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INX, a marketplace known for its regulated trading of security tokens and tokenized real-world assets, has joined forces with Backed, a pioneer in asset tokenization, to bring a wider array of stocks into the digital realm. Building on the success of their tokenized Nvidia stock, INX and Backed have now introduced a fresh lineup of digital assets to their platform. Eligible investors outside the United States can now trade tokenized versions of some of the most sought-after stocks in the market: Tesla, Microsoft, Google, and even the much-discussed GameStop. New Listings The new tokenized stocks available on the INX platform include: Tesla (bTSLA)


Microsoft (bMSFT)


Google (bGOOGL)


GameStop (bGME) These assets are created under EU securities laws and tokenized on the Polygon Proof of Stake (PoS) network. Each token is backed one-to-one by its corresponding underlying stock, with ownership conveyed through the blockchain ledger. But what exactly are these tokenized stocks? Imagine taking a traditional share and giving it a digital makeover. These new assets, created under EU securities laws and brought to life on the Polygon Proof of Stake network, represent a one-to-one relationship with their underlying stocks. It's as if each share has been given a unique digital twin, with ownership recorded on a blockchain ledger instead of traditional books. The expansion doesn't stop there. INX has its sights set on even broader horizons. In the coming weeks, they plan to unveil their first tokenized ETF – a digital version of the S&P 500 ETF. Alongside this landmark addition, tokenized Apple stock and BlackRock's iShares Treasury ETF are also slated to join the roster. It's a move that signals a growing bridge between the worlds of traditional finance and digital assets. What makes these tokenized stocks stand out? For starters, they offer a level of flexibility that traditional stocks can't match. Imagine being able to trade your favorite stocks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Or picture holding your stocks not in a brokerage account, but directly in your own digital wallet. These tokens even open doors to the world of decentralized finance, potentially serving as collateral for loans or other innovative financial products. Of course, with innovation comes the need for robust safeguards. Backed has ensured that these tokenized assets are issued under an EU prospectus, providing a layer of transparency for eligible investors. The underlying value is secured with a licensed custodian, and token holders have primary claims to this collateral. It's a blend of cutting-edge technology and traditional financial security. For now, this digital stock revolution is accessible to non-US residents and approved customers on the INX platform. Interested investors can dive in by creating an account and completing the necessary checks. What's particularly intriguing is the ability to fund these investments with cryptocurrency, further blurring the lines between traditional and digital finance. As we witness this merger of Wall Street and the blockchain, questions naturally arise. Could this be the future of stock trading? Will we see a day when all stocks have digital counterparts? While it's too early to say for certain, one thing is clear: the financial landscape is changing. Traditional assets are finding new homes on digital ledgers, potentially opening up global markets in unprecedented ways. This expansion of tokenized stocks represents more than just a new investment option. It's a glimpse into a possible future where financial assets move freely across digital platforms, where trading hours are a thing of the past, and where the average investor has more direct control over their assets than ever before. As the dust settles on this latest development, the financial world watches with bated breath. Will this be the spark that ignites a wider adoption of tokenized assets? Only time will tell. But for now, it's clear that the lines between traditional finance and the digital frontier are becoming increasingly blurred, potentially reshaping how we think about investing in the digital age. Don’t forget to like and share the story! Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program. HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR INX , a marketplace known for its regulated trading of security tokens and tokenized real-world assets, has joined forces with Backed, a pioneer in asset tokenization, to bring a wider array of stocks into the digital realm. Building on the success of their tokenized Nvidia stock, INX and Backed have now introduced a fresh lineup of digital assets to their platform. Eligible investors outside the United States can now trade tokenized versions of some of the most sought-after stocks in the market: Tesla, Microsoft, Google, and even the much-discussed GameStop. INX New Listings The new tokenized stocks available on the INX platform include: Tesla (bTSLA) Microsoft (bMSFT) Google (bGOOGL) GameStop (bGME) Tesla (bTSLA) Tesla (bTSLA) Microsoft (bMSFT) Microsoft (bMSFT) Google (bGOOGL) Google (bGOOGL) GameStop (bGME) GameStop (bGME) These assets are created under EU securities laws and tokenized on the Polygon Proof of Stake (PoS) network. Each token is backed one-to-one by its corresponding underlying stock, with ownership conveyed through the blockchain ledger. But what exactly are these tokenized stocks? Imagine taking a traditional share and giving it a digital makeover. These new assets, created under EU securities laws and brought to life on the Polygon Proof of Stake network, represent a one-to-one relationship with their underlying stocks. It's as if each share has been given a unique digital twin, with ownership recorded on a blockchain ledger instead of traditional books. The expansion doesn't stop there. INX has its sights set on even broader horizons. In the coming weeks, they plan to unveil their first tokenized ETF – a digital version of the S&P 500 ETF. Alongside this landmark addition, tokenized Apple stock and BlackRock's iShares Treasury ETF are also slated to join the roster. It's a move that signals a growing bridge between the worlds of traditional finance and digital assets. What makes these tokenized stocks stand out? For starters, they offer a level of flexibility that traditional stocks can't match. Imagine being able to trade your favorite stocks 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Or picture holding your stocks not in a brokerage account, but directly in your own digital wallet. These tokens even open doors to the world of decentralized finance, potentially serving as collateral for loans or other innovative financial products. Of course, with innovation comes the need for robust safeguards. Backed has ensured that these tokenized assets are issued under an EU prospectus, providing a layer of transparency for eligible investors. The underlying value is secured with a licensed custodian, and token holders have primary claims to this collateral. It's a blend of cutting-edge technology and traditional financial security. For now, this digital stock revolution is accessible to non-US residents and approved customers on the INX platform. Interested investors can dive in by creating an account and completing the necessary checks. What's particularly intriguing is the ability to fund these investments with cryptocurrency, further blurring the lines between traditional and digital