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View More NewsU.S. spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $265.69 million on Monday, the largest daily inflow in over a month and the second in three sessions after July 2 broke a long run of outflows, per SoSoValue data. Ether ETFs added $20.66 million the same day, led by BlackRock’s ETHA at $23.29 million.BlackRock’s IBIT absorbed $209.40 million of the bitcoin total, with ARKB taking in $32.98 million and Grayscale’s mini BTC fund adding $42.25 million. GBTC shed $44.45 million, the only fund in the red.The daily turn has not fixed the weekly picture yet. Spot bitcoin ETFs still lost a net $526.6…
Professional investors don’t just look at a coin’s price relative to its long-term average to assess whether it’s cheap. They use metrics such as the Sharpe Ratio to determine position sizing.Imagine two coins: A and B. Coin A has fallen 30% from its recent high, but in a fairly steady way. Coin B has also fallen 30%, but its price is all over the place, jumping up and down by big percentages every day. Looking only at the drop from the high, both coins look equally “cheap.”A professional investor would look beyond the price drop and consider the risk-adjusted return.In…
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