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Bitcoin Surges on Imminent ETF Hopes. BTCETF Token Presale Raises $2.5 Million
The crypto markets have seen renewed optimism in recent days, with Bitcoin (BTC) surging past the $40,000 level once again. Much of this positivity stems from mounting speculation around a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) finally gaining regulatory approval in early 2024.
An ETF would allow mainstream investors and institutions easier exposure to BTC, likely translating to substantial inflows and upside price action. Besides the potential impact on Bitcoin itself, there are projects to capitalize on this narrative shift, like the novel BTCETF token.
Bitcoin Pumps on Imminent ETF Hopes?
Bitcoin went as high as $42,371 on Monday before cooling off around $41,500 at the time of writing. The main catalyst seems to be a pivotal regulatory window between Jan. 5-10, 2024, where the SEC may accept Bitcoin ETF applications after years of rejection.
Popular crypto analyst channel Altcoin Daily explained the logic to its 1.4 million followers and compared the situation with spot gold ETF approvals in 2004: “Wall Street listed the first ever spot gold ETF in November 2004, and the price never came back down again. We may never see this Bitcoin price ever again once the BlackRock ETF (and others) is approved.”
They further extrapolated: “90% chance the spot ETFs all get approved Jan. 5th-10th 2024 according to Bloomberg’s expert analysts. Even further: When the price of Gold (or any commodity) goes up and the demand increases, they ALWAYS increase supply. They mine more Gold when there is more demand. With Bitcoin, increasing supply flow is algorithmically impossible. It is set in stone in the most open, transparent way.”
Altcoin Daily explained that the upcoming Bitcoin halving event, where the block reward gets cut in half, will reduce the influx of new BTC by 50% even if demand stays constant. They noted that if demand also increases on top of this restricted new supply, Bitcoin prices could see substantial upside.
Besides speculative retail traders, institutions also seem to be positioning themselves for a post-ETF landscape. According to crypto analytics platform Santiment: “The euphoria surrounding #Bitcoin crossing $40K over the weekend (and $42K today) continues trending across #crypto platforms. And with major 2023 gains for most traders, we see rising discussions related to taxes with less than 4 weeks left in 2023.”
Presumably, investors want to tally their 2023 profits and losses to plan tax obligations before the new year. With Bitcoin tapping multi-month highs, many crypto holders likely face hefty capital gains liabilities.
Bitcoin ETF (BTCETF) Presale Capitalizes on Approval Hopes
As excitement builds around SEC decisions on several Bitcoin ETF applications in early 2024, one innovative and emerging token aims to capitalize: Bitcoin ETF (BTCETF). As its name implies, BTCETF wants to benefit from the approval and launch of these maiden regulated Bitcoin investment vehicles.
The ERC-20 token is currently fundraising, garnering over $2.5 million in presale purchases thus far. From an initial presale price of $0.005 per BTCETF, the current price sits at $0.0062 per BTCETF after several increases, with another slated soon.
BTCETF plans to burn 25% of its total token supply in five milestones based around the ETF approval process. An additional 5% burn depends on Bitcoin reaching $100,000, which would drop total BTCETF circulation to just 1.575 billion tokens.
On top of these deflationary burns, BTCETF institutes a 5% tax on all buy and sell transactions, removing these tokens permanently too.
For example, the fourth milestone depends on Bitcoin ETFs collectively reaching $1 billion in assets under management (AUM). If they hit this key threshold, 5% of all BTCETF tokens in circulation will get burned, and the tax on transactions will decrease from 2% to 1%.
The fifth and final milestone focuses on Bitcoin itself crossing the major $100,000 price level at any point. Once BTC closes a daily candle above this psychological barrier, another 5% of all BTCETF tokens will get destroyed. Additionally, the 1% transaction tax in place before this milestone will reduce fully to 0% after this achievement gets triggered.
By tying its very tokenomics to the adoption of SEC-approved, regulated Bitcoin ETFs, BTCETF offers traders and investors indirect exposure plus upside. If the consensus view holds and Bitcoin ETFs launch in early 2023, substantial product inflows could propel BTC to new highs. In turn, BTCETF’s deflationary dynamics may drive exponential token price gains from today’s presale rates.
With growing optimism around Bitcoin ETF approvals on the horizon, both BTC and related crypto assets seem primed for a momentous start to 2023. Projects like BTCETF stand ready to capitalize on this potential macro shift, offering traders more ways to benefit through deflationary tokenomics.
As the crypto industry matures towards greater adoption and regulation, investors have an expanding menu of derivative opportunities to play the ongoing evolution.
