Hello everyone,
The purpose of this letter is to inform you about the current situation of the crypto-asset market as well as recent news in this field. This letter is not investment advice, but merely a sharing of my personal point of view.
News
Gold and Bitcoin: strong allies against economic uncertainty? Over the past few months, the U.S. economy has been a source of growing concern, particularly due to the risk of bank failures, debt defaults, and de-dollarization that could affect the dollar's status as the global reserve currency. In this context, can assets like gold and Bitcoin assume the role of safe havens and offer effective protection?
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«Bitcoin is digital gold, according to the CEO of BlackRock. In an interview with Fox Business regarding the filing for a spot Bitcoin ETF, Larry Fink asserted his desire to «democratize cryptocurrencies.» Although very critical of this asset class in 2017, the CEO of asset manager BlackRock now describes Bitcoin as «digital gold.».
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Cryptocurrency Survey: 88 % of institutional investors are optimistic. According to a survey conducted by Binance Research, we learn that 88 % of the institutional investors surveyed feel confident about the cryptocurrency ecosystem for the coming decade. What are the other highlights of this study?
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Aave: the decentralized stablecoin GHO arrives on the Ethereum mainnet (ETH) The decentralized finance protocol Aave has crossed a major new milestone by officially deploying its decentralized stablecoin GHO, following a massive vote of support from its community. As of now, users can mint GHO by depositing cryptocurrencies as collateral on Aave.
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Cryptocurrency Survey: 88 % of institutional investors are optimistic. According to a survey conducted by Binance Research, we learn that 88 % of the institutional investors surveyed feel confident about the cryptocurrency ecosystem for the coming decade. What are the other highlights of this study?
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Ethereum (ETH): Linea, ConsenSys's layer 2, launches its zkEVM mainnet. This Ethereum (ETH) layer 2, based on zk-rollup technology and compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), will deploy its mainnet for the general public as early as next week. Developers can already begin implementing their applications on the network.
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Ethereum: the famous meal voucher tokenized via Arbitrum? Cryptocurrency blockchain networks enable a multitude of innovations. Practical use cases are multiplying accordingly. Thus, the French group Edenred plans to digitize in token form the Ticket Restaurant, well known to the general French public. The initial tests are taking place on Arbitrum (ARB), the layer 2 scaling solution of the Ethereum (ETH) network.
Fundamental Analysis
Source : https://www.coingecko.com/fr
As of this writing, the price of Bitcoin is 30,000$ (July 19, 2023).
Digital assets are uncorrelated with other asset classes and interest rates:
Throughout their history, digital assets have, on average, been uncorrelated with interest rates and, therefore, uncorrelated with other asset classes closely linked to interest rates, such as stocks, bonds, and real estate.
There was indeed a period of high correlation over the last two years, mostly due to the large amount of money «printed» by our central banks. This mass of liquidity was primarily sent into the bond market, and then trickled down into other asset classes (stocks, real estate, gold, etc.).
Bitcoin's correlation with the S&P 500 has dropped back below 0.1 as we can see in the chart below:
Pantera Capital
Indeed, if we step back, the outperformance of Bitcoin and Ethereum since January 1, 2020, compared to other asset classes is overwhelming:
Recovery rhythms:
During every bear market, there are significant capital outflows. We can notice these capital outflows on the chart below. We can see the realized capitalization along with its percentage decline.
It is important to note that there is a period of «recovery» for capital after every bear market. In previous cycles, these periods lasted between 95 and 239 days. We are currently within the average recovery range (188 days). However, we believe that the recovery period for this cycle will be slightly longer, ranging from 200 to 300 days.
Glassnode
We can break down the «pain» of realized losses for short-term and long-term investors in previous cycles in the chart below. We note that this latest cycle has been particularly deep and painful with a 90% loss for short-term holders (STH). However, as with all other cycles, the recovery period is underway. This chart also highlights the fact that once again, we should favor long-term holding over short-term holding.
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— Warning —
This is not investment advice, no one can predict the future.
You are solely responsible for your investment decisions.
We are not responsible for losses following a decision made on the basis of the information in this letter.
