GM DOers! š
The Spot Bitcoin ETF has already settled more than $11 billion in its first 4 days.
BlackRockās ETF, in particular, has done more volume than all 500 ETFs (COMBINED) that were launched over the course of 2023.
7,821
The market response for this ETF has been phenomenal so far, and that has certainly attracted a lot of eyeballs from TradFi.
But todayās piece isnāt about the Spot Bitcoin ETF.
Itās about how the biggest figures in TradFi are bullish on Ethereum and the crypto industry as a whole.
Larry Fink is shilling $ETH and calling for an ETF approval
Jamie Dimon describes $ETH in what he says could be a big blockchain
Franklin Templeton, a $1.5 trillion asset manager, starts bull posting about crypto
Soon, thereāll be many more suits than hoodies in this space. Soon, every TradFi investor will want a piece of crypto.
Right now, youāre still early! Make sure you donāt fuck this up.
Letās get into it. ā¬
TradFi is Bullish on Ethereum š
First up, we have Larry Fink ā the CEO of BlackRock, the largest asset management firm in the world, with almost $10 trillion in AUM.
Larry went on CNBC and said this:
He sees value in a Spot ETH ETF
Everyone will have a tokenized identity
Tokenization of all real-world assets is coming
Tokenization will eliminate all corruption
He said all of this in the context of a Spot Ethereum ETF. Larry and BlackRock will do everything in their power to get this ETF live ASAP.
Not because theyāre fans of crypto necessarily. But because they can make a shit ton of money from ETF fees. šø
Okay, letās move further to Jamie Dimonā¦ He also went on CNBC and said that there are 2 types of cryptocurrencies.
One, the type that does nothing ā referring to Bitcoin, calling it a pet rock.
Second, the type that has an embedded smart contract in its blockchain which we can use to buy and sell real estate and move data.
With the second type, he essentially described Ethereum (or smart contract platforms in general).
Now, we cannot take what Jamie Dimon said for granted. Iām certain that he knows absolutely nothing about crypto.
He literally said (in this same interview) that Bitcoin doesnāt have a limited supply and that Satoshi would come back to change the 21 million supply cap and erase all Bitcoin forever.
Heās delusional and looks like he hasnāt spent a second in his life learning about crypto.
However, Iām seeing a trend. And thatās tokenization.
Both Larry Fink and Jamie Dimon get the idea of putting real world assets onchain.
If youāre a PRO member, youāre already aware of this trend from our recent PRO report called āThe Inflection Point For Real World Assets Onchainā.
If you havenāt already, I recommend you go back and read it.
Tokenization of real-world assets (RWAs) is one of the main onchain use cases that has potential to find a killer product market fit. šÆ
$1.5T Asset Manager Franklin Templeton Starts Bull Posting š
For an hour on Wednesday, a few crypto degens on the Franklin Templeton team took over the X account.
These posts need absolutely no introduction so Iāll just leave some of them below. Theyāre absolutely hilarious.
Reference to the DogWifHat memecoinā¦
Bull post about Ordinals on Bitcoinā¦
These are vital to solving Bitcoinās economic security problem and increasing BTCās utility as a SoV
Bull post on Ethereumā¦
-EIP 4844
-Alt DA
-Community Revitalization
-Restaking
Bull post on Solanaā¦
-DePIN
-DeFi
-Meme coins
-NFT innovation
-Firedancer
This shows us 2 things.
Crypto culture is going to revolutionize finance
TradFi will adapt to crypto, not the other way around
The fact they are bull posting about memecoins is wild
Crypto culture gonna revolutionise finance
If youāre still not bullish, I donāt know what to tell ya, except that an Ethereum ETF is coming š. Letās talk about that. ā¬
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Wrapping Up š§µ A New Deadline Obsession: Ethereum ETF
Crypto isnāt going mainstream. It already is.
We have a Bitcoin ETF
Larry Fink is shilling Bitcoin and praising Ethereum
Jamie Dimon sees value in tokenization of assets
Franklin Templeton is adapting their marketing strategy after crypto trends
On top of everything else, a Spot Ethereum ETF is coming this year (hopefully).
On the 23rd of May, the SEC needs to make a final decision on VanEckās ETH ETF application.
Hashdex and ARK also have their respective deadlines at the end of May.
Will we get approval by May?
JP Morgan says thereās a 50% chance while Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas says he expects a 70% chance.
JPMorgan doesn't see more than 50% chance of spot Ethereum ETF approval by May
"I wouldn't put more than a 50% chance to the SEC classifying Ethereum as a commodity before May," said JPMorgan's Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou.
These odds are lower than what Bitcoin got ā 90% chance of approval.
The reason for that is clear: Ethereum hasnāt yet been officially recognized as a non-security.
To be clearā¦ Ethereum is not a security. The fact that it has a Futures ETF shows that.
However, the SEC hasnāt officially said that yet. Until they do, itās unlikely that theyāll approve a Spot ETF for ETH.
So the approval might not occur in May. But regardless, Iām certain that itās just a matter of time until the approval happens.
Iāll stick to my 2024 prediction that this ETH ETF comes this year. Letās see. š
Thanks for reading. And remember, you're strong, youāre powerful, youāre alpha! ā¤
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