Exploring the Potential of a Spot Bitcoin ETF

Alex Thorn is head of Research at Galaxy Digital, leading a team of researchers focused on unpacking the market developments in crypto, producing information for both internal and external audiences. Before Galaxy, Alex was Director of Blockchain Research at Fidelity, so he’s a veteran of straddling TradWorld and Crypto. 

Today we talked to Alex about the bull vs. bear case for the BTC ETF. 

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------ TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro 7:25 Spot BTC Interests 9:15 Breaking Down Alex's Thread 18:20 Spot BTC Pipeline & Next Steps 28:00 Inflows Into Bitcoin ETF 30:00 Predicting How Investors Will Invest  32:30 BTC Price Impact  42:20 Estimated BTC Price Prediction  46:15 Predicting Timeline 49:40 BTC ETF Marketing  52:00 The Bear Case for BTC ETF 1:02:30 Marijuana Analogy  1:04:30 ETH ETF Argument  1:09:50 Galaxy Brains  1:11:30 Closing & Disclaimers 

------ RESOURCES

Alex https://twitter.com/intangiblecoins 

Galaxy Brains Podcast https://www.galaxy.com/insights/podcasts/galaxy-brains/ 

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