{"id":83966,"date":"2025-09-12T14:32:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=83966"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:35:21","slug":"coinbase-anticipates-market-growth-amid-crypto-treasury-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/coinbase-anticipates-market-growth-amid-crypto-treasury-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase Anticipates Market Growth Amid Crypto Treasury Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The crypto market, supported by treasury-backed companies, has entered a <span data-descr=\"'player versus player'\" class=\"old_tooltip\">PvP<\/span> phase, yet it still has momentum for growth in the fourth quarter, according to a report by <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ctfassets.net\/k3n74unfin40\/5ySHPvEyMQ3j1NRz4cR84L\/8ee2f2270b207f4ccd5171624bc34283\/Monthly_Sept_2025.09.pdf\">Coinbase<\/a>.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cBitcoin continues to exceed market expectations as it directly benefits from existing macroeconomic tailwinds. Excluding an energy price shock (or other inflationary factors), we believe the immediate risk of a change in the current US monetary policy is actually quite low,\u201d writes Colin Basco, the study&#8217;s author.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Coinbase anticipates a reduction in the <span data-descr=\"Federal Reserve System of the United States\" class=\"old_tooltip\">Fed<\/span> rate both on September 17 and October 29, as the labour market has provided \u201ccompelling evidence of weakness.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stage of Confrontation<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Experts believe that by the end of the year, the crypto market will be bolstered by reliable liquidity support, a favourable macroeconomic environment, and encouraging regulatory changes.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Asset Treasuries (DAT) are also generating a steady inflow of funds, yet the phenomenon has reached a \u201ccritical inflection point.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe are no longer in the early adoption stage that characterised the last six to nine months, but we are also not near the end,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The DAT segment has entered a \u201cplayer versus player\u201d stage\u2014where success depends on execution, differentiation, and timing, rather than merely copying Strategy. The scarcity premium that benefited early players has already vanished, Coinbase clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, firms continue to accumulate digital assets. Bitcoin treasuries hold more than 1 million BTC (>5% of total issuance).<\/p>\n<p>Organisations specialising in Ethereum have absorbed about 49 million ETH worth $213 billion, accounting for over 4% of the circulating supply.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-11c416c5678c8047-4068870797908822.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265707\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">ETH-DAT purchases. Source: Coinbase.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe DAT cycle is ripe, but it is neither early nor late. Certainly, the days of easy money and guaranteed <span data-descr=\"an assessment multiplier comparing a company's value to its net asset value\" class=\"old_tooltip\">mNAV<\/span> premiums are over, as only the most disciplined and strategically positioned players will succeed at this PvP stage. We expect cryptocurrency markets to continue benefiting from the unprecedented capital inflow from these yield-enhancing instruments,\u201d analysts concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>September Concerns<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The issue of seasonality continues to haunt the crypto industry, as historically digital gold has fallen every September from 2017 to 2022, Coinbase highlighted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/img-b20835cf081846b1-4068870842747486.webp\" alt=\"image\" class=\"wp-image-265706\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Coinbase.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, in 2023 and 2024, this trend did not persist. Analysts noted that the small sample size and wide range of possible outcomes limit the statistical significance of such seasonal indicators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cAcross all frequency charts, logistic odds ratios, out-of-sample assessments, and placebo checks, the conclusion is the same\u2014the month of the year is not a statistically reliable predictor of whether BTC&#8217;s monthly return will be positive or negative,\u201d the researchers concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, JPMorgan <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/jpmorgan-calls-sp-500s-rejection-of-strategy-a-blow-to-crypto-treasuries\">described<\/a> the exclusion of Strategy from the S&#038;P 500 as a \u201cblow to crypto treasuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Galaxy Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/corporate-crypto-reserves-trend-likened-to-1920s-bubble\">compared<\/a> the trend of forming companies with reserves in digital gold to the investment trust bubble of the 1920s in the US.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crypto market, supported by treasury-backed companies, has entered a PvP phase, yet it still has momentum for growth in the fourth quarter, according to a report by Coinbase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"DAT firms have entered a 'player versus player' stage.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1641,138,1252],"class_list":["post-83966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin-reserves","tag-coinbase","tag-reports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"144","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"DAT firms have entered a 'player versus player' stage.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83968,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83966\/revisions\/83968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}