Bloomberg predicts U.S. BTC ETF in 2021/ Total crypto market cap gained $375M in 7 days / Fresh Funding

Plus: Peter Thiel's Palantir Technologies announced plans to accept and hold BTC

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The global crypto market cap is $2.47T 1.36%▲ with a 24-hour market volume of $278.70B 18.83%▲. Bitcoin's dominance is currently 42.75% 0.96%▼.  CURRENT PRICES BY MARKET CAP # Name Price 24h % 1 Bitcoin BTC $56,477.73 0.76% ▼ 2 Ethereum ETH $4,069.06 1.71% ▼ 3 Binance Coin BNB $667.71 0.90% ▲ 4 Dogecoin DOGE $0.5003 2.68% ▲ 5 Cardano ADA $1.76 2.55% ▲ *Prices as of 2:30 p.m. ET.

Bloomberg analysts are anticipating a BTC ETF in the U.S. before the end of 2021. As BTC continues to gain institutional support and SEC filings continue to pile up, the approval of a BTC ETF seems imminent. More: Canada’s crypto ETFs are currently among the most traded stocks on the market and have a total of $2.3B in AUM. Having previously taught classes on blockchains and crypto at MIT, analysts believe that newly appointed SEC chairman Gary Gensler has enough of an understanding of BTC to provide regulatory approval. Currently, U.S. retail investors can only gain investment exposure through crypto trusts like GBTC or in companies that hold BTC on their balance sheet like MSTR.

$375M was invested into crypto investment products in the past week. BTC saw inflows of $290M, and ETH received over $60M. More: Inflows into crypto have been steadily increasing over the past month, with the total market cap of digital assets reaching an ATH of $2.5T. The total market cap gained almost $300B in just the first week of May alone.  Since reaching the ATH of $2.5T yesterday, the market cap has since declined nearly $100B.

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▲ TOP GAINERS # Name Price 24h % 1 EOS EOS $13.10 30.34% ▲ 2 SHIBA INU SHIB $0.0000326 24.68% ▲ 3 Internet Computer ICP $370.71 18.72% ▲ 4 Huobi Token HT $33.88 10.71% ▲ 5 HEX HEX $0.04974 9.66%▲ ▼ TOP LOSERS # Name Price 24h % 1 ETH Classic ETC $109.84 6.06%▼ 2 BTC SV BSV $369.04 5.09%▼ 3 THETA THETA $10.85 3.61%▼ 4 Aave AAVE $443.16 3.55%▼ 5 Polkadot DOT $37.54 3.54%▼ *Limited to cryptocurrencies with a market cap >$4B. Prices as of 2:30 p.m. ET.

🍋 FRESH FUNDING 🍋 Bullish Global, Crypto Exchange: $300M. Block.one’s subsidiary crypto exchange was backed by Peter Thiel, Alan Howard, Mike Novogratz, Louis Bacon, Richard Li, and Christian Angermayer. More: Bullish Global received around $10B in funding. In addition to the $300M raised by investors, Block.one also provided $100M in cash, 164K BTC (~$9B), and 20M EOS (~$227M). Peter Thiel, Alan Howard, and Christian Angermayer will serve as senior advisors to the crypto project. The Bullish exchange is set to offer AMM, lending, and portfolio management tools for users while also providing liquidity to its provided assets. NiiFi, DEX: $3M. The latest seed round was led by DARMA Capital and participated in by A195 Capital, AU21 Capital, Blocksync Ventures, Lotus Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, Protocol Ventures, Three M Capital, and Matterblock, among others. More:  NiiFi is a decentralized exchange offering real-time transactions for high-frequency trading and other swapping and lending features. The DEX uses Nahmii 2.0, which brings instant finality, low latency, and high transactional throughput for decentralized applications. NiiFi aims to provide the first Ethereum layer two scaling solution that allows fiat currency swaps, instant transaction finality, and KYC/AML compliance.  Shield Finance, DeFi/Aggregator: $780K. Shield Finance’s private funding round raised capital from Master ventures, DAO Maker, Spark Digital Capital, and others. More: After announcing the successful funding round, Shield Finance additionally announced an IDO set for May 19 on the PAID Network Ignition Launchpad. Shield Finance provides a DeFi insurance aggregation service across multiple blockchains, offering DeFi users and investors the opportunity to limit market risk. The startup hopes to expand its services and collaborate with DEXs, wallets, and DeFi farming platforms in the future. QANplatform, Blockchain: $2.1M. The quantum-proof, Proof of Reputation (PoR) blockchain platform received funding from Fairum Ventures, DeltaHub Capital, Insignius Capital, and BlockDragon ahead of its UniSwap launch. More: QANplatform aims to lower the entry barriers for blockchain developers so startups can produce PoCs and MVPs more efficiently. The platform plans to use its fresh funding to further its product, marketing, and liquidity developments. QANplatform’s native token is set to list on May 21 on UniSwap.

QUICK HITS This company is using brain-powered technology to bring meditation into organizations for corporate wellness. * Palantir Technologies, a data analytics firm founded by Peter Thiel, announced that it would accept BTC payments and hold BTC on its balance sheet. The combined market cap for all 10K CryptoPunks nearly exceeded $2B this month.  Coinbase reclaimed its number one position on Apple’s U.S. app store for the first time since 2017.  SHIB, a meme-token similar to DOGE, has seen its price explode almost 2K% in the past two weeks. Floyd Mayweather, in partnership with IronBend, Reality Gaming Group, and Zytara Labs, announced plans to release NFTs on May 26 ahead of his fight with YouTuber Logan Paul. Forget trackers. The Apollo Neuro wearable actually helps you stress less and sleep more. Save 10% today. * * This is sponsored content.

Griffin McShane is a J.D. candidate currently living in Portland, Maine. He is a graduate of Providence College, where he studied both computer science and business. Griffin aspires one day to go to the moon and bring some of his altcoins along for the ride. Editor Justin Anderson is an editor and writer who has worked with words for two decades. A graduate of Ryerson University’s Journalism program, he’s covered business, politics, entertainment, and almost everything in between. He lives in Toronto.

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