Cryptocurrency News Blog

Black Swans & Bitcoin - Have You Got A Plan?

Photo by Lubos Chlubny As the world continues in different gears, some in reverse, to battle both the virus and the economic impacts of the shutdown, we went back and reread “The Black Swan” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. With these insights...

13/07/20

Will a Botched Brexit Help Bitcoin Boom?

Some important world events occurred this week, but they battled for news space with the infection “spikes” (spikes assume the numbers go down quickly!). One story that could easily have sailed by was that as of June 30th, Britain can...

06/07/20

Will Society Shift From Cash to Cryptocurrency Due to COVID-19?

If the continuing spread of Coronavirus throughout the world is causing you to worry about your investments, you’re not alone. News of the virus triggered a global shortage of gold bars as money flowed towards safe havens, taking the price...

03/07/20

If We Could Buy The Virus Curve, We Would.

There continues to be a lot of noise out there. The acclaimed book, The Signal & The Noise by Nate Silver, is a favorite of ours and continues to guide us when we look at today's news and that of...

29/06/20

Key Differences Between Cryptocurrencies & Fiat Money

Have you wondered about the main differences between crypto and cash? Are you finally ready to learn more and possibly commit to investing? Cryptocurrencies were the best investment last decade by far, and despite the challenges the world faces from the...

25/06/20

When The Dollar Falls, You'll Be Glad You’re Holding Digital

In the latest tell-all Trump book, it’s reported that he instructed the Treasury Department to “go after” crypto. At the same time, there were numerous recent op-eds touting Bitcoin as a future reserve currency, neither of which troubled us. We...

22/06/20

More Eyeballs on Bitcoin, Here’s Why

The markets finally acknowledged that there is a world outside of Wall Street as the DJ Index shed over 7%, Bitcoin continued to bounce off the $10k price ceiling and someone somewhere paid $ 2.5mio for a $134 Ethereum transfer,...

15/06/20

Employment is Up & Bitcoin is Down. Our Focus is On Neither.

A lot has happened in the week gone by that has both annoyed us and confirmed our suspicions about this very strange period. A common trader refrain, “Sell in May and go away”, reflecting quiet market activity in the summer...

08/06/20

The Dow Jones/Cryptocurrency Disconnect - Reality Will Bite

Photo by Balázs Kadlicskó on Unsplash With 40 million unemployed in the U.S., a global trade war getting hotter, and no sign of a vaccine, the Dow Jones sits above 25,000. At the same time, with a real threat of hyper-inflation,...

01/06/20