The narrator discusses the potential for ethereum spot ETFs to attract up to $15 billion in net inflows over the first 18 months after launching. This estimate is based on the proportion of bitcoin and ether's relative market caps.
The guest, Matt Hogan, explains why this estimate seems reasonable given investor appetite for ether in other markets like Europe and Canada. He notes tailwinds for ether including fading regulatory uncertainty and the effects of the recent Denune upgrade.
They discuss why the expected launch of ether ETFs did not occur as anticipated around July 2nd - mainly due to the July 4th holiday week resulting in lighter market activity and volume. The potential launch timeline is now early-mid July.
Looking ahead, the narrator and Matt discuss the prospect of broader crypto index funds and ETFs beyond bitcoin and ether, such as top 10 or defi indexes. However, Matt believes bitcoin and ether ETFs are a great starting point for now, representing 70% of the crypto market.
The narrator notes the major shift in the political landscape for crypto over the past months. Both agree this regulatory wind shift may be an even bigger catalyst than the ETF approvals.
Matt explains where readers can freely access his weekly research updates summarizing key insights from thousands of institutional investor meetings to stay updated on crypto market developments.
The narrator discusses a report from VanEck which provides price targets for Ethereum in 2030. The base case is $22,000 per ETH, the bull case is $154,000 per ETH, and the bear case is $360 per ETH.
The report aims to make the investment case for Ethereum to traditional finance investors as VanEck expects the market for an Ethereum ETF could exceed Bitcoin. It compares Ethereum to an open source app store with bundled in payment functionality.
Changes from last year's model include higher penetration rates for open source databases disrupting financial services (7% vs 5% previously) and a higher take rate for Ethereum's ecosystem (5% vs 3%).
The base case assumptions are that Ethereum achieves 70% market share of layer 1 blockchains and a 5-10% take rate. The bull case assumes 90% market share and an 8% take rate.
When considering adding BTC and ETH to a traditional 60/40 portfolio, the report found a 6% max crypto allocation improved risk-adjusted returns the most. Portfolios with up to 20% crypto saw better returns for those willing to tolerate the higher volatility.
The narrator expects $15 billion to flow into Ethereum ETFs by end of year, which would be 25% of current Bitcoin ETF AUM. This is considered a base case estimate.
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Securitize is a SEC-registered transfer agent that tokenizes assets to provide fractional ownership on blockchains. They recently partnered with BlackRock to launch BIDLE, an on-chain treasury fund on Ethereum.
BIDLE has grown to over $300 million assets under management. It provides a yield-bearing cash management solution for crypto native companies to park treasuries. It also enables building derivatives and using BIDLE as collateral for trading firms and exchanges.
Securitize supports multiple blockchains including Ethereum, Avalanche, Polygon, etc. They believe innovation happens on public blockchains due to composability alongside other tokenized assets.
They are also tokenizing other alternative assets like private equity, VC, real estate, and private credit to make them more accessible to individual investors. Significant growth potential exists as only $2-3 billion of tokenizable assets have been issued so far.
JPMorgan processes $10 trillion daily transactions so their JPM coin's $1 billion daily transaction volume seems small in comparison. However, as tokenizable assets exceed $1 trillion collectively, it can become an established asset class like crypto has.
BlackRock is tokenizing investment funds on the Ethereum blockchain. The world's largest pension fund is considering investing in Bitcoin. Goldman Sachs' head of digital assets says the future is on public blockchains, which is bullish.
The narrator discusses the latest Bitcoin price action and market sentiment. Tether minting $1 billion USDT and Circle minting USDC signals liquidity is returning to the market.
BlackRock is launching a tokenized private equity fund with Securitize on Ethereum. The world's largest pension fund in Japan is considering investing in illiquid assets including Bitcoin.
Goldman Sachs' head of digital assets sees compliance hurdles but hopes to expand onchain services via public blockchains. This is bullish for public blockchain tokens like Ethereum.
The Gemini Earn situation with Genesis is being resolved, with users getting 100% of assets back. MicroStrategy acquired another 9,245 Bitcoin.
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The Ethereum ecosystem is at a critical point as Ethereum ETFs could be days away from listing, leading many to wonder how this will impact ETH price and Ethereum more broadly.
ETH rallied leading up to the Dencon upgrade launch in March, but then collapsed when SEC investigation fears emerged. However, ETH surged when the SEC unexpectedly approved spot Ethereum ETF applications in May.
The listing of these ETFs was delayed, likely due to poor market conditions. ETH could fall as low as $2.5k in the coming weeks if ETF investor flows disappoint, but could quickly surge to $4.1k if there is a short squeeze when they list.
The next major Ethereum milestone is the Petra hard fork upgrade, expected in Q4 2022 or Q1 2023. This contains key improvements like easier staking and better layer 2 scaling.
Ethereum faces challenges around regulation, development bugs, competition from other chains, and lacking a clear narrative. However its position as the most secure and established programmable blockchain should drive continued adoption.