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Cryptocurrencies are the new Gold rush

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13 juli, 2017

as a consequence prices of tools used in mining cryptocurrencies are soaring, similar to the gold rush seen in the 19th century. Cryptocurrencies are the new Gold rush.

Cryptocurrency miners are a fickle group, flipping from one currency to the next depending on their ability to mine it cost effectively. Mining has been proving lucrative for them, but as a consequence prices of tools used in mining cryptocurrencies are soaring, similar to the gold rush seen in the 19th century. Cryptocurrencies are the new Gold rush.

During the California Gold Rush the tools used to mine rocketed in price. The gold pans needed typically cost US$0.20 prior to the rush in 1848 but then rose sharply within a few years to US$8.00. Given that an unskilled labourer’s salary was typically US$0.90 per day during that period this was a substantial investment.

News of the stratospheric rise in prices of popular cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum has prompted some large investors to develop mining server farms with significant processing power. It is a simple investment; once the mining infrastructure (a powerful processor to solve the algorithmic mining process) is setup and is autonomous, there is very little else to do other than worry about the fluctuating price and your breakeven point.

Cryptocurrency mining can be loosely divided into two main costs, the upfront costs of the hardware and the ongoing cost of power consumption. At current Ethereum prices, when taking into account volatility, it is possible for an investor to breakeven in less than 6 months depending on power costs. Consequently, these server farms are often in locations where power costs are low, improving the breakeven point.

The total mining infrstructure available for Ethereum is quantified by the hashrate (H/s) per second, defined as the speed at which a process is completed in the currencies’ code. In July 2015, this hashrate was 24GH/s, this July it has risen to an astonishing 65,577GH/s according to Etherscan.io. Clearly, there has been considerable growth in the Ethereum mining infrastructure.

Ethereum mining infrastructure capacity

This rise in popularity of Ethereum has also led to hobbyists building mining infrstructure using gaming graphics cards (GPUs). Hobbyist miners are building rigs often with up to 6 GPUs (much more than the single GPU needed for gaming) and consequently certain GPUs are rising rapidly in price and becoming scarce. The miners favour those graphic cards that have a high hashrate while being economic on electricity, this has led to a few very specific cards beings used.

It is normal for computer hardware prices to decline overtime as new models make them obsolete. This has not been the case for the Radeon RX480 GPU, which has risen 82% in recent months, and now superseded by the newer RX570 model, which has since risen 182% over the last month. In stark contrast to the GeForce GTX 1050 GPU prices, which is not popular amongst miners and subsequently barely risen over the same time period.

Prices for mining suitable & Non- suitable GPUs

Both these GPUs are extremely popular due to their high hashrate and power efficiency versus price and are currently very difficult to source on the open market.

It has become increasingly difficult to mine bitcoin due to the demanding processor power required, particularly for the hobbyist. This pushed many miners to switch to Ethereum creating significant volatility in both currencies, but it is now becoming increasingly difficult to mine Ethereum too.

We may find these hobbyists switching to a new cryptocurrency that requires less processor power to mine. This fickleness from miners is likely to exacerbate cryptocurrency volatility. Furthermore, it is becoming evident that GPUs are the gold pans of today, a boon for chipmakers.

James Butterfill, Head of Research & Investment Strategy at ETF Securities

James Butterfill joined ETF Securities as Head of Research & Investment Strategy in 2015. James is responsible for leading the strategic direction of the global research team, ensuring that clients receive up-to-date, expert insight into global macroeconomic and asset class specific developments.

James has a wealth of experience in strategy, economics and asset allocation gained at HSBC and most recently in his role as Multi- Asset Fund Manager and Global Equity Strategist at Coutts. James holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Exeter and an MSc in Geophysics from Keele University.

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Virtune noterar Virtune Sui ETP på Nasdaq Stockholm

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29 april, 2026

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Virtune, en svensk reglerad kapitalförvaltare av kryptotillgångar, meddelar noteringen av Virtune Sui ETP på Nasdaq Stockholm, den största börsen i Norden.

Virtune är en svensk kapitalförvaltare och emittent av fysiskt backade börshandlade produkter (ETPer) inom krypto. Sedan lanseringen 2023 har Virtune fått förtroende av mer än 160 000 investerare och har idag cirka 300 miljoner USD i förvaltat kapital (AUM), vilket stärker bolagets position som en av Europas ledande emittenter av reglerade krypto-ETPer. Bolaget har över 90% marknadsandel för krypto-ETNer på Nasdaq Nordics.

Om Virtune Sui ETP

Virtune Sui ETP är en fysiskt backad börshandlad produkt som är utformad för att erbjuda investerare ett säkert och kostnadseffektivt sätt att få exponering mot Sui. Detta möjliggörs genom en transparent och fysiskt backad struktur med institutionell säkerhetsnivå.

Viktig information om Virtune Sui ETP

• 1:1 exponering mot SUI

• 100% fysiskt uppbackad av SUI

• 0,95% årlig förvaltningsavgift

Virtune Sui ETP

• Fullständigt namn: Virtune Sui ETP

• Kortnamn: Virtune Sui

• Ticker: VIRSUI

• Handelsvaluta: SEK

• Första handelsdag: Tisdagen den 28 april 2026

• ISIN: SE0025159833

Om Sui

Sui (SUI) är en blockkedja av nästa generation som är utformad för att hantera höga transaktionsvolymer med nästan omedelbar slutgiltighet och låga avgifter. Drivs av programmeringsspråket Move och en innovativ objektcentrerad datamodell, vilket gör det möjligt för utvecklare att skapa skalbara applikationer såsom spel, DeFi och NFT:er samtidigt som en sömlös användarupplevelse levereras.

