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Arcane Research: Summary of Crypto 2021
Arcane Research | Jan 3, 2021
A year of up and downs, but mostly ups
What an eventful and intense year we’re wrapping up in this report. In 2021, bitcoin was adopted as legal tender in El Salvador, and several public companies added bitcoin to their balance sheets. On the institutional side, open interest boomed on CME, and several bitcoin ETFs saw the light of day. Additionally, we saw numerous Tier 1 investment banks begin offering bitcoin and crypto-related services such as custody and trading. However, the year was not all filled with bullish news. Once again, China delivered bad news as they enforced a strict mining ban, leading the hashrate to temporarily plummet in bitcoin before returning to its pre-China ban levels six months later. 2021 saw bitcoin pushing towards new highs, reaching a new all-time high in November of $69,000.
See: Bank of Canada Staff Paper: Bitcoin Adoption and Beliefs in Canada
Bitcoin’s performance has been dwarfed by the incredible altcoin growth this year. 2021 has felt like a continuous altseason, only taking a breather during the summer months. This altseason has seen several short-lasting bull runs in various parts of the markets as traders have rotated through the narratives. The DeFi sector, the metaverse sector, and meme coins all saw periods of strong growth. However, most stickiness in strength has been found in ETH and other layer-1s, in addition to NFTs.
As bitcoin has found its way into traditional investor portfolios, macro news has slowly but surely, begun impacting its performance. Inflation has been running high throughout the year, and overall, bitcoin has proven to be a good inflation hedge. Nevertheless, bitcoin has also proven to be sensitive to hawkish FED statements and fear in the broad financial markets. In that regard, bitcoin has behaved like a risk-on asset. However, while bitcoin shows risk-on traits in the short run, there is no doubt that central bankers and politicians worldwide will have a very hard time dampening the increasing inflation without causing harm to the economy.
Some research covered in the report:
- Bitcoin once again outperforms the stock market
- Bitcoin in 2021: A risk-on asset
- A year of rising inflation: The inflationistas were on to something?
- 2021 – a year of altseason
- 2021 has been an emotional rollercoaster for crypto investors
- A year of stabilizing bitcoin spot volume
- The year for altcoins
- The resurrection of Ethereum
- The year of layer-1s
- Memcoin Mania: The absurd dog fight
- The breakthrough year for NFTs
- Funding rates settled after an overly exuberant Q1
- 2021 lesson: Be careful when offshore exchange sentiment outpaces CME
- Continuous high institutional demand for BTC and ETH exposure
- Bitcoin as a corporate treasury strategy
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