Just made vid @RealVision #BTC price action explain from Oct/Nov’21 ATHs blow off top & plunge → now, from (overlooked) lens of listed derivs & futures backed ETFs’ heavy hand in mkts - $BITO
No sooner, ProShares announces $BITI INVERSE BTC ETF, debut today 🇺🇸mkt open
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1/Need to stop measuring current BTC↓% perform START from Nov ATH $69k
The Oct → Nov sudden +50% “rally” = CME futs led w/ sharp & persistent asset mngrs’ open int↑ as futs backed ETFs come into existence, NOT real buying of spot BTC
Hence short lived rally → crash
2/ Therefore BTC Oct~Nov rally = “fake” as it was from process of/anticipation of new product rollout
If you ignore that ↑↓$20k in spot, BTC maintained % for % beta w/ NASDAQ (flat in 4Q21)
=BTC ~$40k 👈 where “% perform FROM” level should start, not from artificial $69k level
3/My new vid covers ETF share creation/redeem mechanic & how ETF “inflow” ≠ (always) long/buying, as ETF shares can be created to lend for purpose of shorting (see ‘21 $KWEB ↓70% w/ $7bn inflows👇)
11/10: $BITO sudden +$1.5b inflow
↓
ATH day
✖️Shitty long?
or
✔️Solid short?
With $BITO $BTF & other CME BTC futures backed ETFs launch, CME overtook Binance as largest BTC futs exch by notional open int.
(As of Jun 20), $BITO holds nearly ½ of front month Jun BTC contracts & ¾ of Jul open int
& futures can/have/will move spot BTC
So BITO flows matter
ProShares $BITI, the 1st 🇺🇸 listed short BTC (futs) ETF, announced yesterday for debut today
Very timely w/ my video explain (& yes obv coincidental - if I had predictive timing precision capabilities I wouldn’t spill out my nonsense thoughts on videos)
proshares.com/fund-highlight…
As with all futs (w/ curve in contango) backed ETFs + inverse & 2x/3x levered ETFs - if held long term, value drops near $0 (neither a “scam” nor purposeful design)
Short $BITI inverse BTC ETF may be attractive way for long BTC directional exposure as structural↓ works in favor
Watch full video on @RealVision Crypto
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