FIRST MOVER: Spot BTC ETF Is 'a New Door' for TradFi
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🗓️ 9 March 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Economist with the American Institute for Economic Research Thomas Hogan joins "First Mover" to look back on the success of spot bitcoin ETFs and what it means for crypto's exposure to the TradFi world.
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Thomas Hogan, an economist with the American Institute for Economic Research, joins "First Mover" to discuss the success of spot bitcoin ETFs in the U.S. since the approval in January. Plus, his outlook on the potential coexistence of crypto and traditional finance ecosystems as TradFi players have shown interest in blockchain technologies.
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| 0:50.2 | This spot Bitcoin ETF update is presented by Grayscale, the world's largest crypto asset manager. |
| 1:00.2 | Our next guest knows a thing or two about economics and the markets. |
| 1:04.7 | Not only does he have a doctorate in economics, but he's a former chief economist for the U.S. Senate Banking Committee and current economist |
| 1:12.0 | with the American Institute for Economic Research. |
| 1:15.2 | Thomas Hogan, welcome to First Mover. |
| 1:17.7 | Yeah, thank you. I'm glad to be on. |
| 1:19.9 | I want to take a step back, look at the space from broad level. |
| 1:24.7 | From your perspective, what are you watching in the digital asset space? |
| 1:27.7 | I mean, obviously the ETF launch has been the biggest thing that's been affecting |
| 1:31.4 | crypto. I think we're seeing this as part of a bigger bull run that there's just been a lot |
| 1:38.2 | of exciting technology that's been building in crypto over the last couple of years. |
| 1:43.9 | But the price action has been a little bit subdued until lately. |
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