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💰 Bitcoin Price to Soar as Japan’s Economy Worsens: BitMEX’s Arthur Hayes The weakening Japanese yen could potentially lead to actions that drive up the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, according to former BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes. His central argument revolves around the fact the Japanese yen has been rapidly weakening against the US dollar due to the large interest rate differential between the two currencies. This hurts Japan’s export competitiveness against China. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

💰 Bitcoin to Reach $420K by Decade's End, Says Ric Edelman Ric Edelman, founder of Edelman Financial Engines, forecasts bitcoin will reach $420,000 by the decade’s end. He explained that if 1% of the world’s $738 trillion in financial assets were allocated to bitcoin, it would result in $7.4 trillion in inflows, raising bitcoin’s price to $420,000. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

💰 Number of new Bitcoin wallets drops to lowest level since 2018 Six months ago, excitement around spot Bitcoin ETFs, developments in the Bitcoin ecosystem such as Ordinals, and the upcoming halving drove the average weekly number of new Bitcoin addresses to approach its highest levels since its all-time high value in December 2017. Yet six months on, just like in early 2018, the number of new addresses joining the network has cratered as the fervor around new Bitcoin projects dies down. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

💰 Blackrock Bitcoin ETF Attracts 414 Institutional Holders — Analyst Says IBIT 'Blows Away Record' Blackrock’s spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), the Ishares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT), has amassed 414 insitutional holders in less than three months, according to filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A senior Bloomberg analyst described this achievement as “mind-boggling” and “highly rare” for new ETFs. Other recently launched ETFs have significantly fewer institutional holders. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

💰 Morgan Stanley Latest Bank to Disclose Spot Bitcoin ETF Holdings for Clients Morgan Stanley was the owner of $269.9 million of Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) as of March 31, a 13F filing showed. It is important to note that these purchases don't necessarily represent the banks' views on the direction of bitcoin's price, but instead were likely either made on behalf of the banks' wealth management clients or necessary for market making and/or ETF authorized participant duties. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

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💰 JPMorgan revises bitcoin production cost estimate to $45,000 JPMorgan has revised its central estimate of bitcoin production cost to $45,000 from the previous $42,000 projection amid a shift in bitcoin mining hashrate. This appears to be happening, albeit with some delay," JPMorgan analysts led by Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou wrote in a report on Thursday. "The current hashrate and power consumption put our central estimate of the bitcoin production cost to around $45,000, i.e., well below current prices" of around $65,000, the analysts added. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

🪙 Bitcoin ETF Flows Surge to Two-Week High as BTC Soared Beyond $66,000 Inflows for spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States soared to $303 million on May 15 amid a big jump in BTC prices. It is the highest inflow since May 3 as institutional investors pivoted back to bullish in the wake of the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) data on May 15 which met expectations. Fidelity led the pack with its FBTC fund seeing $131 million in inflows for the day, its highest inflow since March 26. Bitwise’s BITB fund also had a solid day with an inflow of $86 million, a figure not beaten since March 4. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

💰 Morgan Stanley reveals $270 million investment in Bitcoin ETFs, making it top GBTC holder Morgan Stanley revealed a $269.9 million investment in spot Bitcoin ETFs via Grayscale’s GBTC in its first quarter 13F disclosure. Based on Fintel data, the investment makes it one of the largest holders of GBTC, following Susquehanna International Group’s leading $1.0 billion investment. Morgan Stanley is also one of many Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs) that have disclosed investments in spot Bitcoin ETFs, alongside the Royal Bank of Canada, JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, BNP Paribas, and UBS. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine

💰 Daily spot bitcoin ETF inflows top $100 million as ARKB overpowers GBTC Spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds in the United States returned to a daily net inflow of over $100 million yesterday as inflows into the ARK 21 Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB) overpowered the usual outflows from the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. According to data from SoSo Value, approximately $133 million flowed into ARKB, bringing its cumulative net inflow to $2 billion. Conversely, GBTC witnessed another $51 million flow out of the product, bringing its cumulative net outflows to $18 billion. Source https://t.me/Bitcoin_Magazine