Market Commentary – December 13th, 2022

Crypto Market At the time of writing, Bitcoin is trading at $17,715 USD and Ethereum at $1,310 USD. According to blockchain analytics firm Kaiko, historically, the BTC-USD versus BTC-USDT trading volume could be considered an indicator of institutional inflows into crypto, as institutional investors would typically buy BTC using fiat directly instead of using an onramp like the USDT.  The dominance of USDT based BTC trades have risen to 84%, implying that USD trades only made up 16% of trading volume, a level seen just before the COVID selloff and way before the start of the 2021 bull market. While