finance. As we witness this merger of Wall Street and the blockchain, questions naturally arise. Could this be the future of stock trading? Will we see a day when all stocks have digital counterparts? While it's too early to say for certain, one thing is clear: the financial landscape is changing. Traditional assets are finding new homes on digital ledgers, potentially opening up global markets in unprecedented ways. This expansion of tokenized stocks represents more than just a new investment option. It's a glimpse into a possible future where financial assets move freely across digital platforms, where trading hours are a thing of the past, and where the average investor has more direct control over their assets than ever before. As the dust settles on this latest development, the financial world watches with bated breath. Will this be the spark that ignites a wider adoption of tokenized assets? Only time will tell. But for now, it's clear that the lines between traditional finance and the digital frontier are becoming increasingly blurred, potentially reshaping how we think about investing in the digital age. Don’t forget to like and share the story! Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program. HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR Vested Interest Disclosure: This author is an independent contributor publishing via our business blogging program . HackerNoon has reviewed the report for quality, but the claims herein belong to the author. #DYOR Vested Interest Disclosure: business blogging program business blogging program

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There are many factors that make Ethereum a fundamentally different cryptocurrency from Bitcoin, and these crucial differences are playing out in real-time on Wall Street. Unlike the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of Bitcoin ETFs in January, July’s acceptance of spot Ethereum ETFs came as something of a surprise. The commission had long viewed Bitcoin as an exception in the crypto landscape, acknowledging other coins as ‘securities’ compared to BTC’s status as a commodity. Despite this, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, saw the launch of nine spot Ether exchange-traded funds on Wall Street. One month on, are market commentators ready to call the debut a success? Ether’s Mixed Results Investor sentiment for the new ETFs has been mixed. The brightest spot Ether ETF, BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF, has been well on course to surpass $1 billion in net inflows just one month on from its launch. Elsewhere, other funds have been less lucrative in terms of welcoming inflows. In fact, the fund with the second highest level of inflows is Fidelity’s Ethereum Fund, with less than $400 million recorded one month after launching. The elephant in the room is Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust, which has recorded significant outflows due to its relatively high fee structure. With nearly $2.5 billion in outflows from this ETF, the total cumulative flow for Ether ETFs is negative by almost $500 million. Bitcoin Comparisons are Hasty According to estimates from Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, the demand for spot Ethereum ETFs could settle at around 15% to 20% of what we’ve seen for Bitcoin ETFs. There are many reasons why Ethereum commanding around one-fifth of Bitcoin’s ETF market inflows is logical. Firstly, as the oldest and most popular cryptocurrency in the world, Bitcoin has fewer technological capabilities than Ether, making it more comparable to gold. Meanwhile, Ethereum’s newer, more advanced blockchain frameworks mean it can host decentralized finance (DeFi) projects and other emerging technologies, making it more comparable to oil. At least this is the view of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). Despite this, Bitcoin’s ETFs have also been vulnerable to substantial outflows of late, owing to a larger contraction of the cryptocurrency market and Wall Street’s recent stock sell-offs in early August. Crucially, Bitcoin’s status as ‘digital gold’ and the cyclical nature of the coin’s halving events, making the asset marginally more predictable, mean that its ETFs are more likely to see major institutional inflows like the $600 million Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley invested in spot Bitcoin ETFs. Battling ETH’s Downturn While the launch of Bitcoin’s ETFs brought a subsequent cryptocurrency rally towards a fresh all-time high value for BTC, no such good fortune appears forthcoming for Ether. In fact, the cryptocurrency has fallen 26% since its exchange-traded funds launched on Wall Street, with the coin’s supply increasing by 60,555 over the same period. Unlike Bitcoin’s fixed supply, which means no more than 21 million BTC can ever be minted, no such limits exist for Ether, meaning that its scarcity won’t play the same role in determining its value as Bitcoin. Although it’s worrying to see Ether struggle in the wake of net outflows for spot Ethereum ETFs, Aurelie Barthere, principal research analyst at analytics platform Nansen, highlights that Bitcoin has also been falling significantly over the same period, indicating that Ether’s downturn is more likely related to falling risk appetite among investors. It’s also worth noting that Wall Street’s market crash in early August was another challenge that Bitcoin didn’t have to encounter during its strong post-ETF rally in early 2024. Ethereum’s Unique Challenges Unlike Bitcoin, which enjoys a market dominance of more than 56% throughout the cryptocurrency landscape, Ethereum’s status as the world’s biggest altcoin is far from assured in the long term. Since its 2015 launch, Ethereum has relied on its status as a popular, technically advanced blockchain that developers use to host their DeFi projects. This has made ETH a cryptocurrency that’s closely linked to the burgeoning NFT landscape and blockchain innovations like smart contracts and P2P lending. However, now that the asset is approaching its 10th birthday, there are many newer, more advanced blockchains that offer faster transaction speeds and lower costs than Ethereum. Because of this, Ethereum is constantly having to evolve to fend off the chasing pack, a challenge that Bitcoin has never needed to counter. One specific threat can be found in Solana. With far lower transaction fees, less network congestion, and its innovative Proof-of-History consensus mechanism, Solana could be a tangible long-term threat to Ethereum, making investing in its ETFs a riskier prospect. Despite this, we may actually see Ethereum’s spot ETF act as a driving force for maintaining its status as a leader in blockchain technology. With long-term Wall Street adoption, even if it’s at 20% the scale of Bitcoin, Ethereum’s institutional acceptance could help to see off its plucky challengers throughout the crypto landscape. “Institutional investors familiar with ETFs as a financial instrument may be more inclined to invest in Ethereum through these funds,” highlights Maxim Manturov, head of investment research at Freedom24. “This could lead to substantial capital inflows and further growth and development of the Ethereum ecosystem.” Have Spot Ethererum ETFs Been a Success? The flows surrounding spot Ethereum ETFs one month from their launch make for difficult reading. However, it’s worth noting that the exchange-traded funds had the misfortune of launching just weeks before a major