🚀 PRECIOUS METALS | Asian Gold ETFs Experience Record Inflows Amid Western Market Turmoil
Asian markets have demonstrated remarkable resilience in contrast to the panic seen in Western markets. According to PANews, Asian gold ETFs recorded net inflows for the seventh consecutive month in March, attracting $2 billion in a single month. The first quarter saw unprecedented cumulative net inflows totaling $14 billion.
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🚀 Retail Investors Turn Net Sellers of U.S. Stocks Amid Record Put Option Premiums
Retail investors have shifted to net selling U.S. stocks for the first time since November 2025. According to NS3.AI, the net put option premium reached a record $275 million over the past five days. Global Markets Investor reported that retail stock purchases have decreased by approximately 70% from January highs, despite the S&P 500 recovering nearly all of its war-driven losses.
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🚀 Tokenized RWA Market Expected to Reach $400 Billion by 2030
The distributed tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market is projected to expand significantly, growing from approximately $29 billion today to $400 billion by 2030. According to NS3.AI, a report by Keyrock and Securitize highlights this anticipated growth, noting that RWA perpetual futures volumes have increased 40 times over six months, reaching $67 billion in monthly volume. Additionally, the report indicates that tokenized Treasury bills offered higher returns than DeFi's benchmark stablecoin lending rate on 98% of days in the first quarter of 2026.
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Increased Interest in Bitcoin ETFs
👑 The National Bank of Canada has invested $2M in a Bitcoin ETF, showcasing a growing trend in traditional finance towards crypto assets. Other major institutions, including JPMorgan and Wells Fargo, have also entered the market, indicating a significant shift. The Italian bank, Intesa Sanpaolo, made its first BTC purchase this year.
Read more: Cointelegraph
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🚀 Varys Capital's Tom Dunleavy Highlights Dramatic Shift in Crypto Funding Landscape
The cryptocurrency market has experienced a significant shift in its funding environment over the past six months, according to Odaily. Tom Dunleavy, Head of Venture Capital at Varys Capital, shared on X that the process for venture capitalists (VCs) to secure promising projects has changed drastically. Previously, VCs had to engage in extensive networking, content creation, podcast appearances, and numerous calls to attract investments. Now, simply having available funds is sufficient, as projects are actively seeking out VCs.
Currently, most VC firms are in one of three states: they have exhausted their funds, shifted focus to later-stage investments (Series A and beyond), or are in the process of fundraising, albeit with difficulty. Fundraising timelines have extended from 2-3 weeks to 2-3 months. Projects with questionable business models or those merely replicating the latest trends are struggling to secure new or follow-up funding, which Dunleavy views as a positive development.
There are fewer than 20 firms actively investing in pre-seed or seed rounds. VCs now have the luxury of selecting projects more carefully and conducting thorough due diligence. The investment cycle of 2025-2026 is anticipated to be a historic 'golden opportunity,' provided VCs can endure the current market conditions.
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