Bitwise首席投资官:谁在买入比特币ETF?

Odaily星球日报Published on 2024-05-16Last updated on 2024-05-16

Abstract

专业投资者在现货比特币ETF配置方面还处于试水阶段,未来的增长空间巨大。

原文作者:Matt Hougan,Bitwise 首席投资官

原文编译:Luffy,Foresight News

现货比特币 ETF 取得了巨大成功。自 1 月 11 日推出以来,它们吸引了 117 亿美元的资金,成为有史以来最受欢迎的 ETF。 

现在每个人都想知道:到底是谁在买入?具体来说,人们想知道是专业投资者还是散户投资者在推动资金流动。

这是一个重要的问题。比特币 ETF 的巨大前景在于,它们可以为专业投资者打开大量购买比特币的大门,从而大幅增加投资比特币的资金池。

如果是专业投资者买入,那当然好。但如果都是散户,那就没那么令人鼓舞了。为什么?因为背后的规模根本就不一样。

在 ETF 推出后的前几个月里,这个问题没有答案。投资者通过经纪账户购买 ETF,这意味着像 Bitwise 这样的基金公司不会知道谁在购买他们的基金。但每季度一次,美国证券交易委员会要求管理资产超过 1 亿美元的投资者通过所谓的「 13 F」文件报告他们持有的公开交易证券。

从技术上讲,这些文件应在本季度结束后 45 天内提交,这意味着投资者必须在 5 月 15 日之前提交报告。但已有数千人提交了报告,因此我们现在对这些 ETF 的所有者有了初步了解。

这些数据非常非常有趣,以下是最重要的三点。

要点 1 :许多专业公司都拥有比特币 ETF

为了撰写这份备忘录,我分析了截至 5 月 9 日的 11 只公开交易的现货比特币 ETF 的所有 13 F 文件。重大发现是:许多专业投资者都拥有比特币 ETF。

其中包括一些知名的资产管理公司,例如:

  • Hightower Advisors:根据《巴伦周刊》报道,该公司是美国排名第二的 RIA 公司,管理着 1220 亿美元的资产。他们拥有价值 6800 万美元的比特币 ETF。

  • Bracebridge Capital:总部位于波士顿的对冲基金,为耶鲁大学和普林斯顿大学等管理资金。他们持有价值 4.34 亿美元的比特币 ETF。

  • 剑桥投资研究公司:一家拥有 40 多年历史的公司,管理的资产超过 1700 亿美元。他们拥有价值 4000 万美元的比特币 ETF。

  • 红杉金融顾问公司:总部位于马里兰州陶森市,市值 170 亿美元。他们拥有价值 1200 万美元的比特币 ETF。

  • Integrated Advisors:总部位于达拉斯的一家公司,拥有 12, 000 多名客户,管理着 40 亿美元的资产。他们拥有价值 1100 万美元的比特币 ETF。

  • Brown Advisory:总部位于旧金山的一家价值 960 亿美元的公司。他们拥有价值 400 万美元的比特币 ETF。

截至上周四,共有 563 家专业投资公司报告称,它们持有价值 35 亿美元的比特币 ETF。到 5 月 15 日的申报截止日期到来时,我估计我们最终可能会拥有 700 多家专业公司,总资产管理规模接近 50 亿美元。

这绝对是件大事。对于任何想知道自己是否是唯一考虑投资比特币的金融顾问、家族理财室或机构来说,答案很明显:你们并不孤单。

要点 2 :专业投资者持股的历史规模

对于一只新 ETF 来说,这种持仓规模是超乎寻常的。大多数 ETF 在上市的头几个月里,吸引的 13 F 申报者非常少。彭博 ETF 分析师 Eric Balchunas 称,比特币 ETF 的大型投资者数量令人惊讶。

我在历史记录中能找到的最接近的比较是 2004 年底推出的黄金 ETF。当时,黄金 ETF 的推出被认为是有史以来最成功的 ETF,上市五天就筹集了超过 10 亿美元。但在首次提交 13 F 文件时,黄金 ETF 仅有 95 家专业公司投资。

从所有权广度来看,比特币 ETF 取得了历史性的成功。

要点 3 :散户持有比特币 ETF 的大部分流通股

虽然我认为 30-50 亿美元和 563-700 家公司取得了巨大的成功,但重要的是要记住,比特币 ETF 管理的资产为 500 亿美元。 因此,按总投资的百分比计算,专业投资者仅拥有所有资产的 7-10 %。

我怀疑媒体会抓住这个数字,暗示这些 ETF 是「散户驱动」的基金。从某种程度上来说,他们的说法是有道理的:散户投资者确实在比特币 ETF 上投入了大量资金,这是一件好事。这意味着他们能够以与世界上最大的机构相同的条件获得这些投资。

但我认为,这种说法忽略了我们在加密货币分配方面在机构中看到的一个关键模式。

让我解释一下。

为什么这些 13 F 文件让我异常乐观

Bitwise 已致力于帮助专业投资者获取加密货币超过七年。如今,我们为数千家公司提供服务,包括 RIA、经纪人、家族理财室和机构。

我从七年的实践中学到的一件事是,大多数投资者都遵循一个熟悉的模式:

  • 步骤 1 :尽职调查。大多数专业投资者需要 6-12 个月的时间来评估加密货币。客户在初次会面后立即分配资金进入该领域的情况极为罕见。

  • 步骤 2 :个人配置。我们经常看到专业人士在代表客户配置之前进行少量个人配置。他们希望在将投资者推向市场之前进行测试。

  • 步骤 3 :为客户进行独立配置。接下来,这些专业人士通常代表少数客户进行配置,通常是那些主动向他们询问加密货币的客户。

  • 步骤 4 :平台范围的配置。在初始配置后约六个月开始,许多公司开始在其整个客户群中进行配置,范围为投资组合的 1% -5% 。

并非所有顾问都符合这种模式,但我们通常看到的是这种情况。 

这告诉我们,最近的 13 F 文件中显示的比特币 ETF 配置只是初步尝试。例如,Hightower Advisors 今天可能将 6800 万美元分配给比特币 ETF,这很棒,但这只是其资产的 0.05% 。如果他们遵循上述模式,这种分配将随着时间的推移而增加。具体来说,将他们的投资组合中的 1% 分配给比特币将相当于 12 亿美元,而这些只是来自一家公司。

再考虑到参与该领域的专业投资者数量在不断增长,你就能够明白我为什么如此兴奋了。

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