ETF 流入和美国监管乐观情绪提振市场情绪，比特币逼近 70,000 美元

截至新加坡上午 11 点，该加密货币上涨 1%，随后回落，交易价格基本保持在 68,720 美元。

Bitcoin hovered near US$68,700 on Thursday (Oct 21), as a slew of inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for the largest digital asset and optimism about the outlook for US regulations underpinned sentiment.

周四（10 月 21 日），比特币徘徊在 68,700 美元附近，因为大量资金流入最大的数字资产交易所交易基金（ETF），以及对美国监管前景的乐观情绪支撑了市场情绪。

The cryptocurrency added 1 per cent before paring gains to trade little changed at US$68,720 as of 11 a.m. in Singapore. Smaller tokens such as second-ranked Ether and top-10 coin Solana oscillated in a narrow range.

截至新加坡上午 11 点，该加密货币上涨 1%，随后回落，交易价格基本保持在 68,720 美元。较小的代币，例如排名第二的以太币和排名前十的代币 Solana 在窄幅震荡。

US spot-Bitcoin ETFs lured almost US$2.4 billion of net inflows in the six days through Oct 18, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

彭博社汇编的数据显示，截至 10 月 18 日的六天内，美国现货比特币 ETF 吸引了近 24 亿美元的净流入。

These inflows come amid speculation that US crypto rules will become friendlier after the November 5 presidential election.

这些资金流入的背景是，人们猜测 11 月 5 日总统大选后美国的加密规则将变得更加友好。

Republican candidate Donald Trump is avowedly pro-crypto, to the extent that Bitcoin is viewed as a so-called Trump trade.

共和党候选人唐纳德·特朗普公开支持加密货币，以至于比特币被视为所谓的特朗普交易。

On the other hand, Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris has vowed to support a regulatory framework for the industry.

另一方面，民主党竞争对手副总统卡马拉·哈里斯誓言支持该行业的监管框架。

This contrasts with a crackdown on the sector under the Biden administration.

这与拜登政府对该行业的打击形成鲜明对比。

The two key market trends to watch are the elections and the global macroeconomic environment, according to David Lawant, head of research at crypto prime broker FalconX.

加密货币主要经纪商 FalconX 研究主管 David Lawant 表示，值得关注的两个关键市场趋势是选举和全球宏观经济环境。

The Bitcoin options market indicates that “forward implied volatility is heavily clustered around the election day and somewhat subdued leading to it and some time after it,” he wrote in a note.

他在一份报告中写道，比特币期权市场表明，“远期隐含波动性主要集中在选举日前后，并且在选举日之前和之后一段时间有所减弱”。