While many of the largest crypto-currencies are fading modestly today, Bitcoin is holding on to dramatic gains which saw the largest virtual currency spike to as high as $4190 as Yen, Yuan, and Won trading activity dominated volumes.
Bitcoin Cash remains in 4th place overall by market cap but Bitcoin is the only currency higher among the top 5 today.
Soaring past $4000…
As CoinTelegraph reports, the trading of Bitcoin in Japanese yen has accounted for almost 46 percent of total trade volume worldwide. The trading of Bitcoin in US dollar accounted for around 25 percent, while the trading of Bitcoin in South Korean won and Chinese yuan accounted for approximately 12 percent each.
Additionally, anticipated demand is being priced in after VanEck filed for an ‘active strategy’ Bitcoin ETF:
The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, in U.S. exchange-traded bitcoin-linked derivative instruments (“Bitcoin Instruments”) and pooled investment vehicles and exchange-traded products that provide exposure to bitcoin (together with Bitcoin Instruments, “Bitcoin Investments”).
The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and should not be confused with one that is designed to track the performance of a specified index.
The Fund’s strategy seeks to provide total return by actively managing the Fund’s investments in Bitcoin Investments.
Bitcoin’s solid performance in early August reflected that of gold’s amidst the selloff in stocks and bonds around the world due to the growing apprehensions over North Korea’s nuclear threat.
And the latest moves this weekend in the crypto world suggest gold will open well north of $1300 tonight.
