Despite ostensibly strong macro indicators through the week – including a GDP print well above expectations, core PCE in line with consensus, and a W/W retreat in US Treasury yields – equities traded poorly, with the S&P entering a 10%+ correction for the first time since October 2022. Meanwhile, bitcoin put up another strong showing, gaining another ~15% after last week’s +10% move (which also coincided with a broad selloff in traditional markets). While it’s far too early to call a “bitcoin decoupling,” we’re once again encouraged by bitcoin’s ongoing resilience in the face of heightened anxiety among investors, particularly coming off a year of very public meltdowns and fraud revelations in the adjacent “crypto” space. Even more importantly, this week exhibited a continued robust pace of innovation from the companies in our portfolio, including exciting new releases from Cathedra, Mutiny, and Coinkite. All Ten31 portfolio companies have remained obsessively focused on iterating and developing regardless of macro noise and bitcoin’s price action, and we expect this to pay significant dividends into bitcoin’s next bull cycle.
