‘Any Action Necessary’—$15.5 Trillion ‘Simultaneous’ Crypto Earthquakes Are Heading For Bitcoin And Ethereum After XRP-Led Price Boom

29 July 2023

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BitcoinBTC, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have been revitalized by a shock legal decision in recent weeks.

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The bitcoin price has almost doubled since the beginning of the year, with Tesla billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk issuing a surprise, huge 2030 crypto prediction, and helping the combined bitcoin, ethereum, XRPXRP crypto market soar back above $1 trillion.

Now, bitcoin, ethereum and crypto asset manager Grayscale has said it will take “any action necessary” to convert its flagship bitcoin fund to a fully-fledged U.S. spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF)—calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve all ETF applications together.

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“We believe that for the benefit of bitcoin, the market, and investors, all spot bitcoin ETF applications should be approved simultaneously,” Craig Salm, chief legal officer at Digital Currency Group (DCG)-owned Grayscale, wrote in a blog post.

The bitcoin, ethereum, XRP and crypto market was rocked by a flurry of bitcoin spot ETF applications last month, led by the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock and followed by Fidelity, Valkyrie, VanEck and WisdomTree. Combined, the Wall Street giants look after some $15.5 trillion worth of assets on behalf of clients.

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“Grayscale continues to support any effort that enables investors to access the crypto ecosystem, and we applaud all progress that brings more oversight to centralized crypto markets. We will also take any action necessary to convert GBTC to an ETF,” Salm said.

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For years, Grayscale has been battling with U.S. regulators to convert its Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) fund, which holds bitcoin on behalf of investors who want exposure to the bitcoin price without having to buy and hold it themselves, to an ETF. As well as the $13 billion GBTC, Grayscale also manages a $6 billion ethereum fund and funds for various smaller cryptocurrencies.

The SEC is facing a looming deadline of August 13 to approve, deny or delay a bitcoin ETF application by 21Shares and Ark Invest after it was added to the Federal Register in May and was already once delayed by the SEC in June.

Last week, the SEC added bitcoin ETF applications from BlackRock, Fidelity and others to the register, starting the clock on a 240-countdown to approval or denial.

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remains well under its peak of almost $70,000 per bitcoin, weighing on the price of ethereum, XRP and other major cryptocurrenices.

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The flood of bitcoin ETF applications has caused a rush of bullish price predictions from crypto market watchers.

“[A bitcoin ETF launch] would bring daily demand to $125 million, while daily supply is only $25 million,” analysts at research company Fundstrat wrote in a note to clients seen by Insider.

“The implied equilibrium price would need to rise so daily supply matches daily demand. Equilibrium analysis suggests that a clearing price is $140,000 to $180,000, before the April 2024 halvening,” referring to bitcoin’s scheduled supply cut next year.

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