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Grayscale Lists 2 New Bitcoin ETFs Offering Income From BTC Volatility

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Crypto asset manager Grayscale has listed two new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that offer investors a differentiated source of income through bitcoin’s (BTC) characteristic volatility.

The two New York Stock Exchange-listed funds will start trading on Wednesday.

The Bitcoin Covered Call ETF (BTCC) and Bitcoin Premium Income ETF (BPI) offer covered call writing strategies, which involves selling call options to generate income on the premium received.

Call options are derivatives contracts betting on the price of an asset rising. They give the holder the right, but not the obligation, to buy the asset at a predetermined price within a define period of time.

BTCC will write calls very close to spot prices to deliver income for investors seeking regular cash flow, with the options premiums possibly also providing a cushion against market downturns.

BPI meanwhile will target options with strike prices that are well out-of-the-money, meaning the price is much higher than the spot price. This would allow investors to participate in much of BTC’s upside potential while possibly benefiting from some dividend income, according to an emailed announcement from Grayscale on Wednesday.

The options contracts that both ETFs use will track other bitcoin ETFs, including Grayscale’s own Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and Bitcoin Mini Trust (BTC).

Despite the surge in institutional investment into BTC through spot ETFs since their introduction in January 2024, bitcoin’s volatility does not appear to be going anywhere for the time being.

After gaining nearly 48% in the fourth quarter, the largest cryptocurrency kicked off 2025 by losing 12% in the historically bullish first quarter. It rose by 72% and 69% in the first quarters of 2023 and 2024, respectively, according to data tracked by Coinglass.

Therefore, as institutional investors increase their exposure to bitcoin, there may be more demand for products such as Grayscale’s that can offer differentiated sources of income to cushion against this volatility.

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CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: Index Drops 4.7% Over Weekend as All Assets Decline

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CoinDesk Indices presents its daily market update, highlighting the performance of leaders and laggards in the CoinDesk 20 Index.

The CoinDesk 20 is currently trading at 3068.55, down 4.7% (-151.33) since 4 p.m. ET on Friday.

None of the twenty assets are trading higher.

9am CoinDesk 20 Update for 2025-05-19: full chart

Leaders: BTC (-1.2%) and XRP (-4.5%)

Laggards: AVAX (-8.6%) and UNI (-8.5%).

The CoinDesk 20 is a broad-based index traded on multiple platforms in several regions globally.

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BounceBit Pilots Bitcoin Trading Strategy Using BlackRock’s BUIDL as Collateral

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BounceBit, a crypto infrastructure provider using features from both centralized (CeFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi), has executed a bitcoin (BTC) derivatives trading strategy using BlackRock’s yield-generating tokenized money market fund, BUIDL, to enhance returns.

The strategy, to be rolled out to institutions and retail users, consisted of two main components: a bitcoin basis trade, involving a long position in the spot market while shorting futures, and a short position in BTC put options, both collateralized by BUIDL tokens.

The basis trade, also known as cash and carry arbitrage, alone generated an annualized yield of 4.7%, with put option writing contributing an additional 15%. Combined with the 4.25% return from BUIDL used as collateral, the total yield exceeded 24%.

Integrating BUIDL as collateral helped generate a higher return than strategies collateralized by stablecoins, which do not generate any return.

«This strategy allows investors to capture both Treasury Bill yields and funding rate arbitrage returns,» Jack Lu, founder and CEO of BounceBit said in a press release exclusively shared with CoinDesk.

«BounceBit bridges the gap between Western real-world asset issuers and Asian crypto trading infrastructure, providing new options for yield generation,» Lu said.

BounceBit is the native BTC restaking chain secured by staking both bitcoin and BounceBit tokens. The network allows BTC holders to earn yields through native validator staking, DeFi ecosystem and a CeFi-like mechanism powered by Ceffu and Mainnet Digital. As of writing, cryptocurrencies worth over $500 million were locked on BounceBit.

BounceBit plans to roll out the BUIDL-collateralised strategy to institutional and retail users soon. «The successful pilot is a proof of concept to our new product line BB Prime, which will be available to both retail and institutional users,» BounceBit’s spokesperson told CoinDesk.

«This strategy underpins BB Prime as a new class of CeDeFi applications built on top of RWAs which are traditionally troubled by a lack of utilities beyond just holding for t-bill yield, hindering mass adoption,» the spokesperson added.

BUIDL, launched in March 2024 by Securitize and BlackRock, is a tokenized investment fund operating on multiple blockchains, including Ethereum, Aptos and Polygon. The token, currently boasting a market cap of $2.88 billion, is backed by short-term U.S. government bonds, boasting a stable value pegged at one dollar per token.

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Crypto Investment Products Fully Recover From $7B Outflows Seen in February-March

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Crypto investment products brought in $785 million in inflows last week, pushing year-to-date totals to $7.5 billion and marking a full recovery from the nearly $7 billion withdrawn during February and March’s market correction.

The rebound was led by U.S.-based investors, who contributed $681 million, followed by $86.3 million from Germany and $24.2 million from Hong Kong. The latter saw its largest inflow since November 2024, according to CoinShares’ latest Digital Asset Fund flows report.

Bitcoin BTC products attracted the lion’s share of last week’s inflows at $557 million. That’s a step down from the previous week and comes as the U.S. Federal Reserve continues to signal a hawkish stance, possibly tempering investor enthusiasm.

The recovery is visible for U.S.-listed spot bitcoin ETFs specifically. After recording $3.56 billion outflows in February and $767 million in March, nearly $3 billion came in last month. So far in May, these funds brought in $2.64 billion, according to SoSoValue data.

Short bitcoin products saw their fourth consecutive week of inflows, suggesting some investors are hedging their bets or positioning for downside moves.

When it comes to altcoins, ether ETH products stood out. These brought in $205 million in inflow, the highest since March. That recovery was seemingly linked to the successful Pectra upgrade.

Only products invested in Solana SOL recorded net outflows among the top investment vehicles, losing just under $1 million for the week.

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