Sygnum House View
Coinbase’s announcement that they might leave the US due to the regulatory environment triggered a correction that disrupted the bullish sentiment in April as such a move by the largest US-based crypto exchange would hurt institutional flows. The resulting -10 percent correction was not unexpected after the market’s +75 percent rise – and Bitcoin’s 90 percent – since the beginning of the year. However, the correction was short lived, and the market recovered to positive territory, ending the month +2.1 percent (S&P Broad Crypto Market Index), with Bitcoin +2.8 percent. Ether outperformed as its much-anticipated Shanghai upgrade went live, but it also corrected more sharply, ending April +3.0 percent in line with the market.
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