COINDESK DAILY: Polymarket Traders Bet on Fed Rate Cuts; Bitcoin Spot ETFs Register Five-Day Withdrawals Streak
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🗓️ 19 April 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Spot Bitcoin ETFs have registered a five-day withdrawal streak on Thursday ahead of the having. |
| 0:07.3 | GBT led the outflows while inflows into Black Rock's iBit continue to slow according to Farside Data. |
| 0:13.3 | Since April 12th, the ETFs have witnessed a total of over $319 million in outflows. |
| 0:18.7 | On Thursday, GBT saw a significant loss of $90 million in outflows, which was partially |
| 0:23.6 | offset by inflows into FDIC's FD and Black Rock's Ibit. |
| 0:28.2 | Grayscale's ETF has been losing money since day one. |
| 0:31.3 | Bitcoin's price was at around $65,000, up almost 4% as of 10 a.m. Eastern time, and |
| 0:37.3 | the CoinDisc 20 was also up almost 4% at of 10 a.m. Eastern time. And the CoinDusk 20 was also up almost 4% at around |
| 0:40.4 | $2,200. The probability that the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep interest rates unchanged this year |
| 0:47.2 | is rising. Vettors on blockchain-based betting site Pauly Market now see a 32% chance of the Fed, |
| 0:53.3 | keeping the benchmark interest rate steady between 5.25% and 5.5% and 5.5% by the end of the year. |
| 1:00.0 | This is a significant change from the 7% probability seen nearly a month ago. |
| 1:04.5 | The hawkish shift in the market sentiment could damp in the demand for risk assets, including cryptocurrencies and technology stocks. |
| 1:11.0 | According to some analysts, Bitcoin surged to record highs above $73,000 in the primary quarter |
| 1:15.8 | was primarily fueled by the anticipation of swift interest rate cuts. |
| 1:21.2 | And Tether seeks to boost peer-to-peer payments on Telegram by expanding the dollar-backed |
| 1:25.6 | stablecoin and its gold-backed ex-A-U-T |
| 1:28.7 | natively on the Ton network, a blockchain adjacent to the messaging app Telegram. |
| 1:34.3 | Tether's transparency page shows that there's $10 million worth of USDT authorized on the |
| 1:39.0 | Tahn blockchain with $3 million already being used. |
| 1:42.5 | With the move, the firm hopes to boost both cryptocurrencies for borderless peer-to-peer payments |
| 1:47.0 | among telegram's nearly 900 million users, |
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