CryptoBitcoin is starting to compete with gold as a store of value
With a market cap just shy of $2 trillion, bitcoin is about 10% the size of gold ($18 trillion). Two years ago bitcoin was less than half that.
CryptoFear and greed
The Bitcoin Fear & Greed index registered its largest drop in years when it sank last week from 74 to 50 – and then promptly reversed to 69 in a day.
CryptoIs gold better than bitcoin?
In our opinion – No, though there are obviously those who disagree. Gold is difficult (and expensive) to mine, to store, to insure and to transport. Difficult to spend.
CryptoImagine bitcoin at $1.5 million
Bitcoin at $1.5 million by 2035? That might seem like fantasy at the current price of around $94k, but the $1.5 million prediction comes from none other than Timothy Peterson, the…
CryptoIs Bitcoin cheap at $115k?
Those who bought (or mined) Bitcoin at $100 and sold out at $200 at a profit will look at today’s price of $115k and say this ship has sailed them by.
CryptoIs it time to abandon exchange controls?
South Africa has had exchange controls since before any of us were born. Why do we still have them? USDZAR – have exchange controls protected the value of the rand?
CryptoMicroStrategy’s Book Value Versus Its Market Value
MicroStrategy and the Accounting Dilemma MicroStrategy (MSTR) has a book value per share of $12.62, which is what each shareholder would theoretically receive if the company went…
CryptoNot a bad year for the barbarous relic. Even better for bitcoin.
Gold was up 27% in 2024, and the S&P 500 24%. Not bad for a “barbarous relic,” as economist John Maynard Keynes described gold in 1924.
CryptoShould I invest in Bitcoin or Altcoins?
Those who were around at the birth of the internet may remember the competition for internet dominance: Gopher or the World Wide Web (www).
CryptoSigns of a bull market in its infancy
The chart below from Crypto Quant shows something quite extraordinary. Pay attention to the blue line. It shows reserves on crypto exchanges falling… and falling.
CryptoSilence of the naysayers
There’s a lot of gloating going on in the bitcoin community, with reminders of famous (and embarrassing) predictions that it would go to zero.
CryptoSore losers
We reported last week on the stunning accuracy of online betting site Polymarket in predicting the outcome of the US presidential election far better than most polls.