Veteran Berkshire watchers believe that Buffett is preparing for a bear market similar to the one that followed the bursting of the dot-com bubble in 2000. Click to view...
According to RIA Novosti, a senior Russian diplomat said that Russian and American representatives plan to hold another round of meetings in a third country in the next two weeks.
Gold futures prices rose on the back of safe-haven demand. Nikos Zabouras, a veteran financial commentator at Tradu, believes that gold has solidified its position as the leading safe-haven asset and become an attractive hedge against inflation. Gold prices have risen nearly 10% this year, helped by President Trump's disruptive operating methods, aggressive rhetoric and potential tariffs that could hit global trade and supply chains. In the uncertain "special...
Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, commented on the X platform that "PlanB is transferring bitcoin into an ETF". He said: "If this news is true, then as a big V with 2 million fans, PlanB's actions are enough to show how powerful the convenience of ETFs is, and there is no need to worry about being robbed at gunpoint. On the other hand, understand that those who want to control and have the keys themselves, they do want to control the keys themselves."
According to Bloomberg senior analyst James Seyffart, Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company is currently the seventh largest holder of the known BlackRock Bitcoin ETF (IBIT), holding $461.23 million worth of IBIT. This shows that Traditional Financial Institutions Groups are increasingly interested in the cryptocurrency market and are starting to participate in it by investing in Bitcoin ETFs and other means.
According to Jin Ten, XS senior market analyst Giacomo pointed out that Bitcoin has fallen back to the $96,000 range from the high of $109,000 set in January, mainly due to factors such as US inflation data exceeding expectations, Trump's tariff policy and regulatory tightening. In the context of geopolitical uncertainty and stock market volatility, institutional investors are seeking safe haven assets. But he stressed that the Bitcoin ecosystem continues to show signs of long-term growth, and t...
Ran Goldi, senior vice president of payments and networking at Fireblocks, revealed that he has heard that X Money could support crypto payments by the end of 2025. Goldi pointed out that more and more large payment companies are formulating digital asset strategies, which also makes the market look forward to X Money's future cryptocurrency integration. X Money announced a partnership with Visa in January this year to launch digital wallet recharge, bank account transfer and P2P payment functio...
Mark Palmer, senior equity research analyst at The Benchmark Company, said that small businesses opting for a bitcoin buying strategy could turn them into "zombie companies," explaining that "companies whose stocks are in trouble... choose to follow MicroStrategy's lead and use their core business to drive a bitcoin buying strategy, but their business model is not particularly compelling in the eyes of many investors."
Bloomberg Digital Asset Analyst James Seyffart and Senior ETF Analyst Eric Balchunas have published predictions on the probability of approval for four cryptocurrency ETF applications, including the highly anticipated Solana ETF. According to Bloomberg analysts' assessment, Solana has a 70% chance of officially entering the traditional financial marekt by October 10, 2025, the deadline for the Securities Exchange Commission's final ruling. Seyffart and Balchunas are optimistic because the SEC ha...
Danylo Hetmantsev, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker who chairs the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, said Kiev was on track to "legalise" cryptocurrencies by the summer and that the main text of the bill was fully ready. Lawmakers are still debating several issues, including how regulators and law enforcement officials would apply the "financial surveillance" approach to cryptocurrency trading. In addition, the bill's designers must complete tax-related matters before ...
Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas published a forecast for the approval probability of spot cryptocurrency ETFs in 2025. Among them, Litecoin (LTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE) are the most likely to be approved, with a probability of 90% and 75% respectively. Solana (SOL) is 70%, and XRP is lower at 65%.
On February 9, Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas wrote on the X platform to evaluate the sharp rise of Jailstool in the past 24 hours. He said: "Meme coin trading is basically a game of musical chairs for adults." (Note: Music Chairs, music chairs, actually refers to a widely known entertainment activity, usually translated as "chair grabbing game", the core of this game is that the participants walk or dance around the chair to the rhythm of the music. When the music suddenly stops, t...
"Trump will launch the Bitcoin Plus ETF," Eric Balchunas, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, said in a social media post. "Arguably he will be the first US president to launch an ETF."
According to Bloomberg senior ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, Amplify has filed an application for a bitcoin premium income fund, BITY. The fund will sell call options with a strike price above 10% of the market to generate income.
On February 4th, the air force of the southern theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army conducted a routine patrol in the airspace of Huangyan Island on February 4th. During this period, the Philippines solicited the so-called "joint patrol" organized by foreign countries to deliberately disrupt peace and stability in the South China Sea. The air force of the theater continued to maintain a high degree of alert and resolutely defended the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rig...