market crash occurred. For investors looking to embrace Ether on Wall Street, we may see spot Ethereum ETFs act as a strong foundation for growth that sees Ethereum fend off its technical competitors and reaffirm its status as the cryptocurrency landscape’s most functional altcoin. With expectations of a cryptocurrency market bull run in late 2024 and early 2025 still high, the success of spot Ethereum ETFs could be realized a little later down the line. For now, we’re still waiting for investors to really embrace this risky altcoin play. There are many factors that make Ethereum a fundamentally different cryptocurrency from Bitcoin, and these crucial differences are playing out in real-time on Wall Street. Ethereum Unlike the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s approval of Bitcoin ETFs in January, July’s acceptance of spot Ethereum ETFs came as something of a surprise. The commission had long viewed Bitcoin as an exception in the crypto landscape, acknowledging other coins as ‘securities’ compared to BTC’s status as a commodity. viewed Bitcoin as an exception viewed Bitcoin as an exception Despite this, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, saw the launch of nine spot Ether exchange-traded funds on Wall Street. One month on, are market commentators ready to call the debut a success? Ether’s Mixed Results Investor sentiment for the new ETFs has been mixed. The brightest spot Ether ETF, BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF, has been well on course to surpass $1 billion in net inflows just one month on from its launch. on course to surpass $1 billion on course to surpass $1 billion Elsewhere, other funds have been less lucrative in terms of welcoming inflows. In fact, the fund with the second highest level of inflows is Fidelity’s Ethereum Fund, with less than $400 million recorded one month after launching. The elephant in the room is Grayscale’s Ethereum Trust, which has recorded significant outflows due to its relatively high fee structure. With nearly $2.5 billion in outflows from this ETF, the total cumulative flow for Ether ETFs is negative by almost $500 million. Bitcoin Comparisons are Hasty According to estimates from Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas, the demand for spot Ethereum ETFs could settle at around 15% to 20% of what we’ve seen for Bitcoin ETFs. settle at around 15% to 20% settle at around 15% to 20% There are many reasons why Ethereum commanding around one-fifth of Bitcoin’s ETF market inflows is logical. Firstly, as the oldest and most popular cryptocurrency in the world, Bitcoin has fewer technological capabilities than Ether, making it more comparable to gold. Meanwhile, Ethereum’s newer, more advanced blockchain frameworks mean it can host decentralized finance (DeFi) projects and other emerging technologies, making it more comparable to oil. At least this is the view of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). this is the view this is the view Despite this, Bitcoin’s ETFs have also been vulnerable to substantial outflows of late, owing to a larger contraction of the cryptocurrency market and Wall Street’s recent stock sell-offs in early August. substantial outflows substantial outflows Crucially, Bitcoin’s status as ‘digital gold’ and the cyclical nature of the coin’s halving events, making the asset marginally more predictable, mean that its ETFs are more likely to see major institutional inflows like the $600 million Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley invested in spot Bitcoin ETFs. $600 million Goldman Sachs $600 million Goldman Sachs Battling ETH’s Downturn While the launch of Bitcoin’s ETFs brought a subsequent cryptocurrency rally towards a fresh all-time high value for BTC, no such good fortune appears forthcoming for Ether. In fact, the cryptocurrency has fallen 26% since its exchange-traded funds launched on Wall Street, with the coin’s supply increasing by 60,555 over the same period. fallen 26% fallen 26% Unlike Bitcoin’s fixed supply, which means no more than 21 million BTC can ever be minted, no such limits exist for Ether, meaning that its scarcity won’t play the same role in determining its value as Bitcoin. Although it’s worrying to see Ether struggle in the wake of net outflows for spot Ethereum ETFs, Aurelie Barthere, principal research analyst at analytics platform Nansen, highlights that Bitcoin has also been falling significantly over the same period, indicating that Ether’s downturn is more likely related to falling risk appetite among investors. related to falling risk appetite related to falling risk appetite It’s also worth noting that Wall Street’s market crash in early August was another challenge that Bitcoin didn’t have to encounter during its strong post-ETF rally in early 2024. Ethereum’s Unique Challenges Unlike Bitcoin, which enjoys a market dominance of more than 56% throughout the cryptocurrency landscape, Ethereum’s status as the world’s biggest altcoin is far from assured in the long term. more than 56% more than 56% Since its 2015 launch, Ethereum has relied on its status as a popular, technically advanced blockchain that developers use to host their DeFi projects. This has made ETH a cryptocurrency that’s closely linked to the burgeoning NFT landscape and blockchain innovations like smart contracts and P2P lending. However, now that the asset is approaching its 10th birthday, there are many newer, more advanced blockchains that offer faster transaction speeds and lower costs than Ethereum. Because of this, Ethereum is constantly having to evolve to fend off the chasing pack, a challenge that Bitcoin has never needed to counter. One specific threat can be found in Solana. With far lower transaction fees , less network congestion, and its innovative Proof-of-History consensus mechanism, Solana could be a tangible long-term threat to Ethereum, making investing in its ETFs a riskier prospect. far lower transaction fees far lower transaction fees Despite this, we may actually see Ethereum’s spot ETF act as a driving force for maintaining its status as a leader in blockchain technology. With long-term Wall Street adoption, even if it’s at 20% the scale of Bitcoin, Ethereum’s institutional acceptance could help to see off its plucky challengers throughout the crypto landscape. “Institutional investors familiar with ETFs as a financial instrument may be more inclined to invest in Ethereum through these funds,” highlights Maxim Manturov, head of investment research at Freedom24 . “This could lead to substantial capital inflows and further growth and development of the Ethereum ecosystem.” Freedom24 Freedom24 Have Spot Ethererum ETFs Been a Success? The flows surrounding spot Ethereum ETFs one month from their launch make for difficult reading. However, it’s worth noting that the exchange-traded funds had the misfortune of launching just weeks before a major market crash occurred. For investors looking to embrace Ether on Wall Street, we may see spot Ethereum ETFs act as a strong foundation for growth that sees Ethereum fend off its technical competitors and reaffirm its status as the cryptocurrency landscape’s most functional altcoin. With expectations of a cryptocurrency market bull run in late 2024 and early 2025 still high, the success of spot Ethereum ETFs could be realized a little later down the line. For now, we’re still waiting for investors to really embrace this risky altcoin play.

One Month On, Have Spot Ethereum ETFs Been a Success?

