Affected by a new round of geopolitical news in the Middle East, Bitcoin fell more than 4% during the day, reaching a low of 63,606 and forming a support level around 64,000.
Source: TradingView
Affected by the decline in currency prices, the world's largest Bitcoin spot ETF, BlackRock's IBIT, ended its 71-day streak of continuous positive inflows, while Graysacle's GBTC once again saw a sell-off of up to $130M, significantly exceeding the total inflows of other ETFs.
Since the ETF was approved, its daily net inflow has been regarded by many investors as a sentiment indicator of the market towards BTC. The fact that IBIT lost its appeal to the market in the past day may be considered a short-term bearish signal. But it is also at this point that it should be noted that the net flow obtained by the ETF since its launch has far exceeded market expectations, and the total amount of assets under management has exceeded 20 $B in such a short period of time. It is understandable that the Flow has been suspended.
In other news, according to U.Today, a recent report from AdvisorHub cited two anonymous executives as saying that banking giant Morgan Stanley may allow 15,000 brokers to sell Bitcoin ETFs to their clients. So far, the bank has only proactively offered these products, which means that they have not actively recommended investing in Bitcoin ETFs to their clients. But as hinted in the report, this policy change (if not just a rumor) could significantly increase the demand for BTC ETFs.
Source: Farside Investors
In terms of options, the overall IV level plummeted again. The cyclical options of BTC and ETH continued the selling pressure of yesterday, and the IV fell by about 8%. Among them, ETH's transactions concentrated in the 26 APR 24 3000-3200 strike price almost accounted for all ETH's trading volume in the past day, while BTC was sold on both ATM and Wing.
In addition, there were some call options buying positions at low prices near the strike price of USD 70,000-80,000 for BTC at the end of May. The selling of Deep OTM call options mainly came from the customized strategies of the block platforms, which sold the May 110,000 Call and bought an equal amount of June 110,000 vs 160,000 Call Spread at the same time.
Source: Deribit (as of 25 APR 16:00 UTC+8)
Source: SignalPlus
Data Source: Deribit, ETH overall trading distribution and 26 APR 24 transactions
Data Source: Deribit, BTC trading overall distribution and 26 APR 24 turnover
Source: Deribit Block Trade
Source: Deribit Block Trade
