Oil, Inflation Volatility, Gold And Bitcoin

The 1970s were the last period of sustained inflation volatility, when gold was the investment lifeboat. Is the oil price – again – going to be behind a similar era? Will bitcoin be the gold of this new age? Or better? Meanwhile, Ferrari accepts payment in...

Broken Money and Small Boats

Egypt and Turkey are examples of the continued plight of emerging nations. Is this related to US$ global hegemony? ETH has been a poor performer relative to BTC, why? El Salvador uses volcanos for mining. Liquidity Mining is the fourth part in our series on passive...

Bitcoin Starts To De-Couple

You would think in a risk-off environment that bitcoin and crypto would be the first casualties. Quite the opposite. This is an important moment for this nascent asset class. Will bitcoin be a genuine portfolio diversifier? We introduce Render, a fascinating crypto...

Bitcoin Faces Its True Test

The macro picture is as uncertain as it has been for some time, and markets look badly distorted. It’s an environment that will test bitcoin, but it will be transformational if it holds steady. In the broader crypto arena we see the first signs of price...
Bitcoin And The Liquidity Cycle

Bitcoin And The Liquidity Cycle

A solid bounce in the price can’t disguise the fact that trading activity is somnambulant. But under the surface activity is frenetic. Giants of their industries, CitiGroup and Grab, explore the technology. In a world with US$350 trillion of debt, liquidity is...