November Market Outlook Are dog-themed coins “making money fun again”?
Risking the ongoing crypto revolution sparked by bitcoin’s launch almost 13 years ago appearing as a joke?
A passing fad? Here to stay?
Whatever your view on the fundamental merits of memecoin standouts like Dogecoin (DOGE) and now Shiba Inu (SHIB), which recently managed to flip DOGE to become the most valuable dog-themed coin, their incredible rise in value cannot be ignored.
On this month’s monthly webinar we discuss the rise of doggy coins.
We also had a conversation about the new Celo euro (cEUR) stabelcoin with Celo co-founder Marcus Franke, including why we may at last see a non-USD stablecoin gain meaningful adoption.
Have a watch and listen, and read on below for our commentary on markets and on-chain activity.
Summary: Market Movements For October cryptoasset markets boomed with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) were both up 42% Shiba Inu (SHIB) was up ~300% for the month of October and briefly overtook reigning top crypto pooch coin, Dogecoin ($DOGE) While the rise of meme-coins highlight the incredible importance of the social aspects of money, crypto newcomers should be mindful of how quickly meme-driven momentum can shift 2.On-Chain Analysis
October’s strong bitcoin price action was matched by improving on-chain fundamentals The relatively muted response in average fee price to the recent price rally underscores the real scaling and efficiency progress made by bitcoin in recent years 3.What we’re reading, hearing, and watching
Explore the latest on crypto and beyond from The New York Times, Bloomberg, Bitcoin Magazine, and more.1.
Market Movements For October cryptoasset markets boomed with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) both up 42% (Table 1).
Table 1: Price Performance: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Gold, US Equities, USD, Long-dated US Treasuries
Sources: Blockchain.com , Google Finance
A major catalyst for crypto this month was the launch of a long anticipated Bitcoin ETF, which was at last approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and helped bitcoin make a new all-time high of ~$68k.
Strong ongoing demand for NFTs and DeFi activity, along with growing institutional interest, also helped to recently push Ethereum into new all-time territory as well at ~$4600.
Every crypto dog has its day
While BTC and ETH are driving further institutional crypto adoption, the real standout crypto performers of late have been some dog-themed meme coins, particularly Shiba Inu (SHIB).SHIB was up ~300% for the month of October and briefly overtook the previously reigning top crypto pooch coin, Dogecoin (DOGE).
With a current market cap of $25 billion, SHIB is more valuable than UniSwap (UNI), Polygon (MATIC), Avalanche (AVAX), Algorand (ALGO), and a number of other notable cryptoassets.
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While it may be tempting to take a cynical view of the rise of dog-themed coins, their success speaks to the incredible importance of the social aspects of money .Narratives and storytelling have always played a role in not just money, but anything that requires uniting people around a shared enterprise.
With that said, those speculating on dog-themed or other meme coins must be mindful of how quickly the winds can shift.
Any given meme-driven phenomenon is at risk of being out-memed by something new, and this can happen rather quickly.
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On-Chain Analysis Each month we dive into on-chain data to explore interesting trends or movements on the Bitcoin network.
On a monthly basis, overall bitcoin on-chain activity increased in the month of October (Table 2).
Table 2: October vs September bitcoin on-chain network activity
Despite seeing a slight slowdown in the percentage of Bitcoin transactions (-1.4%) and overall Bitcoin payments (-3.0%) from Blockchain.com this month, the average number of overall daily transactions has increased (7.4%) with the average number of daily payments also gaining 9.2% on last month.
As we discussed on the webinar, one major difference between past major price rallies like we saw in October and this time is the impact on fees.While a 27% month-over-month increase in fees is significant, this pales in comparison to past periods when major price spikes would send fees dramatically (multiples) higher.
We believe the relatively muted response in average fee price to the recent price rally underscores the real scaling and efficiency progress made by bitcoin with the broadening adoption of Segregated Witness (SegWit) and layer 2 networks like Lightning, and transaction batching.
However, it also underscores how much more bitcoin activity (ie trading) is happening off-chain on centralized exchanges.
3.What we’re reading, hearing, and watching Crypto
Bitcoin Magazine: The Bitcoin Rorschach Test Bloomberg: Bitcoin ETFs Are Almost Here Erisian: Rolling for Initiative Foreign Affairs: America’s Crypto Conundrum Office of Foreign Assets Control: Sanctions Compliance Guidance for the Virtual Currency Industry VOX Eu: Central bank digital currencies, cryptocurrencies, and privacy: What experiments tell us Beyond Crypto
Bloomberg: Is Stock Market Rigged? Insider Trading by Executives Is Pervasive, Critics Say CBS News: Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Misinformation Public 60 Minutes EFF: Remembering the Case that Established Code as Speech Epsilon Theory: The Mandarin Class Euro Intelligence: The porcupine flips Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Postal banking promises financial equity Politico: When I Ran for President, It Messed With My Head Project Syndicate: Central Banks and the Looming Financial Reckoning Project Syndicate: The China Sleepwalking Syndrome Project Syndicate: The Real Rot at the IMF Project Syndicate: The Revenge of Supply Reuters: Welcome to Britain, the bank scam capital of the world The Intercept: The U.S.Treasury is Buying Private App Data to Target and Investigate People The New York Times: There Is Shadow Inflation Taking Place All Around Us The New Yorker: What Is It About Peter Thiel? Important note
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