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Pitching is extremely important in the world of traditional finance. Most clients come from professions other than finance, so their financial advisors present various options for them to choose. Obviously, the end goal for any investment firm is to earn their commissions. At times, they can offer risky products for wealthy clients, although in most cases such firms tend to be rather conservative in order to have a long business relationship with their clients. Before the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, U.S. financial advisors had nothing to offer for their clients. Cryptos were considered risky and traded on crypto exchanges. However, things have changed materially when spot crypto ETFs have started to trade on traditional exchanges. Now, financial advisors have something to pitch to their clients. First, they needed a nod from their investment firm. Finally, it looks like big firms are ready to start pitching crypto ETFs. According to a recent CNBC report, Morgan Stanley has decided to allow its financial advisors to offer spot Bitcoin ETFs to eligible clients. Morgan Stanley plans to offer iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT, managed by BlackRock) and Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC, managed by Fidelity). This is an extremely important development for Bitcoin and crypto in general. Morgan Stanley is one of the biggest asset managers in the world, and its clients can move markets. Crypto fans often believe that since Bitcoin is so popular, everyone knows about it and wants to invest. In reality, this is not the case. For many investors, finance is not a profession, so they rely on brokers and investment firms for advice. Such investors need a “stamp of approval” from their advisors before they are ready to invest in a certain asset. Crypto is still considered risky by many investors, despite surviving multiple crises. In this light, pitching from Morgan Stanley can make a difference for Bitcoin markets and bring new Bitcoin buyers. The investment world is extremely competitive. Most likely, other asset managers are not going to sit idle, watching how Morgan Stanley offers the hot product to its clients. Most of them will join Morgan Stanley soon. Thus, the flow of money into spot Bitcoin ETFs would grow, raising demand for Bitcoin and pushing its price higher. If everything goes well, we can expect to see the first impact closer to the end of 2024. Interestingly, BlackRock believes that crypto ETFs will be included in model portfolios by the end of this year. This would be a major development for crypto markets as many people follow such portfolios and make their investment decisions accordingly. The inclusion of crypto ETFs into model portfolios will surely bring more money into crypto markets. The key advantage for private investors who do not rely on financial advisors or model portfolios is that they can buy Bitcoin at any time. Moreover, they can own real Bitcoin instead of using intermediaries like BlackRock and paying them commissions. There are few situations in the market when the small guy has an edge over a large investment firm, so don’t hesitate to use your advantage. Pitching is extremely important in the world of traditional finance. Most clients come from professions other than finance, so their financial advisors present various options for them to choose. Pitching is extremely important in the world of traditional finance. Most clients come from professions other than finance, so their financial advisors present various options for them to choose. Obviously, the end goal for any investment firm is to earn their commissions. At times, they can offer risky products for wealthy clients, although in most cases such firms tend to be rather conservative in order to have a long business relationship with their clients. Before the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, U.S. financial advisors had nothing to offer for their clients. Cryptos were considered risky and traded on crypto exchanges. However, things have changed materially when spot crypto ETFs have started to trade on traditional exchanges. Now, financial advisors have something to pitch to their clients. First, they needed a nod from their investment firm. Finally, it looks like big firms are ready to start pitching crypto ETFs. According to a recent CNBC report , Morgan Stanley has decided to allow its financial advisors to offer spot Bitcoin ETFs to eligible clients. Morgan Stanley plans to offer iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT, managed by BlackRock) and Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC, managed by Fidelity). report report This is an extremely important development for Bitcoin and crypto in general. Morgan Stanley is one of the biggest asset managers in the world, and its clients can move markets. Crypto fans often believe that since Bitcoin is so popular, everyone knows about it and wants to invest. In reality, this is not the case. For many investors, finance is not a profession, so they rely on brokers and investment firms for advice. Such investors need a “stamp of approval” from their advisors before they are ready to invest in a certain asset. Crypto is still considered risky by many investors, despite surviving multiple crises. In this light, pitching from Morgan Stanley can make a difference for Bitcoin markets and bring new Bitcoin buyers. The investment world is extremely competitive. Most likely, other asset managers are not going to sit idle, watching how Morgan Stanley offers the hot product to its clients. Most of them will join Morgan Stanley soon. Thus, the flow of money into spot Bitcoin ETFs would grow, raising demand for Bitcoin and pushing its price higher. If everything goes well, we can expect to see the first impact closer to the end of 2024. Interestingly, BlackRock believes that crypto ETFs will be included in model portfolios by the end of this year. This would be a major development for crypto markets as many people follow such portfolios and make their investment decisions accordingly. The inclusion of crypto ETFs into model portfolios will surely bring more money into crypto markets. believes believes The key advantage for private investors who do not rely on financial advisors or model portfolios is that they can buy Bitcoin at any time. Moreover, they can own real Bitcoin instead of using intermediaries like BlackRock and paying them commissions. There are few situations in the market when the small guy has an edge over a large investment firm, so don’t hesitate to use your advantage.

More Money Could Be Coming Into Bitcoin ETFs Soon

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The launch of nine-spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) heralded a brave new world for cryptocurrency adoption on Wall Street, with the world’s largest altcoin amassing over $1 billion in trading volumes on its first day. Is the ETH ETF’s performance a statement of intent? Or a flash in the pan? Spot Ether ETFs commanded an opening day cumulative trading volume of $1.08 billion. This total has been heralded as a success by James Seyffart, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, with BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) drawing in $266 million in investment. Ether’s opening day attracted around 23% of the total trading volume experienced by Bitcoin on the first day of trading for the cryptocurrency’s spot BTC ETFs in January 2024. While it would be fanciful for investors to expect Ether to emulate Bitcoin’s success as the most successful ETF launch in financial history, the cryptocurrency’s superior functionality has often caused its biggest supporters to speculate that Ethereum could one day replace Bitcoin as the world’s most dominant cryptocurrency. Early Warning Signs On its second day, spot Ether ETFs experienced a dip in trading to $951 million in cumulative trading volume, representing a logical dip in the wake of its opening day furor. Despite this relatively strong start to life on Wall Street, there are some warning signs that the impact of the ETH ETF may not be all it seems. The value of Ethereum, the cryptocurrency attached to the spot Ether ETF, fell almost 10% on the second day of trading. The cause for this stemmed from concerns over the hefty $133 million outflows for the exchange-traded fund at such an early stage in its launch. The underlying asset tumbled to a value of around $3,150, pushing the coin further adrift from its all-time high of $4,878, recorded in November 2021. Perhaps more worrying is that Ethereum has failed to generate meaningful momentum since Q1 2024, when the cryptocurrency was driven higher by Bitcoin’s post-ETF