If you’d bought bitcoin 10 years ago, you wouldn’t be rich today.
An interesting take on how things might have played out. “You would never have become a bitcoin millionaire, so stop regretting it.” | learn more
An interesting take on how things might have played out. “You would never have become a bitcoin millionaire, so stop regretting it.” | learn more
“Why on earth would the Biden White House be pushing proof-of-work at the expense of proof-of-stake, when environmentalism is a hallmark of the Administration and public perception is (albeit incorrectly) that PoW is killing the environment?!?” | learn more
“Last year, three cryptocurrency enthusiasts bought a cruise ship. They named it the Satoshi, and dreamed of starting a floating libertarian utopia. It didn’t work out.” | learn more
“The colored bands show the relative fraction of Bitcoin in existence that was last transacted within the time window indicated in the legend.” | learn more
“Peter Thiel’s former portfolio manager says that the crypto narrative is built on half-truths and a nonchalance about the security provided by the nation-state.” | learn more
Last week’s link mused on exactly how the government recovered some of the Colonial Pipeline ransom. This week, Ezra Galston from Starting Line added additional perspective in the WSJ. “Bitcoin is anonymous, but it’s far from private—an important but often overlooked distinction. […]
“On June 7, the United States Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced the “recovery” of 63.70 bitcoin from the funds Colonial Pipeline sent to the hackers. The official story has a number of inconsistencies and federal […]
This critical analysis of a common belief among Bitcoin supporters has merit. “The inflation-hedge viewpoint is an article of faith in the crypto community. The logic goes that bitcoin will become the asset of last resort when inflation finally makes […]
Anthony Pompliano analyzes who’s buying, selling, and holding Bitcoin to inform his prediction of near-term price. It’s worth a peek if you aren’t regularly immersed in this sort of data. | learn more
Another $2 billion example of counterparty risk, this one from Turkish exchange Thodex. “Turkey launched an international manhunt for the founder of one of its major cryptocurrency exchanges after he stopped paying clients and fled the country.” | learn more