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Is Bitcoin Strangling The Other Cryptos? Part 2: The Little Guys Are Soaring
January 22nd, 2021
The idea that “bitcoin is its own asset class” and should therefore be judged based on its own highly-constrained supply rests on the assumption that the rest of cryptospace consists of “shitcoins” that will evaporate as bitcoin, with its ...
Don’t dismiss gold and silver…
January 21st, 2021
There is worrying evidence that 2021 will see the end of fiat currencies, led by the US dollar. US dollar money supply has accelerated at an extraordinary rate, a process that will continue. Signals from the markets that ...
British Pound gains ground against U.S. Dollar
January 19th, 2021
GBP/USD is trying to settle back above 1.3600 while the U.S. dollar is losing some ground against a broad basket of currencies. Yesterday, the U.S. Dollar Index made an attempt to settle above the resistance at the 50 EMA ...
Economic and monetary outlook for 2021
January 5th, 2021
The most important event in the new year is likely to be the Fed losing control of its iron grip on markets. The dollar’s declining trend is already well established against other currencies and commodities, leading to this outcome. ...
Bitcoin is breaking records because bigger investors are buying it now, says PwC
January 4th, 2021
Bitcoin’s record-smashing rally seen in recent weeks was partly driven by the entry of more big, institutional investors into the market, according to PwC’s global crypto leader Henri Arslanian. The digital currency surged over $30,000 for the first time ...
Dollar starts 2021 in the cellar with a hangover
January 4th, 2021
The dollar started the new year by slipping broadly on Monday as investors sold it for just about everything else in the Asia session, wagering the world’s pandemic recovery will drive other currencies higher. The euro, which had dipped ...
The psychology of money
December 30th, 2020
The world stands on the threshold of monetary hyperinflation with the US dollar leading the way. The final months of fiat money are coming into view. What will replace them — bitcoin or gold? This article argues that ...
Dollar dipped against a basket of currencies; Gold prices rose
December 29th, 2020
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar eased, while investors kept a close watch on a U.S. Senate vote on increased pandemic aid checks to individuals. Fundamentals Spot gold rose 0.5% to $1,880.06 per ounce by 0108 GMT, ...
Big investors new to cryptocurrencies appear to be behind bitcoin’s rally to a record
December 22nd, 2020
A herd of new, big investors are scooping up bitcoin this year as the price more than doubles. Investors who bought at least 1,000 bitcoins — worth roughly $23 million at Friday’s price — and have had an account ...
British pound plunges
December 22nd, 2020
Concerns about a new strain of coronavirus in the U.K. drove the British pound to its biggest loss since March, though the currency pared much of the loss after Prime Minister Boris Johnson made another offer to salvage Brexit ...