rally. Despite the SEC’s approval of spot Ether ETFs in May, ETH ended Q2 2024 lower than the first quarter. So why has Ethereum failed to rally as a result of its exchange-traded fund? One solution could be that investors were more willing to sell the news than treat it as a long-term hold opportunity. The other, more worryingly, is that investors don’t have enough faith in the longevity of Ethereum. Measuring the Significance of Ether Although it’s fair to say that Ether and Bitcoin are extremely different cryptocurrencies, it’s actually Ethereum that has a technical advantage over its more famous counterpart. Bitcoin’s market capitalization of $1.28 trillion is a major draw for investors due to its scarcity and pre-programmed halving mechanism that’s expected to keep its long-term value rising. Ethereum, however, is far less scarce but offers significant technical advantages that Bitcoin could never compete with. Today, Ether is a driving force in the thriving decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Powering major blockchain innovations like smart contracts, new consensus mechanisms, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, and much more, Ethereum ETFs offer investors the chance to buy into the next generation of financial technology. “Overall, the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs is likely to lead to wider adoption, greater market liquidity, and increased legitimacy for Ethereum, as well as potentially increasing institutional investment and positively impacting the broader cryptocurrency market,” explained Maxim Manturov, head of investment research at Freedom24. It’s this element of increased legitimacy that could be telling in the future. The arrival of ETH ETFs on Wall Street could see more confidence in Ethereum’s DeFi projects grow, helping to drive more Ethereum blockchain adoption. Threats to Ethereum’s DeFi Dominance If comparisons between Ethereum and Bitcoin are illogical because of how different both cryptocurrencies are, it may be more useful to compare the former with its younger rival, Solana. While Ethereum has grown around 70% over the past year, Solana has rallied more than 630% and has consistently been described as an ‘Ethereum killer’. Packed with a more advanced blockchain that facilitates faster network speeds and lower gas fees, Solana has been building momentum in recent months. So, could Ethereum fall into trouble in the face of mounting competition? Solana’s co-founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, believes that Solana and Ethereum should be seen as a more collaborative presence within the cryptocurrency landscape, with both blockchains capable of coexistence. Is it Time to Buy Ethereum’s ETF? Although Ethereum will certainly face challenges to its position as a leader in decentralized finance as the space continues to grow, it’s worth investors celebrating the contrasts between Ether and Bitcoin. While both assets have a key role to play in the future of cryptocurrencies, Ethereum’s functionality makes it fundamentally different from Bitcoin. While this means that some of the excitement surrounding the asset’s arrival on Wall Street has been muted, Ether’s more dynamic market proposition could pay dividends as a long-term hold. The launch of nine-spot Ether exchange-traded funds (ETFs) heralded a brave new world for cryptocurrency adoption on Wall Street, with the world’s largest altcoin amassing over $1 billion in trading volumes on its first day. Is the ETH ETF’s performance a statement of intent? Or a flash in the pan? Spot Ether ETFs commanded an opening day cumulative trading volume of $1.08 billion. This total has been heralded as a success by James Seyffart, senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg, with BlackRock’s iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) drawing in $266 million in investment. heralded as a success heralded as a success Ether’s opening day attracted around 23% of the total trading volume experienced by Bitcoin on the first day of trading for the cryptocurrency’s spot BTC ETFs in January 2024. While it would be fanciful for investors to expect Ether to emulate Bitcoin’s success as the most successful ETF launch in financial history, the cryptocurrency’s superior functionality has often caused its biggest supporters to speculate that Ethereum could one day replace Bitcoin as the world’s most dominant cryptocurrency. most successful ETF launch most successful ETF launch Early Warning Signs On its second day, spot Ether ETFs experienced a dip in trading to $951 million in cumulative trading volume, representing a logical dip in the wake of its opening day furor. dip in trading to $951 million dip in trading to $951 million Despite this relatively strong start to life on Wall Street, there are some warning signs that the impact of the ETH ETF may not be all it seems. The value of Ethereum , the cryptocurrency attached to the spot Ether ETF, fell almost 10% on the second day of trading. The cause for this stemmed from concerns over the hefty $133 million outflows for the exchange-traded fund at such an early stage in its launch. Ethereum The underlying asset tumbled to a value of around $3,150, pushing the coin further adrift from its all-time high of $4,878, recorded in November 2021. Perhaps more worrying is that Ethereum has failed to generate meaningful momentum since Q1 2024, when the cryptocurrency was driven higher by Bitcoin’s post-ETF rally. Despite the SEC’s approval of spot Ether ETFs in May, ETH ended Q2 2024 lower than the first quarter. So why has Ethereum failed to rally as a result of its exchange-traded fund? One solution could be that investors were more willing to sell the news than treat it as a long-term hold opportunity. The other, more worryingly, is that investors don’t have enough faith in the longevity of Ethereum. Measuring the Significance of Ether Although it’s fair to say that Ether and Bitcoin are extremely different cryptocurrencies, it’s actually Ethereum that has a technical advantage over its more famous counterpart. Bitcoin’s market capitalization of $1.28 trillion is a major draw for investors due to its scarcity and pre-programmed halving mechanism that’s expected to keep its long-term value rising. Ethereum, however, is far less scarce but offers significant technical advantages that Bitcoin could never compete with. Today, Ether is a driving force in the thriving decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. Powering major blockchain innovations like smart contracts, new consensus mechanisms, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, and much more, Ethereum ETFs offer investors the chance to buy into the next generation of financial technology. major blockchain innovations major blockchain innovations “Overall, the approval of spot Ethereum ETFs is likely to lead to wider adoption, greater market liquidity, and increased legitimacy for Ethereum, as well as potentially increasing institutional investment and positively impacting the broader cryptocurrency market,” explained Maxim Manturov, head of investment research at Freedom24. It’s this element of increased legitimacy that could be telling in the future. The arrival of ETH ETFs on Wall Street could see more confidence in Ethereum’s DeFi projects grow, helping to drive more Ethereum blockchain adoption. Threats to Ethereum’s DeFi Dominance If comparisons between Ethereum and Bitcoin are illogical because of how different both cryptocurrencies are, it may be more useful to compare the former with its younger rival, Solana. While Ethereum has grown around 70% over the past year, Solana has rallied more than 630% and has consistently been described as an ‘Ethereum killer’. Packed with a more advanced blockchain that facilitates faster network speeds and lower gas fees, Solana has been building momentum in recent months. So, could Ethereum fall into trouble in the face of mounting competition? more advanced blockchain more advanced blockchain Solana’s co-founder, Anatoly Yakovenko, believes that Solana and Ethereum should be seen as a more collaborative presence within the cryptocurrency landscape, with both blockchains capable of coexistence. Is it Time to Buy Ethereum’s ETF? Although Ethereum will certainly face challenges to its position as a leader in decentralized finance as the space continues to grow, it’s worth investors celebrating the contrasts between Ether and Bitcoin. While both assets have a key role to play in the future of cryptocurrencies, Ethereum’s functionality makes it fundamentally different from Bitcoin. While this means that some of the excitement surrounding the asset’s arrival on Wall Street has been muted, Ether’s more dynamic market proposition could pay dividends as a long-term hold.

