‘Fear of the unknown’ holds back tradfi investors from crypto — Bloomberg ana...
Bloomberg crypto analyst Jamie Coutts believes it's a “missed opportunity” that traditional asset managers choose not the educate themselves on crypto. Jamie Coutts, Crypto Market Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence argues that “falsehoods” and “fear of the unknown” is what has been holding back traditional portfolio managers from investing in cryptocurrency. Speaking to Cointelegraph during the Australian Crypto Convention over the weekend, Coutts argues there has been an ongoing “falsehood” that “there is no intrinsic value in blockchains.”“These asset managers own stocks, like Amazon and....
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The exchange now allows crypto investors access to traditional investments such as natural resource commodities like precious metals. The Vienna-based fintech unicorn Bitpanda is harkening back to the ways of traditional finance (TradFi) through new offerings on its exchange platform.By adding commodities to its list of available investment options, Bitpanda aims to provide its users to benefit from short-term price fluctuations in more traditional instruments, such as oil, natural gas and wheat.Bitpanda CEO Eric Demuth told Cointelegraph that due to investor demand, the line between....
The crypto market sentiment had been on the rise at the start of August, but as the month draws to a close, a market crash has dragged it back to August levels. The Fear & Greed Index had previously reached a local peak of 42 when the price of bitcoin had recovered to $25,000. However, since then, the downtrend has been on a decline back into the Fear territory. Fear & Greed Index At Mostly Lows The Crypto Fear & Greed Index has declined to a score of 25. This puts it dangerously close to falling back into the Extreme Fear territory. Now, the reason that market sentiment is so important to....
The merging of crypto and TradFi is inevitable, with the latter potentially mitigating the volatility permeating the digital asset industry. Despite the current struggle in the global economy, the gap between traditional finance (TradFi) and crypto seems to be closing with each passing day. For example, earlier this month, Vienna-based fintech unicorn Bitpanda announced that it was adding commodities to its list of investment options, thus allowing investors to rake in profits from short-term price fluctuations related to traditional instruments such as oil, natural gas and wheat.In a....
Crypto market sentiment has taken a dramatic turn in light of events taking place in the space. The Fear & Greed Index which tracks sentiment across a number of metrics and puts the data into four categories has shown that investor sentiment has taken another nosedive. This time, plunging the market back into the extreme fear territory, signaling the return of market sell-offs. Investors Are Losing Faith After spending a long stretch of time in the greed territory last year, the Fear & Greed Index had moved back into the fear territory following major crashes towards the end of the year.....
The crypto fear and greed index shows market is back in the extreme fear territory as Bitcoin has once again declined to $36k. Market Sentiment Returns To Extreme Fear As Bitcoin Drops To $36k Recently, as the price of the crypto recovered back above $38k, the market sentiment rose to that of fear. However, today, the price of BTC has again declined, leading to a return to extreme fear sentiment. The relevant indicator here is the “fear and greed index,” which measures the general sentiment among Bitcoin investors. The metric uses a numeric scale that goes from zero to hundred....