Bitcoin Market Dynamics and Cash and Carry Trade Strategy

The chapter explores institutional adoption, on-chain data analysis, and the behavior of 'shrimps' in the Bitcoin market, while explaining the cash and carry trade strategy for profiting from the premium in Bitcoin futures prices. It discusses how this strategy offers a risk-free opportunity for investors and compares it to traditional financial instruments, highlighting the role of market makers and liquidity providers in enhancing market liquidity.

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Marty sits down with James Check to discuss bitcoin cash and carry.

James on Twitter: https://x.com/_Checkmatey_

Checkonchain: https://charts.checkonchain.com/

Newsletter: https://newsletter.checkonchain.com/

0:00 - Intro

0:50 - Exposition

8:45 - Aussie ETF and in-kind withdrawal

12:04 - River & Unchained

13:20 - What Jim Bianco is missing

21:18 - Who is making the trade

26:03 - Gradually, Then Suddenly & Zaprite

27:40 - Coinbase

30:36 - Realized capital

39:19 - Don’t whale watch

41:59 - Engineering and on-chain analysis

49:09 - Checkonchain analysis framework

55:11 - Wall Street using the data

57:10 - What would disprove the model?

1:00:25 - Profit/loss ratio

1:04:40 - Time off, Will the cycles continue?

1:11:58 - Price prediction

1:15:39 - Managing generational wealth

1:20:04 - Bitcoin in bad economic times

1:28:15 - Bitcoin improving politics and energy

1:35:13 - Wrapping with plugs

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