Spot Ether EFTs Top $1 Billion in Volume But Bitcoin Comparisons Could be Short-Lived

Authors:
(1) Li Siyao, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University;
(2) Tianpei Gu, Lexica and Work completed at UCLA;
(3) Weiye Xiao, Southeast University;
(4) Henghui Ding, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University;
(5) Ziwei Liu, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University;
(6) Chen Change Loy, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University and a Corresponding Author. Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Work
Mixamo Line Art Dataset
Our Approach
Experiment
Conclusion and References 6. Conclusion In this study, we address the practical problem of cartoon line inbetweening and propose a novel approach that treats line arts as geometrized vector graphs. Unlike previous frame interpolation tasks on raster images, our approach formulates the inbetweening task as a graph fusion problem with vertex repositioning. We present a deep learning-based framework called AnimeInbet, which shows significant gains over existing methods in terms of both quantitative and qualitative evaluation. To facilitate training and evaluation on cartoon line inbetweening, we also provide a large-scale geometrized line art dataset, MixamoLine240. Our proposed framework and dataset facilitate a wide range of applications, such as anime production and multimedia design, and have significant practical implications. Acknowledgement. This research is supported by the National Research Foundation, Singapore under its AI Singapore Programme (AISG Award No: AISG-PhD/2021-01- 031[T]). It is also supported under the RIE2020 Industry Alignment Fund Industry Collaboration Projects (IAF-ICP) Funding Initiative, as well as cash and in-kind contribution from the industry partner(s). This study is partially supported by NTU NAP, MOE AcRF Tier 1 (2021-T1-001-088). References [1] Mixamo. https://www.mixamo.com/. 3 [2] Mikhail Belkin and Partha Niyogi. Laplacian eigenmaps for dimensionality reduction and data representation. Neural computation, 15(6):1373–1396, 2003. 5 [3] Leonardo Carvalho, Ricardo Marroquim, and Emilio Vital Brazil. Dilight: Digital light table–inbetweening for 2d animations using guidelines. Computers & Graphics, 2017. 3 [4] Evan Casey, V´ıctor Perez, and Zhuoru Li. The animation ´ transformer: Visual correspondence via segment matching. In ICCV, 2021. 1, 3 [5] Shuhong Chen and Matthias Zwicker. Improving the perceptual quality of 2d animation interpolation. In ECCV, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [6] Zhewei Huang, Tianyuan Zhang, Wen Heng, Boxin Shi, and Shuchang Zhou. Real-time intermediate flow estimation for video frame interpolation. In ECCV, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [7] Huaizu Jiang, Deqing Sun, Varun Jampani, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Erik Learned-Miller, and Jan Kautz. Super SloMo: High quality estimation of multiple intermediate frames for video interpolation. In CVPR, 2018. 2 [8] Kangyeol Kim, Sunghyun Park, Jaeseong Lee, Sunghyo Chung, Junsoo Lee, and Jaegul Choo. Animeceleb: Largescale animation celebheads dataset for head reenactment. In ECCV, 2022. 3 [9] Diederik Kingma and Jimmy Ba. Adam: A method for stochastic optimization. In ICLR, 2014. 7 [10] Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski. Digital reconstruction of halftoned color comics. ACM TOG, 31(6), 2012. 1, 3 [11] Xiaoyu Li, Bo Zhang, Jing Liao, and Pedro V. Sander. Deep sketch-guided cartoon video inbetweening. TVCG, 2020. 2 [12] Songtao Liu, Jin Huang, and Hao Zhang. End-to-end line drawing vectorization. In AAAI, 2022. 3, 4 [13] Ziwei Liu, Raymond A Yeh, Xiaoou Tang, Yiming Liu, and Aseem Agarwala. Video frame synthesis using deep voxel flow. In CVPR, 2017. 2 [14] Liying Lu, Ruizheng Wu, Huaijia Lin, Jiangbo Lu, and Jiaya Jia. Video frame interpolation with transformer. In CVPR, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [15] Haoran Mo, Edgar Simo-Serra, Chengying Gao, Changqing Zou, and Ruomei Wang. General virtual sketching framework for vector line art. In SIGGRAPH, 2021. 3, 4, 7, 9 [16] Rei Narita, Keigo Hirakawa, and Kiyoharu Aizawa. Optical flow based line drawing frame interpolation using distance transform to support inbetweenings. In ICIP, 2019. 7 [17] Simon Niklaus and Feng Liu. Context-aware synthesis for video frame interpolation. In CVPR, 2018. 2 [18] Simon Niklaus and Feng Liu. Softmax splatting for video frame interpolation. In CVPR, 2020. 2 [19] Simon Niklaus, Long Mai, and Feng Liu. Video frame interpolation via adaptive convolution. In CVPR, 2017. 2 [20] Simon Niklaus, Long Mai, and Feng Liu. Video frame interpolation via adaptive separable convolution. In ICCV, 2017. 2 [21] Junheum Park, Keunsoo Ko, Chul Lee, and Chang-Su Kim. Bmbc: Bilateral motion estimation with bilateral cost volume for video interpolation. In ECCV, 2020. 2 [22] Yingge Qu, Tien-Tsin Wong, and Pheng-Ann Heng. Manga colorization. ACM TOG, 25(3), 2006. 1, 3 [23] Fitsum Reda, Janne Kontkanen, Eric Tabellion, Deqing Sun, Caroline Pantofaru, and Brian Curless. Film: Frame interpolation for large motion. In ECCV, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [24] Paul-Edouard Sarlin, Daniel DeTone, Tomasz Malisiewicz, and Andrew Rabinovich. Superglue: Learning feature matching with graph neural networks. In CVPR, 2020. 5 [25] Maria Shugrina, Ziheng Liang, Amlan Kar, Jiaman Li, Angad Singh, Karan Singh, and Sanja Fidler. Creative flow+ dataset. In CVPR, 2019. 3 [26] Hyeonjun Sim, Jihyong Oh, and Munchurl Kim. Xvfi: extreme video frame interpolation. In ICCV, 2021. 2 [27] Edgar Simo-Serra, Satoshi Iizuka, and Hiroshi Ishikawa. Mastering sketching: Adversarial augmentation for structured prediction. ACM TOG, 37(1), 2018. 2 [28] Edgar Simo-Serra, Satoshi Iizuka, Kazuma Sasaki, and Hiroshi Ishikawa. Learning to simplify: Fully convolutional networks for rough sketch cleanup. ACM TOG, 35(4), 2016. 2 [29] Li Siyao, Yuhang Li, Bo Li, Chao Dong, Ziwei Liu, and Chen Change Loy. Animerun: 2d animation visual correspondence from open source 3d movies. In NeurIPS, 2022. 3 [30] Li Siyao, Shiyu Zhao, Weijiang Yu, Wenxiu Sun, Dimitris Metaxas, Chen Change Loy, and Ziwei Liu. Deep animation video interpolation in the wild. In CVPR, 2021. 2 [31] Jiaming Sun, Zehong Shen, Yuang Wang, Hujun Bao, and Xiaowei Zhou. Loftr: Detector-free local feature matching with transformers. In CVPR, 2021. 