Bitcoin futures and options signal investors’ confidence was not meaningfully impacted by BTC’s recent dip to $61,500.
The 13.3% drop in Bitcoin BTC🔻$63,315 price between April 12 and April 13 forced many traders out, primarily those who had leveraged their positions. This significant movement triggered $387 million in forced liquidations of long positions and reduced the open interest by $5.4 billion. At first glance, the price action and its effect on the derivatives markets suggest a decreased risk appetite.
Yet, cryptocurrency traders are accustomed to volatility and often overreact during uncertain times. A closer examination is necessary to determine whether the retest of $61,500 was sufficient to instill fear or to signal that the path to $72,000 and a potential all-time high after the Bitcoin halving is now less probable.
Hong Kong’s securities regulator reportedly approved the in-kind creation model for Bitcoin and Ether ETFs, as opposed to the cash-created in the United States.
Hong Kong has become the latest country to approve spot exchange-traded funds (ETF) for Bitcoin BTC
tickers down $66,086
and Ether ETH
tickers down $3,233
, with local regulators issuing approvals to at least three local issuers.
The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) conditionally approved its first spot BTC and ETH ETFs on April 15, Reuters reported.
At least three offshore Chinese asset managers, including Hong Kong units of Harvest Fund Management, Bosera Asset Management and China Asset Management (ChinaAMC), will launch their spot Bitcoin and Ether ETFs soon. OSL Digital Securities, a licensed digital asset platform in Hong Kong, will act as the sub-custodian for at least one issuer, ChinaAMC.
According to the report, Hong Kong’s Harvest and Bosera received conditional approvals from the SFC, allowing them to launch the ETFs.
On the other hand, the Hong Kong unit of China Asset Management, or ChinaAMC, said it received regulatory approval to provide virtual asset management services and was developing spot ETFs of BTC and ETH.
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