Bitcoin Refuses to Panic, Even as Markets Stay Nervous

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What’s on the menu today:

• Bitcoin Refuses to Panic, Even as Markets Stay Nervous

• The Corporate Race to Own Ethereum Is Heating Up Fast

• Binance co-founder CZ backs crypto license passporting across ASEAN

A crypto investor tells his friend:

“I have an investment strategy for every market.”

Friend:

“What do you do in a bull market?”

“I’m a genius.”

“And in a bear market?”

“I’m a long-term investor.” 😂

Bitcoin is doing that thing again...

You know, the thing where it refuses to care about the headlines.

War concerns are still floating around.

Oil markets remain volatile.

And somehow, Bitcoin keeps grinding higher.

BTC pushed close to $66,000 on Monday as both crypto and stocks opened the week in the green following signs that tensions between the US and Iran may be cooling.

There are also reports that discussions are underway regarding maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important oil routes.

And markets seem to like what they’re hearing.

1/ Bitcoin is holding up surprisingly well

Bitcoin has spent weeks absorbing bad news without completely falling apart.

That’s worth paying attention to.

BTC also managed to hold above two key moving averages that many investors watch closely, suggesting buyers are still stepping in when prices pull back.

The market certainly isn’t moving in a straight line right now, but Bitcoin continues finding support whenever sentiment starts getting shaky.

2/ Crypto keeps showing strength

What’s interesting is that crypto has quietly been putting together a solid month.

Bitcoin and Ethereum have both pushed higher despite macro uncertainty continuing to dominate headlines.

A few years ago, geopolitical headlines like these would’ve sent crypto into full panic mode.

Today?

The market feels much more willing to absorb the bad news and keep moving forward.

3/ Short sellers got squeezed again

As Bitcoin moved higher, nearly $250 million worth of crypto short positions were liquidated over a 24-hour period.

Which means plenty of people betting against the market were forced to buy back in as prices climbed.

That forced buying can help accelerate moves higher, especially when market sentiment starts improving at the same time.

The takeaway:

Bitcoin isn’t behaving like an asset that’s waiting for an excuse to collapse right now.

It’s behaving like an asset that’s trying very hard to move higher despite plenty of reasons not to.

And that’s usually something worth paying attention to.

There’s an Ethereum arms race happening right now.

And it’s getting kinda ridiculous.

BitMine Immersion Technologies just revealed that it now owns 5.79 million ETH.

That’s roughly 4.8% of Ethereum’s entire supply.

Let that sink in for a second.

One public company owns almost 1 out of every 20 ETH in existence.

And they’re still buying.

The company purchased nearly 10,000 ETH over the past week alone, bringing the value of its crypto holdings, cash, and marketable securities to roughly $11.8 billion.

1/ They’re not just buying ETH

Here’s the interesting part.

About 85% of BitMine’s ETH holdings are currently staked.

Meaning the company isn’t simply sitting on billions of dollars worth of Ethereum.

It’s putting those assets to work.

BitMine estimates that once all of its ETH is deployed across its staking infrastructure, it could generate roughly $299 million in annual staking rewards.

That’s a LOT of passive income.

And it’s one of the biggest differences between Bitcoin and Ethereum treasury strategies.

Bitcoin treasuries accumulate a scarce asset.

Ethereum treasuries accumulate a scarce asset that can also generate yield.

2/ The corporate ETH race is accelerating

We’ve spent the last few years talking almost exclusively about Bitcoin treasuries.

Strategy became the poster child for corporate Bitcoin accumulation.

Now?

Ethereum is building its own playbook.

And companies are realizing there’s another incentive beyond price appreciation.

Staking rewards create an entirely new layer to the treasury strategy.

The more ETH a company accumulates, the more staking rewards it can potentially generate.

Which creates some very interesting incentives going forward.

The takeaway:

Corporate crypto treasuries are evolving.

Bitcoin showed companies they could put digital assets on their balance sheets.

Ethereum is showing them those balance sheets can potentially become productive assets too.

And if companies continue competing to accumulate ETH at this pace, the supply dynamics could get VERY interesting over the next few years.

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