5 [32] D. Sykora, J. Buri ` anek, and J. ´ Zˇ ara. Unsupervised coloriza- ´ tion of black-and-white cartoons. In Int. Symp. NPAR, 2004. 1, 3 [33] Haofei Xu, Jing Zhang, Jianfei Cai, Hamid Rezatofighi, and Dacheng Tao. Gmflow: Learning optical flow via global matching. In CVPR, 2022. 5 [34] Xiangyu Xu, Li Siyao, Wenxiu Sun, Qian Yin, and MingHsuan Yang. Quadratic video interpolation. In NeurIPS, 2019. 2 [35] Wenwu Yang. Context-aware computer aided inbetweening. IEEE TVCG, 24(2):1049–1062, 2017. 3 [36] Chih-Yuan Yao, Shih-Hsuan Hung, Guo-Wei Li, I-Yu Chen, Reza Adhitya, and Yu-Chi Lai. Manga vectorization and manipulation with procedural simple screentone. IEEE TVCG, 23(2), 2016. 3, 4 [37] Lvmin Zhang and Maneesh Agrawala. Adding conditional control to text-to-image diffusion models. arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05543, 2023. 3 [38] Lvmin Zhang, Jinyue Jiang, Yi Ji, and Chunping Liu. Smartshadow: Artistic shadow drawing tool for line drawings. In ICCV, 2021. 1, 3 [39] Lvmin Zhang, Chengze Li, Tien-Tsin Wong, Yi Ji, and Chunping Liu. Two-stage sketch colorization. In SIGGRAPH, 2018. 1, 3 [40] Song-Hai Zhang, Tao Chen, Yi-Fei Zhang, Shi-Min Hu, and Ralph R. Martin. Vectorizing cartoon animations. IEEE TVCG, 15(4), 2009. 3, 4 This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license. Authors: (1) Li Siyao, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University; (2) Tianpei Gu, Lexica and Work completed at UCLA; (3) Weiye Xiao, Southeast University; (4) Henghui Ding, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University; (5) Ziwei Liu, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University; (6) Chen Change Loy, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University and a Corresponding Author. Authors: Authors: (1) Li Siyao, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University; (2) Tianpei Gu, Lexica and Work completed at UCLA; (3) Weiye Xiao, Southeast University; (4) Henghui Ding, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University; (5) Ziwei Liu, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University; (6) Chen Change Loy, S-Lab, Nanyang Technological University and a Corresponding Author. Table of Links Abstract and 1. Introduction Abstract and 1. Introduction Related Work Mixamo Line Art Dataset Our Approach Experiment Conclusion and References Related Work Related Work Mixamo Line Art Dataset Mixamo Line Art Dataset Our Approach Our Approach Experiment Experiment Conclusion and References Conclusion and References 6. Conclusion In this study, we address the practical problem of cartoon line inbetweening and propose a novel approach that treats line arts as geometrized vector graphs. Unlike previous frame interpolation tasks on raster images, our approach formulates the inbetweening task as a graph fusion problem with vertex repositioning. We present a deep learning-based framework called AnimeInbet , which shows significant gains over existing methods in terms of both quantitative and qualitative evaluation. To facilitate training and evaluation on cartoon line inbetweening, we also provide a large-scale geometrized line art dataset, MixamoLine240 . Our proposed framework and dataset facilitate a wide range of applications, such as anime production and multimedia design, and have significant practical implications. AnimeInbet MixamoLine240 Acknowledgement . This research is supported by the National Research Foundation, Singapore under its AI Singapore Programme (AISG Award No: AISG-PhD/2021-01- 031[T]). It is also supported under the RIE2020 Industry Alignment Fund Industry Collaboration Projects (IAF-ICP) Funding Initiative, as well as cash and in-kind contribution from the industry partner(s). This study is partially supported by NTU NAP, MOE AcRF Tier 1 (2021-T1-001-088). Acknowledgement References [1] Mixamo. https://www.mixamo.com/ . 3 https://www.mixamo.com/ [2] Mikhail Belkin and Partha Niyogi. Laplacian eigenmaps for dimensionality reduction and data representation. Neural computation, 15(6):1373–1396, 2003. 5 [3] Leonardo Carvalho, Ricardo Marroquim, and Emilio Vital Brazil. Dilight: Digital light table–inbetweening for 2d animations using guidelines. Computers & Graphics, 2017. 3 [4] Evan Casey, V´ıctor Perez, and Zhuoru Li. The animation ´ transformer: Visual correspondence via segment matching. In ICCV, 2021. 1, 3 [5] Shuhong Chen and Matthias Zwicker. Improving the perceptual quality of 2d animation interpolation. In ECCV, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [6] Zhewei Huang, Tianyuan Zhang, Wen Heng, Boxin Shi, and Shuchang Zhou. Real-time intermediate flow estimation for video frame interpolation. In ECCV, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [7] Huaizu Jiang, Deqing Sun, Varun Jampani, Ming-Hsuan Yang, Erik Learned-Miller, and Jan Kautz. Super SloMo: High quality estimation of multiple intermediate frames for video interpolation. In CVPR, 2018. 2 [8] Kangyeol Kim, Sunghyun Park, Jaeseong Lee, Sunghyo Chung, Junsoo Lee, and Jaegul Choo. Animeceleb: Largescale animation celebheads dataset for head reenactment. In ECCV, 2022. 3 [9] Diederik Kingma and Jimmy Ba. Adam: A method for stochastic optimization. In ICLR, 2014. 7 [10] Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski. Digital reconstruction of halftoned color comics. ACM TOG, 31(6), 2012. 1, 3 [11] Xiaoyu Li, Bo Zhang, Jing Liao, and Pedro V. Sander. Deep sketch-guided cartoon video inbetweening. TVCG, 2020. 2 [12] Songtao Liu, Jin Huang, and Hao Zhang. End-to-end line drawing vectorization. In AAAI, 2022. 3, 4 [13] Ziwei Liu, Raymond A Yeh, Xiaoou Tang, Yiming Liu, and Aseem Agarwala. Video frame synthesis using deep voxel flow. In CVPR, 2017. 2 [14] Liying Lu, Ruizheng Wu, Huaijia Lin, Jiangbo Lu, and Jiaya Jia. Video frame interpolation with transformer. In CVPR, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [15] Haoran Mo, Edgar Simo-Serra, Chengying Gao, Changqing Zou, and Ruomei Wang. General virtual sketching framework for vector line art. In SIGGRAPH, 2021. 3, 4, 7, 9 [16] Rei Narita, Keigo Hirakawa, and Kiyoharu Aizawa. Optical flow based line drawing frame interpolation using distance transform to support inbetweenings. In ICIP, 2019. 7 [17] Simon Niklaus and Feng Liu. Context-aware synthesis for video frame interpolation. In CVPR, 2018. 2 [18] Simon Niklaus and Feng Liu. Softmax splatting for video frame interpolation. In CVPR, 2020. 