Bitcoin

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Grayscale Bitcoin Trust

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<p>In a notable interview on CNBC, Michael Sonnenshein, the CEO of Grayscale Investments, makes a bold prediction: the upcoming approval of Bitcoin Spot ETFs could, he believes, pave the way for a $30 trillion crypto market.</p>
<h2 id="h-a-30-trillion-bitcoin-market">A $30 Trillion Bitcoin Market?</h2>
<p>Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments, one of the world’s largest digital asset managers, made an ambitious prediction about the potential impact of Bitcoin Spot Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) in the United States.</p>
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<p>According to Sonnenshein, the SEC’s <a href="https://twitter.com/LukeMikic21/status/1736825687380549896" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">approval</a> of Bitcoin Spot ETFs “will unlock $30 trillion of advised wealth”. In practice, this would open the door to massive adoption of Bitcoin by American institutional investors, potentially causing the market cap of the queen of cryptos to skyrocket.</p>
<p>Currently, the American wealth management market is worth approximately $30 trillion. However, at present, the majority of financial advisors have no simple means of offering Bitcoin exposure in their clients’ portfolios. The arrival of spot ETFs would completely change the game in this respect.</p>
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 <p><em>This will really open up the opportunity to a part of the investor community that, for better or for worse, has been excluded from the chance to participate in Bitcoin exposure in their portfolios</em>.</p> <cite><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2023/12/18/theres-a-lot-of-market-optimism-for-bitcoin-into-next-year-says-grayscale-ceo.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Sonnenshein</a></cite>
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<h2 id="h-macro-and-micro-forces-driving-the-recent-rise">Macro and Micro Forces Driving the Recent Rise</h2>
<p>This optimism exhibited by one of the most significant actors in the Bitcoin ecosystem confirms that crypto <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/spot-bitcoin-etf-financial-behemoths-continue-to-shake-the-sec/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">adoption</a> by the general public and institutional investors, although still limited, is moving in the right direction.</p>
<p>And recent developments have supported this trend. Firstly, on the macroeconomic level, the global inflationary surge and the generalized increase in interest rates have highlighted Bitcoin’s status as a safe-haven asset in the eyes of investors.</p>
<p>Secondly, a crucial legal victory recently achieved by <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/extraordinary-grayscale-sec-meeting-setting-sail-for-spot-bitcoin-etf-listing/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Grayscale</a>, which could lead to the conversion of its flagship product Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) into a listed Bitcoin Spot ETF, has revived speculative appetite among market players.</p>
<p>Finally, despite the recurring anti-Bitcoin rhetoric from influential figures like Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan, the general sentiment among regulators seems to be gradually improving.</p>
<p>In short, all signs are green for the approval of <a href="https://www.cointribune.com/en/bitcoin-the-imminent-etf-bitwise-accelerates-and-launches-its-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Bitcoin Spot ETFs</a>. This could trigger a mass adoption of Bitcoin and cause its market cap to blow up. The question is how far it will go: will it surpass $10 trillion, or even $100 trillion? Only the time will tell…</p>

Bitcoin Market Cap Post-ETF at $30 Trillion? Grayscale CEO’s Fantasy

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