenetration.com/”
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🇭🇰Bitcoin ETF listing in Hong Kong disappointed the market
🔻The trading volume on the first day was only $12 million. This number is much below expectations.
🕵 Gensler made an attempt to qualify ETH as a security
🧑⚖️ The U.S. Securities Commission (SEC) investigated last year whether Ethereum is a security or not in preparation for a lawsuit against DeFi providers and non-custodial wallets. Metamask provider Consensys revealed these facts and initiated a court case against SEC in Texas.
👀The SEC investigation had started a year ago. At that moment a congressman Patrick McHenry asked Gensler is Ethereum a security or not during hearing. However, Gensler had dodged that question.
⚖️This information increases the probability of ETH ETF applications to be rejected in May. However, in my opinion, there is a huge probability that the Ethereum ETF still can be approved. Since the futures ETF was already approved late last year. If the SEC refuses, it will face a lawsuit from Blackrock and other ETF applicants, which the regulator may lose.
🪆Russia tests new KYC system to track crypto exchange
🏦 The Bank of Russia and the local Financial Intelligence Unit are developing a KYC system to identify the connection between customers' crypto transactions and fiat bank transactions. Five major banks are participating in tests.
💱 Cryptocurrencies have legal status in Russia and it’s legal to own crypto. However, crypto payments are banned and crypto exchanges are in the gray zone. The purpose of this initiative is to increase government control over exchange transactions in order to prevent possible capital flight and tax evasion.
🔥 TON cuts fees
💎 TON blockchain validators voted to reduce transfer fees by 2.5 times. This is another step in direction of mass adoption, which brings TON blockchain closer to key competitors such as BNB Smart Chain, Solana, Tron.
💸 Of course, in the short term this decision will reduce the profitability of validators, but in the long term - due to the inflow of liquidity on the TON blockchain everyone will benefit from it. And NOW it’s cheaper to transfer USDT or buy/sell tokens on TON).
✈️ Have you already had to go through KYC for TON transactions, USDT to TON exchange?
🐻 Is the bull cycle over?
📊 The top alts by capitalization are retreating from their recent highs: Solana down to $154 from $200, TON at $5.70 from $7.60. The Token2049 conference in Dubai was an important event in the history of the TON and Telegram blockchain.
🔻 However, there was a drop in the token market. In fact, this was expected: it was already highly overheated (some coins in March gave 1,000%-2,000% profit). At the same time the drop was not so big during the week: DFC 13%, GRAM 29.47%, UP 24.58%, Fish 40%, Tonnel 34%, Kingy 36%, Raff 28%. There was simply a correction in the TON ecosystem as in other alts.
⛏ On the other hand, halving finally had a positive effect on the market. Bitcoin's price reached the $67,000 level. Since bitcoin issuance from mining will now be reduced, many analysts predict that this will increase the long-term demand for the asset. Finally, according to Farside Investors, there was a small inflow of $50 million in liquidity into U.S. spot ETFs at Monday's close.
👷 In short, yes perhaps the wave-like bull cycle is over. But the cryptocurrency market continues to evolve. Mass adoption and regulation are on the march. That’s the topic of our survey.
🧸 The market looks bearish before Token2049
📉 Some tokens, such as REDO and GRAM, have recently been flooded with buys. Dubai’s also flooded... 🌊
📰 The crypto media at the end of this week are full of bearish predictions for the market. This means that more and more people expect Bitcoin go under $60,000 - and the entire market will follow.
🤷 So if there is no new cycle of growth after tomorrow's conference, don't be upset. You should watch where the market will go in the long term. And experienced investors generally recommend investing in crypto with a 2- to 5-year view.
✅ But the good news that will affect the market in the long term is that Binance has strengthened its position. The exchange was the first to receive a fully fledged crypto license in Dubai. Binance will also return to India, having paid a fine of $2 million (pennies for such a large company).