2 [19] Simon Niklaus, Long Mai, and Feng Liu. Video frame interpolation via adaptive convolution. In CVPR, 2017. 2 [20] Simon Niklaus, Long Mai, and Feng Liu. Video frame interpolation via adaptive separable convolution. In ICCV, 2017. 2 [21] Junheum Park, Keunsoo Ko, Chul Lee, and Chang-Su Kim. Bmbc: Bilateral motion estimation with bilateral cost volume for video interpolation. In ECCV, 2020. 2 [22] Yingge Qu, Tien-Tsin Wong, and Pheng-Ann Heng. Manga colorization. ACM TOG, 25(3), 2006. 1, 3 [23] Fitsum Reda, Janne Kontkanen, Eric Tabellion, Deqing Sun, Caroline Pantofaru, and Brian Curless. Film: Frame interpolation for large motion. In ECCV, 2022. 1, 2, 6, 7 [24] Paul-Edouard Sarlin, Daniel DeTone, Tomasz Malisiewicz, and Andrew Rabinovich. Superglue: Learning feature matching with graph neural networks. In CVPR, 2020. 5 [25] Maria Shugrina, Ziheng Liang, Amlan Kar, Jiaman Li, Angad Singh, Karan Singh, and Sanja Fidler. Creative flow+ dataset. In CVPR, 2019. 3 [26] Hyeonjun Sim, Jihyong Oh, and Munchurl Kim. Xvfi: extreme video frame interpolation. In ICCV, 2021. 2 [27] Edgar Simo-Serra, Satoshi Iizuka, and Hiroshi Ishikawa. Mastering sketching: Adversarial augmentation for structured prediction. ACM TOG, 37(1), 2018. 2 [28] Edgar Simo-Serra, Satoshi Iizuka, Kazuma Sasaki, and Hiroshi Ishikawa. Learning to simplify: Fully convolutional networks for rough sketch cleanup. ACM TOG, 35(4), 2016. 2 [29] Li Siyao, Yuhang Li, Bo Li, Chao Dong, Ziwei Liu, and Chen Change Loy. Animerun: 2d animation visual correspondence from open source 3d movies. In NeurIPS, 2022. 3 [30] Li Siyao, Shiyu Zhao, Weijiang Yu, Wenxiu Sun, Dimitris Metaxas, Chen Change Loy, and Ziwei Liu. Deep animation video interpolation in the wild. In CVPR, 2021. 2 [31] Jiaming Sun, Zehong Shen, Yuang Wang, Hujun Bao, and Xiaowei Zhou. Loftr: Detector-free local feature matching with transformers. In CVPR, 2021. 5 [32] D. Sykora, J. Buri ` anek, and J. ´ Zˇ ara. Unsupervised coloriza- ´ tion of black-and-white cartoons. In Int. Symp. NPAR, 2004. 1, 3 [33] Haofei Xu, Jing Zhang, Jianfei Cai, Hamid Rezatofighi, and Dacheng Tao. Gmflow: Learning optical flow via global matching. In CVPR, 2022. 5 [34] Xiangyu Xu, Li Siyao, Wenxiu Sun, Qian Yin, and MingHsuan Yang. Quadratic video interpolation. In NeurIPS, 2019. 2 [35] Wenwu Yang. Context-aware computer aided inbetweening. IEEE TVCG, 24(2):1049–1062, 2017. 3 [36] Chih-Yuan Yao, Shih-Hsuan Hung, Guo-Wei Li, I-Yu Chen, Reza Adhitya, and Yu-Chi Lai. Manga vectorization and manipulation with procedural simple screentone. IEEE TVCG, 23(2), 2016. 3, 4 [37] Lvmin Zhang and Maneesh Agrawala. Adding conditional control to text-to-image diffusion models. arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.05543, 2023. 3 [38] Lvmin Zhang, Jinyue Jiang, Yi Ji, and Chunping Liu. Smartshadow: Artistic shadow drawing tool for line drawings. In ICCV, 2021. 1, 3 [39] Lvmin Zhang, Chengze Li, Tien-Tsin Wong, Yi Ji, and Chunping Liu. Two-stage sketch colorization. In SIGGRAPH, 2018. 1, 3 [40] Song-Hai Zhang, Tao Chen, Yi-Fei Zhang, Shi-Min Hu, and Ralph R. Martin. Vectorizing cartoon animations. IEEE TVCG, 15(4), 2009. 3, 4 This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license. This paper is available on arxiv under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 DEED license. available on arxiv

Deep Geometrized Cartoon Line Inbetweening: Conclusion and References

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The ETFs themselves will boost demand for spot crypto, providing additional support for another bull run. Half a year has passed since the historic approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, so it’s high time to take a look at first results. The new product has clearly gained steam. According to the CEO of CryptoQuant, spot Bitcoin ETFs already account for a quarter of Bitcoin trading volume. ETFs have quickly gained their market share and have become significant players in Bitcoin markets. Assets under management (AUM) of spot Bitcoin ETFs total about $50 billion. At its peak, the AUM of spot Bitcoin ETFs exceeded $60 billion. It should be noted that AUM depends on both clients’ activity (whether they deposit or withdraw money) and fluctuations in Bitcoin price. Thus, it’s not surprising to see that AUM pulled back from highs as BTC has corrected from the highs that were reached back in March. Importantly, the pullback in crypto markets did not lead to an exodus from ETFs, whose AUM dropped mostly in line with the price of Bitcoin. The leading ETFs are iShares Bitcoin Trust (a BlackRock fund), Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (a market veteran that was able to convert its fund into a spot ETF when the SEC approved such products), and Fidelity Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund. These funds control more than 85% of the spot ETF market. High concentration is usual in both traditional and crypto markets. For example, the combined market share of BTC and ETH exceeds 70%. In the U.S. stock market, leading tech firms also have an outsized influence on general market dynamics. It is already obvious that spot Bitcoin ETFs are a huge success. These products cater to investors who have been unwilling to buy Bitcoin at crypto exchanges or via p2p and open the door for institutional money. At this point, spot Bitcoin ETFs serve as a bridge between traditional finance and crypto. Currently, the market is waiting for the launch of spot Ether ETFs. The SEC is playing its usual game, asking for more paperwork and disclosures. However, the endgame is clear: spot Ether ETFs would be approved, providing traditional markets’ investors with an opportunity to invest in ETH without moving out of their usual infrastructure. Hardcore crypto fans would argue that using spot ETFs is not the correct way to invest in crypto, but real life shows that crypto ETFs boost demand for crypto, which benefits all. Demand for spot crypto ETFs is not limited to BTC and ETH products. Spot SOL ETFs may be coming next. VanEck and 21Shares have already filed paperwork related to the potential launch of SOL ETFs. VanEck VanEck 21Shares 21Shares Most likely, such ETFs would not be launched this year, as the SEC is not in a hurry to approve crypto-related products. However, the trend is obvious: the number of spot crypto ETFs will continue to grow due to the high demand for such products. 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