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Since its inception in 1986, Quam Securities Limited (Quam Securities) has grown to become one of the few mid-tier securities brokerages in Hong Kong with global execution capabilities for both private and institutional clients. It boasts a well-established network in Greater China including Taiwan and in major world markets through the Global Alliance Partners (GAP). Quam Securities is well-positioned not only to harness and drive business within the China Tonghai International Financial Limited but also between China and the world markets.

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<p>ABCDE Sector Weekly provides market-moving insights and news for the rapidly transforming digital asset sector with a primary emphasis on their impact on related equities.  More importantly, we keep equity investors informed on how they can invest on the right side of change.   </p>

ABCDE Sector Weekly provides market-moving insights and news for the rapidly transforming digital asset sector with a primary emphasis on their impact on related equities.  More importantly, we keep equity investors informed on how they can invest on the right side of change.   

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Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets, Kaiko

Kaiko

Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets

Kaiko is the leading cryptocurrency market data provider for institutional investors and enterprises. We empower market participants with accurate, transparent, and actionable financial data to be leveraged for a range of market activities. Kaiko’s mission is to be the foundation of the new digital finance economy by serving as a single source for market information. Our mission is premised on the idea that high-quality data drives market efficiency and greater transparency throughout the industry. For each of our enterprise clients, we build custom data plans designed for a range of use cases.

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<ul><li>Towards the end of last year, I published the first liquidity ranking system for crypto assets, comparing each asset’s liquidity ranking to its market cap and investigating which token’s market cap is the most misleading from a liquidity standpoint.</li><li>In Q1 of this year I provided an update to the ranking system as overall market liquidity hit 10 month lows. </li><li>The good news is that global liquidity has been more or less flat over Q2, with no further drops apart from  the tokens featured in the SEC lawsuits and a handful of exchange-specific drops in liquidity, such as Binance.US.</li></ul>

Towards the end of last year, I published the first liquidity ranking system for crypto assets, comparing each asset’s liquidity ranking to its market cap and investigating which token’s market cap is the most misleading from a liquidity standpoint.In Q1 of this year I provided an update to the ranking system as overall market liquidity hit 10 month lows. The good news is that global liquidity has been more or less flat over Q2, with no further drops apart from  the tokens featured in the SEC lawsuits and a handful of exchange-specific drops in liquidity, such as Binance.US.

<ul><li>Binance.US is bleeding. One week after the SEC lawsuit, market makers and traders have fled the exchange en masse.</li><li>Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.</li><li>On June 4, the day before the SEC lawsuit, market depth was $34mn. Today, market depth is just $7mn.</li></ul>

Binance.US is bleeding. One week after the SEC lawsuit, market makers and traders have fled the exchange en masse.Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.On June 4, the day before the SEC lawsuit, market depth was $34mn. Today, market depth is just $7mn.

<ul><li>This has been perhaps the single most consequential week for crypto in the U.S., as the SEC charged Coinbase with operating an unregistered securities exchange and charged Binance, Binance.US, and CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) with a variety of securities law violations. </li><li>Just two months ago, we chronicled the CFTC’s charges against Binance and CZ, which primarily focused on Binance’s alleged efforts to onboard high-volume U.S. traders onto Binance, rather than Binance.US (for simplicity, “Binance” will refer to the international exchange and “Binance.US” its U.S. affiliate).</li><li>This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours, in fact resembling U.S.-based exchanges like Coinbase.</li></ul>

This has been perhaps the single most consequential week for crypto in the U.S., as the SEC charged Coinbase with operating an unregistered securities exchange and charged Binance, Binance.US, and CEO Changpeng Zhao (“CZ”) with a variety of securities law violations. Just two months ago, we chronicled the CFTC’s charges against Binance and CZ, which primarily focused on Binance’s alleged efforts to onboard high-volume U.S. traders onto Binance, rather than Binance.US (for simplicity, “Binance” will refer to the international exchange and “Binance.US” its U.S. affiliate).This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours, in fact resembling U.S.-based exchanges like Coinbase.

<ul><li>The rise in popularity of BRC-20 tokens, essentially memecoins on the Bitcoin blockchain, has pushed Bitcoin fees to 2 year highs.</li><li>BRC-20s have massively increased demand for Bitcoin blockspace for the first time in recent history, with the network suffering from congestion and unconfirmed transactions as a result.</li><li>Over the weekend, Binance had to pause BTC withdrawals twice as they hadn’t accounted for a surge in BTC fees in the amount they pay miners, which had caused many transactions to go unconfirmed.</li></ul>

The rise in popularity of BRC-20 tokens, essentially memecoins on the Bitcoin blockchain, has pushed Bitcoin fees to 2 year highs.BRC-20s have massively increased demand for Bitcoin blockspace for the first time in recent history, with the network suffering from congestion and unconfirmed transactions as a result.Over the weekend, Binance had to pause BTC withdrawals twice as they hadn’t accounted for a surge in BTC fees in the amount they pay miners, which had caused many transactions to go unconfirmed.

Binance Halts Withdrawals as BTC Fees Surge

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Quam Securities

Q2 Liquidity Ranking for Crypto Assets

In Q1 of this year I provided an update to the ranking system as overall market liquidity hit 10 month lows. The good news is that global liquidity...

Kaiko

Market Makers Flee Binance.US

Liquidity, as measured by aggregated market depth for 17 tokens on the exchange, has fallen nearly 80% over the past week.

Kaiko

The Data Behind the SEC's Big Week

This analysis showed that despite the creation of Binance.US in 2019, Binance’s trading had actually become more skewed towards U.S. hours

Kaiko

Binance Halts Withdrawals as BTC Fees Surge

The rise in popularity of BRC-20 tokens, essentially memecoins on the Bitcoin blockchain, has pushed Bitcoin fees to 2 year highs.

Kaiko

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