📊 The market moves sideways with halving only hours away
⛏ Two days left before the halving, but it is unlikely to pull the market up, according to Goldman Sachs, which recommends investors to proceed from macro trends. At the same time, JPMorgan analyst believes that the rally after the halving is quite possible. If we take macro factors, the Bitcoin ETF trading volumes are declining due to the war between Iran and Israel and there is a small outflow of liquidity - $94.7 million this week. The picture on the FRS rate is not clear yet.
⚛️ At the same time, the picture on TON is much better - the interview with Durov was quoted by major media, and articles are written about him. My friends who work with Americans says that many US residents are registering on Telegram now. So, even if the market continues to move sideways, investor interest in TON assets after the Token2049 conference may increase significantly.
📢 And a couple of other bits of news from the crypto-regulatory sphere:
- The SEC has little chance of winning its lawsuit against Uniswap
- Paraguay has decided to legalise bitcoin mining
🇭🇰 Hong Kong green lights Bitcoin & ETH ETFs
🐼 Today the companies China Asset Management, Bosera Capital, and HashKey Capital received approvals from local regulator SFC to launch spot Bitcoin ETFs and spot Ethereum ETFs.
🌏 This will be the first spot Ethereum ETH in the world - in the US, it’s only available on the futures market. HashKey is also a key partner for TON in Asia.
📈 The market has reacted bullish on this news: Bitcoin - $66,490, Ethereum - $3,252, TON - $7.11.
🩸 The market is soaked in blood....
🛰 Yesterday's news about Iranian missile attacks against Israel brought down both the US stock market and the cryptocurrency market. At the lowest point of the fall, bitcoin was below $65,000, Ethereum $3,100 and TON at $5.60 (now $6.70).
📊 Much of the drop has already been bought back. In addition, the Bitcoin ETF and Ethereum ETF in Hong Kong are expected to be approved on Monday. Now we're waiting for the end of the week, when Pavel Durov is expected to make a joint speech with Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino at the Token2049 conference in Dubai.
📊 Crypto Market has a slight recovery despite SEC lawsuit against Uniswap
🧑⚖️ Uniswap CEO Hayden Adams claimed that the company received notice from the SEC about the future lawsuit. UNI’s price has dropped almost 10%. As a crypto regulation case, it may cause problems for DeFi startups in the future.
📈 Despite this news, the crypto market saw a little upward movement: Bitcoin at $70,900, TON at $7,42.
⤴️ TON jettons have risen against the dollar in the last 24 hours:
- Jetton (14%)
- Raff (24%)
- Scale (13%)
- Fish (10%)
- Ston (9%)
🔝Notcoin bonds are up 30% in the last 24 hours.
🇭🇰Hong Kong to approve Bitcoin ETF next week
🧑⚖️According to Reuters, local regulator FSC has decided to accelerate the review of applications from four companies at once, to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF.
📉 Meanwhile, the market is down - the US consumer inflation data came out - it looks like the Fed rate cut is postponed until September, so there will be no new liquidity in the market. Bitcoin - $67,700, TON is holding at $6.72.
Altcoins are moving up! What about regulation?
📈 On Monday 8 April, Bitcoin price rose to $72,000, pulling some altcoins (such as TON) up with it, by about 20%. TON's price reached a new ATH at $6,82. During the conference Token2049, Pavel Durov will have a joint presentation with Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino.
📊 However, Bitcoin ETFs had outflows on Monday of about $223 million, according to Farside Investors. And today, the BTC price is about $70,000.
⚖️ 5 crypto regulation updates:
- After a DOJ lawsuit, KuCoin has lost half of its market share - from 6,5% down to 3%. Daily trading volume has fallen 75%, from $2 billion to $500 million
- Binance CEO Richard Teng has claimed that the company is now looking for a new jurisdiction for its headquarters
- JP Morgan estimates a 50/50 probability of an Ethereum ETF approval in May. This will influence the cryptomarket moves over coming months.
