Introduction
The MunAiMarkets Bitcoin/Ethereum Crypto Portfolio tracks the performance of the Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC) and the Grayscale Ethereum Mini Trust (ETH) and In February they went DOWN 23.6%, on average, (-17.1% and -33.1%, respectively,) on concerns over trade tariffs, inflation, and potential changes in monetary policy and the recent wave of major crypto hacks.
The decline continued in March. going DOWN 5,7% MTD, on average, with ETH DOWN 14.7% and BTC DOWN 0.7%.
Please note: For
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- the reasons behind the price change in a specific ETF go HERE and ask “Why did x ETF change price so much this month?”
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The BTC is:
- Bitcoin is a decentralized digital currency that can be transferred on a peer-to-peer (P2P) network without the need for any central authority. Its transactions are stored in an immutable distributed ledger called the blockchain.
- The BTC is a passively managed exchange-traded fund offering exposure to the daily USD spot price of Bitcoin, less expenses and liabilities,
- has a management fee of only 0.15%, which is the lowest in the sector and includes all of the costs associated with administration and safekeeping of the underlying Bitcoin. There are no other fees.
- currently has $3.41B in assets under management,
- trades on NYSE Arca, and
- is available through your brokerage account.
The ETH is:
- Ethereum is a blockchain-based distributed platform designed to be scalable, decentralized, and programmable.
- The ETH is a passively managed exchange-traded fund offering exposure to the daily USD spot price of Ethereum, less expenses and liabilities,
- has a management fee of only 0.15%, which is the lowest in the sector and includes all of the costs associated with administration and safekeeping of the underlying Ethereum. There are no other fees.
- currently has $912.74M in assets under management,
- trades on NYSE Arca and is available through your brokerage account.:
What Is the Difference Between Bitcoin and Ethereum?
In summary, while both Bitcoin and Ethereum operate on blockchain technology, they have different goals, functionalities, and technical specifications. Bitcoin is primarily a digital currency, whereas Ethereum is a platform for decentralized applications and smart contracts. Specifically:
- Bitcoin aims to replace national currencies and act as a store of value while Ethereum aims to utilize blockchain technology for maintaining a decentralized payment network and storing computer code.
- Bitcoin has limited smart contract functionality while Ethereum allows for the creation of smart contracts, which are computer codes stored on a blockchain and executed when predetermined terms and conditions are met.
- Bitcoin uses the Proof-of-Work (PoW) consensus mechanism while Ethereum uses the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus mechanism.
- Bitcoin has a block time of 10 minutes while Ethereum has a block time of only 14 to 15 second.
- Bitcoin’s very high energy consumption and is much higher than Ethereum’s.
- Bitcoin is the most popular digital currency followed by Ether, the native currency of Ethereum.
- Bitcoin transactions are generally for keeping notes while Ethereum transactions may contain executable code.
- Bitcoin runs on the SHA-256 hash algorithm while Ethereum runs on the Keccak-256 hash algorithm.
- Bitcoin has a block limit of 1 MB while Ethereum does not have any block limit.
- Bitcoin miners receive nearly 6.25 BTC for successfully adding a new block while Ethereum miners receive nearly 5 ETH along with additional rewards for successfully adding a new block.