Christopher Kock, VD för Virtune:
“Vi är mycket glada över att fortsätta expandera vårt produkterbjudande på vår hemmamarknad, Nasdaq Stockholm. Idag noterar vi Virtune Sui ETP, en produkt som har varit efterlängtad av investerare runt om i Norden. ETP:n är nu tillgänglig via banker och nätmäklare i Norden, handlas i SEK och är 100% fysiskt backad av SUI.”

Kryptoinvesteringar är förknippat med hög risk. Virtune ger inte investeringsråd. Investeringar görs på egen risk. Värdepapper kan öka eller minska i värde, det finns ingen garanti att man får tillbaka investerat kapital. Läs prospekt, KID, villkor på www.virtune.com.

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Invesco: Gold signals a shifting world order without a new leader

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28 april, 2026

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The United States remains economically and financially dominant, but beneath the surface doubts are growing about how sustainable that position really is. According to Benjamin Jones, head of research at Invesco, the continued rise in gold suggests that investors are preparing for a world in which the balance of power is shifting, without any clear alternative leader emerging.

The US twin deficits

The joint, pre-2025 rally in US risk assets and the dollar sits uneasily with concerns over US fiscal and current-account deficits, a deteriorating Net International Investment Position (NIIP), reindustrialisation goals, and the secular rise in gold, explains Jones.

“In our view, the long-running rally in gold alongside high returns and rising concentration in dollar assets reflects two forces: a faltering world order and the economics of heavy US fiscal imbalances, rising external obligations, and persistent deficits; but also, the unique success of US firms in driving GDP growth, earnings and innovation. Ironically, that strength may itself increase the risk of a financial, currency or balance-of-payments shock in a geopolitical crisis.”

According to Jones, the sharp drop in the US NIIP has come as foreign claims outstrip US claims abroad. “This was driven less by foreign Treasury holdings, which have stabilised, and more by inflows into private-sector assets, especially equities, as investors embraced “US Exceptionalism” as shorthand for superior growth and financial performance relative to peers such as Western Europe and Japan. The result has been major inflows into US equities, corporate debt and private markets.”

Even though much of the increase in exposure has been to risk assets rather than bonds, large outflows could still threaten fiscal and financial stability, says Jones. “For now, trade barriers and efforts to weaken the dollar to promote reindustrialisation have prompted rebalancing away from US stocks, bonds and the dollar. Amid geopolitical tensions, weaker fiscal and external positions, and renewed protectionism and unpredictability, official investors and private investors have sharply increased gold purchases as a store of value.”

Heavy gold flow in financial markets

US financial leadership persists despite geoeconomic rebalancing toward rivals, Jones continues. “The US still leads in market capitalisation, turnover and liquidity, while the Treasury market remains the largest and deepest pool of debt issuance. Dollar liquidity is so high that trades <<between other currencies are often executed through the dollar. Global portfolio concentration in the US has also been reinforced by inflows into benchmarked funds and passive trackers. The core driver remains US exceptionalism. Rich valuations and concentration in US tech may suggest a bubble, yet US firms have continued to deliver innovation, market share, revenue and earnings growth.”

According to Jones, rivals remain less compelling from a market perspective. “Europe has lagged the US since the financial crisis, while China has matched or surpassed US innovation but, until recently, delivered weaker market returns due to domestic de-risking policies.”

The US share of official reserves has declined somewhat, while the euro and most other currencies have levelled off, Jones continues. “Gold’s share has risen sharply since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022, suggesting the TINA problem persists: there is no real alternative to the dollar other than gold itself. Central banks increasingly prefer the safety of gold, the liability of no government.”

Future: Geopolitical, economic, technological and military competition
An open world economy helped many countries narrow productivity gaps with the US, but leadership is no longer aligned across power domains. “Economically, the world is increasingly tripolar, centred on the US, China and the eurozone. Militarily, power is concentrated in the US, China and Russia. Technologically, the US and China are at or near parity, while others lag. Financially, however, the US still has no peer,” notes Jones.

He continues: “Conventional economic, military and technological competition therefore still matters, even in a nuclear world. US concerns about overextension are sharpened by China’s vast industrial capacity, with output and shipbuilding far exceeding that of the US. Recent wars have shown that modern conflict still depends on industrial mobilisation for technology, drones and ammunition. This helps explain the US push for reindustrialisation.”

At the same time, US fiscal and external obligations create vulnerabilities if confidence were shaken by a future crisis, conflict or major shock. Jones concludes: “Washington is also retreating from parts of the multilateral order while seeking to reshape global trade more in its favour, reinforcing perceptions of unilateralism. Gold may be signaling an incomplete global reordering: not a clear new polarity, but an “unipolar” world in which leadership shifts by issue, region and moment. The US and the dollar would still likely remain first among equals, supported by deep financial markets, technological dynamism and strategic advantages, even as rival powers continue to rise.”

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ASLT ETF företagsobligatoner med kort duration

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28 april, 2026

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AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF USD Dist (ASLT ETF) med ISIN IE000P0AMD16, är en aktivt förvaltad börshandlad fond.

ETFen investerar i företagsobligationer från hela världen. Rating: Investment grade. Löptid: 1–3 år.

Den börshandlade fondens totala kostnadskvot (TER) uppgår till 0,19 % per år. Ränteintäkterna (kuponger) i ETFen delas ut till investerarna (månadsvis).

AXA IM Short Duration Income UCITS ETF USD Dist är en mycket liten ETF med 0 miljoner euro förvaltade tillgångar. Denna ETF lanserades den 9 juli 2025 och har sitt säte i Irland.

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Det betyder att det går att handla andelar i denna ETF genom de flesta svenska banker och Internetmäklare, till exempel Nordnet, SAVR, DEGIRO och Avanza.