The Bitcoin ETF Dress Rehearsal Yesterday
To investors, Yesterday can only be described with one word — madness. The SEC’s account on Twitter/X posted the following message just after 4pm EST: The market immediately went into euphoria. Bitcoin’s price went from approximately $46,600 to nearly $48,000 in less than two minutes. The internet lit up with celebratory messages, memes, and “I told you so!” There was only one problem — the tweet from the SEC was inaccurate. Bitcoin spot ETFs have not yet been approved. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler quickly tweeted from his personal account the following clarification: As I told you, yesterday was madness. The market quickly readjusted from bullish to bearish and Gensler’s tweet was followed by a quick sell-off within minutes to a level lower than it was pre-announcement. So what exactly happened? That is still unclear. The SEC has not explicitly used the word “hacked” so far, but they have described a nefarious situation in the statement that followed later. It read:
Frankly, this is probably the worse case scenario for regulators at this moment. They have held up an ETF approval for years due to concerns around market manipulation, yet the day before a rumored approval the organization is compromised and someone is able to manipulate the price leveraging the SEC’s own account. Many people on the internet are claiming that the SEC may have made a simple mistake of scheduling a tweet for the wrong date. Their logic is that the tweet from the SEC account is worded too closely to what the regulatory organization would actually say. While it could be possible, it appears that theory is not true. X’s safety team tweeted the following statement last night:
We have to assume that there was foul play here until we hear otherwise. Another point that people have pointed out is that the lack of 2-factor authentication goes against prior warnings that the SEC Chairman had tweeted out as guidance for market participants. Again, this entire situation is nightmare fuel for regulators. But what insights can we take away from this debacle as investors? There seem to be three lessons at the moment:
The first two are self-explanatory, but this third one is interesting. Everyone has been paying attention to bitcoin for the last few months. The digital currency is up 160% in the last 12 months. Ethereum’s token is only up 79% in the same time period. But Reflexivity Research’s Will Clemente points out: In a weird way, although yesterday seemed like a complete shit-show, it actually may have served as a dress rehearsal for the real show later today. Bloomberg is reporting that the ETF approval will likely happen after the market closes this evening, which would fall in-line with my expectations for the funds to be trading tomorrow (Thursday). This industry is full of chaos and uncertainty. There is never a dull moment. Through it all, the people who can keep their head calm and focused are the ones likely to find an outsized financial return. Hope you all have a great day. I’ll talk to you tomorrow. -Anthony Pompliano Mitchell Askew is an analyst in the bitcoin community. In this conversation, we talk about volatility, bitcoin ETFs, institutions, inscriptions, miners, bitcoin halving, and more. Listen on iTunes: Click here Listen on Spotify: Click here Earn Bitcoin by listening on Fountain: Click here My Conversation with Mitchell AskewPodcast Sponsors
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