- FTX clients don’t agree with a 62% discount sale of SOL to Galaxy Digital
- Arthur Heyes predicts crypto market correction due to the Fed's winding down of the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP). However, the market could rise in summer, due to the rate cut.
📊 Bitcoin ETFs saw inflows of funds this week
📈 According to Farside Investors, this week's inflows totaled $529.9 million. The main inflows were on Thursday and Friday, totalling $413.4 million. At the time of writing this post, BTC is trading above $68,000, with a weekly low of $64,800. One reason is the addition of major U.S. banks as partners in the BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), including Goldman Sachs, Citadel, UBS and Citigroup.
📊 BTC Spot ETFs shows inflow, hedge funds stay in short on futures
📈Bitcoin has consolidated at the $66,000 level after a correction. The first three trading days of this week show total inflows of $68.1 million into Bitcoin ETFs. Monday, April 3rd saw an outflow of $85.7 million, while Tuesday and Wednesday saw inflows of $40 million and $113 million. The bull run is still a bit delayed given the overall correction in U.S. markets. Nevertheless, positive numbers in ETFs after correction is a good sign.
📉According to Coindesk, hedge funds hold great short positions on bitcoin futures, an argument in favor of further downward movement for futures. They are now trading at a premium of about 10% above spot bitcoin.
📉 Crypto market drops after dollar index rise
💸 Bitcoin has fell below $65,000 together with the stock market. Correction happens after publication of new US manufacturing report and dollar index rise. Investors no longer expect as large a Fed rate cut this year as they used to.
📈 This week brings $844 million to Bitcoin ETFs
🔢 The crypto market is moving sideways, with the bitcoin price at $70,000. Total inflow in Bitcoin ETFs this week (without Friday) was $844 million, according to Farside Investors. I guess tha it would be more than $1 billion for the week.
🐂 By comparison, the previous week's outflow was $890.7 million. And the first two weeks of March $4.7 billion. Usually, the market moves following liquidity in Bitcoin ETFs, so this is a good bullish signal for next week.
👮Recent court cases against crypto exchanges
📢This march we have some bad news about restrictions and lawsuits against major cryptocurrency exchanges:
-The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against KuCoin and accuses the exchange of money laundering
-The court accepted the SEC's lawsuit against Coinbase.
-OKX pulls out of India
-Nigeria continues investigation against Binance
-Binance is blocked in the Philippines
🫴The most active in this process remain regulators from developing countries with a large volume of crypto market (Nigeria, India, Philippines) and the US. Regulators desire to take their local markets under control so that only licensed platforms work on them. In the U.S. it is the same - the SEC's goal is to oblige all cryptoexchanges to obtain broker licenses from the commission.
🧘A bit of a standout is the KuCoin case, but the lawsuit has a relatively weak evidentiary basis based on the fact that KuCoin didn’t have KYC. In short, the crypto market will be fine - there's a lot of liquidity pouring in from institutional investors right now for exchanges to shut down. Rather, large platforms will find a way to negotiate with regulators.
💪 The сrypto market shows strength
📊 Bitcoin's price has consolidated above $69,000. Meanwhile, the inflow of funds into US spot ETFs continues, adding a total of $415 million yesterday, according to Farside Investors - the most in IBIT (Blackrock) at $162 million and FBTC (Fidelity) at $279 million. Today BTC's price declined slightly due to the court's decision to hear the SEC's lawsuit against Coinbase.
🤩 TON asset management company 21Shares launched an ETP on the Swiss stock exchange. This ETP allows investors to earn from TON staking without setting up a node.
🔝 TON hits $5.65
📈 Amid the news about the introduction of TON as a way to pay for Telegram ads, this coin continues to rally and has surpassed its 2021 price levels. Other TON ecosystem projects' coins are riding the upward wave this week, including DFC, Jetton, SCALE, AMBR, GRAM, STON and many others.
