This Week’s Alpha:
Market Snapshot
Rise Of The Sovereign Global Liquidity
Tether Boasts $1 Billion Profit
Strategy Raising Another $21 Billion for Bitcoin
Good morning Digital Asset investor,
“Sell in May and go away”? We had a notably weak Q1 so maybe the seasonal pattern won’t play out the same this time? Maybe, just maybe, let’s dive in!
1. Market Snapshot Week #18
We had a was particularly strong monthly close, reinforcing Bitcoin’s long-term bullish trajectory. Bitcoin is trading above $97,000 amid rising hopes for renewed U.S.-China trade negotiations, even though widespread doubt about an imminent agreement lingers on.
BTC performance has stood out as a display of relative strength during a turbulent period for broader markets, drawing in a larger investor base.
Market sentiment is increasingly leaning toward a return to $100K, fueled by large liquidity, strong institutional inflows, and heightened altcoin market activity.
This week’s Crypto Fear & Greed Index closed at 56/100 indicating neutrality
2. Rise Of The Sovereign Global Liquidity
Great article posted by Mary exploring how blockchain technology and tokenization are transforming traditional capital markets. Mary argues that the conventional methods of asset creation and capital allocation are becoming obsolete due to their inefficiencies and the rise of decentralized alternatives:
Inefficiency of Traditional Capital Markets: Traditional capital markets are described as slow, costly, and reliant on intermediaries, which hinders efficient capital allocation.
Rise of Tokenization: The author highlights how tokenization enables the creation of digital assets on blockchain platforms, allowing for more efficient, transparent, and accessible capital markets.
Shift in Asset Creation: With the advent of blockchain, asset creation is moving from centralized institutions to decentralized networks, reducing barriers to entry and fostering innovation.
VC & PE are agonizing, late-stage companies face an IPO drought (only 108 US IPOs raised $50M+ in 2023 vs. 397 in 2021, per Carta) and early-stage valuations soar despite lacking profitability, driven by speculative investments from non-traditional investors like hedge funds as well as massive liquidity issues, with holding periods extending to 6.7 years in 2024 (McKinsey) and distributions dropping to 11% of NAV, forcing endowments like Harvard and Yale to sell stakes at 10-30% discounts amid political pressure and declining public market returns.
The post concludes that the shift towards blockchain-based asset creation is not just a technological change but a fundamental transformation of capital markets, leading to the demise of traditional inefficiencies. A new era of a tokenized economy is on the rise, blockchain-based solutions will enable permissionless token issuance, reducing manipulation risks and empowering creators, companies, anyone to launch tokenized assets with minimal friction.
3. Tether Boasts $1 Billion Profit
Tether's Q1 2025 report reveals a $1 billion operating profit, driven by its $120 billion U.S. Treasury holdings, showcasing its financial strength amid a 46 million user wallet increase, reflecting growing global trust in USD₮ as a stablecoin.
The attestation, under El Salvador's regulatory oversight, confirms $149.3 billion in assets against $143.6 billion issued USDT, with $5.6 billion in excess reserves, reinforcing Tether's conservative reserve management despite past market manipulation concerns raised in studies like Griffin and Shams' 2018 research. Tether's strategic investments includes $2 billion in AI and renewable energy, signal a broader vision beyond stablecoins.
4. Strategy Raising Another $21 Billion for Bitcoin
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, plans to raise $21 billion through a common stock equity offering to buy more Bitcoin, following a $5.9 billion loss on its Bitcoin holdings in Q1 2025 due to a price drop to $82,445 per BTC by March 31.
The company, holding 554,000 BTC valued at $53 billion as of late April 2025, has already added 301,335 BTC to its balance sheet via a prior $21 billion stock offering, while its stock price rose 50% during the same period.
“Our capital markets strategy continues to grow our Bitcoin holdings while delivering superior shareholder value. With over 70 public companies worldwide now adopting a Bitcoin treasury standard, we are proud to be at the forefront in pioneering this space.” Phong Le, president and CEO of Strategy, said in a statement.
Meme of the week:
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