AscendEX Sunday Briefing (1.21-1.28)

Jan 26,2024

Something to remember: “There is a time to go long, a time to go short and a time to go fishing.” The Week Ahead What’s driving markets? Coming to terms with disappointing first-week price action in a world with Bitcoin spot ETFs, the market trickled down 1.5% as centralized exchange volume experienced a nearly 40% drop while BTC dominance remained stable. As Grayscale continues the process of converting its Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into an ETF, they have been liquidating spot BTC via Coinbase. Tra

AscendEX Sunday Briefing (1.14-1.21)

Jan 19,2024

Something to remember: “ Time is the one thing that can’t be stopped. Like a sharp blade, it silently cuts through hard and soft, constantly advancing. Nothing is capable of jolting it even the slightest bit, but it changes everything.” The Week Ahead What’s driving markets? Following a series of misfires and a disorderly approval week which disrupted the locus of traders’ concentration leading up to the event, a Bitcoin Spot ETF approval was officially granted for 11 issuers on January 10th. B

AscendEX Sunday Briefing (1.7-1.14)

Jan 12,2024

Something to remember: “What you cannot control, you harness.” The Week Ahead What’s driving markets? Bitcoin spot ETF approval optimism, which has driven the market since at least mid-summer 2023, has reached its peak as the SEC’s approval process has become increasingly telegraphed and transparent. Last week, after meetings with prospective issuers, the final ducks are assumed to have been put in their rows and a group of the highest quality ETF applications are expected to be approved this w

AscendEX Sunday Briefing (12.24-12.31)

Dec 29,2023

Something to remember: “Through discipline, though not through discipline alone, we can achieve serenity, and a certain small but precious measure of freedom from the accidents of incarnation . . . and through discipline we learn to preserve what is essential to our happiness in more and more adverse circumstances, and to abandon with simplicity what would else have seemed to us indispensable." The Week Ahead What’s driving markets? Bitcoin is up 172% on the year, storming out of the volatility

AscendEX Sunday Briefing (12.17-12.24)

Dec 22,2023

Something to remember: “The concept of progress acts as a protective measure to shield us against the terrors of the future.” Week Ahead What’s driving markets? With the expected BTC spot ETF approval window only 3 weeks away, traders now look towards the next bullish catalyst for crypto markets: the bitcoin halvening. Onchain activity is heating up driven by inscription activity, memecoin trading, and airdrop farming. Many well capitalized projects that have yet to launch a token have hinted a