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Bitcoin Decouples From Stocks, Moves Closer to Gold
By Vin Narayanan on June 2, 2023
Crypto Market Musings It’s been a relatively calm week for crypto. Bitcoin is up 1.73% over the last seven days as of this writing. Ethereum is up 3.54% over the same period. Monero is down 1.93%. Crypto has largely decoupled from the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 and become more correlated with gold. The charts below show bitcoin (dark blue line) moving out of sync with the stock markets and more in sync with gold. BTC…
Get Your Investing Mojo Back
By Vin Narayanan on May 12, 2023
Crypto Market Musings Bitcoin is trading around $27,000 as of this writing and is down about 6.5% over the last seven days. Ethereum is trading around $1,800 and is down about 4.5% over the same time period. Welcome to crypto allergy season. Some weeks will be good. Some…
Federal Court Gives the SEC a Deadline to Respond to Coinbase
By Vin Narayanan on May 5, 2023
Crypto Market Musings Bitcoin is down around 0.7% over the last seven days. Ethereum is down about 0.4% over that same time period. And Monero is up about 1.8%. Conflicting macro narratives appear to be driving the market. Inflation is proving to be stubborn, and the…
Behind the Pick: A Newcomer Crypto That’s on a Roll
By Early Investing on April 28, 2023
The crypto market is in a weird place. The bear market isn’t quite over, but it’s unlikely to spiral downward for an extended period of time. It’s in a kind of volatile recovery mode. Investors must be extra careful in a market like this. It’s easy…
The Kind of Regulatory Moment Crypto Needs
By Vin Narayanan on April 28, 2023
Crypto Market Musings As I write, bitcoin is trading around $29,000. Ethereum is trading close to $1,900. And the rest of the markets are a mess. Welcome to crypto allergy season, everyone. The bear market is over. The bull market hasn’t started. That means cryptos aren’t…
New Pick: An Ethereum Scaling Solution With Impressive Early Growth
By Vin Narayanan on April 21, 2023
I don’t think we’re in a crypto bull market yet. There’s too much near-term regulatory uncertainty with the SEC going after Coinbase and Bittrex and declaring Algorand (ALGO), Dash (DASH), OmiseGO (OMG), and others securities. That combined with economic uncertainty and inflation concerns means there is still significant…
Inflation and the Fed Are Keeping the Crypto Market in Limbo
By Vin Narayanan on April 14, 2023
Crypto Market Musings It feels like the crypto markets are warming up. As I write this, bitcoin is trading above $30,000. Ethereum is trading around $2,000. Even Solana has managed to make big gains. It’s up almost 20% over the last seven days. Most of Ethereum’s…
The Biggest Threat to the Crypto Market Right Now
By Early Investing on April 7, 2023
Between the SEC going after crypto exchanges and anyone who seems to promote crypto, the Fed warning banks not to work with crypto, and Congress failing to provide any kind of guidance, it seems like we’re witnessing a coordinated government effort to kneecap crypto. It’s regulation…
Ethereum’s Price Action Is Tied to the Shanghai Upgrade
By Vin Narayanan on April 7, 2023
Crypto Market Musings Bitcoin is having a year. In the midst of a banking crisis and regulatory upheaval, bitcoin quietly posted a 72% gain in the first quarter of this year. That’s bitcoin’s most popular quarter since the first quarter of 2021, when bitcoin’s price went up 102%.
Crypto Insider: Crypto Market Hits Bottom-Ish
By Early Investing on April 5, 2023
The crypto market is in a weird place right now. Bitcoin performed exceedingly well for the first three months of 2023, which is good news. But inflation is not slowing down as quickly as the Federal Reserve (and investors) would like. Wages are going up. And OPEC just…
Crypto Monitor: Why We’re Holding Back on Crypto Investing Right Now
By Early Investing on March 31, 2023
It’s been a crazy month for the crypto market. Between bank runs, interest rate hikes and an uncertain economy, it’s not a great time to invest in the crypto market. That’s why we opted not to recommend any new coins for the Crypto Asset Strategies…
Crypto’s Two Biggest Exchanges Get Heat From Regulators
By Vin Narayanan on March 31, 2023
Crypto Market Musings Bitcoin broke through the $28,000 barrier (and for one brief moment topped $29,000) on Wednesday after spending about a week trading in the $27,000 range. It’s currently trading at $28,460.27. Most cryptos rallied behind bitcoin’s big Wednesday surge (more than 5%). Ethereum jumped…
Balaji Srinivasan Bets on Hyperinflation
By Vin Narayanan on March 24, 2023
Crypto Market Musings Bitcoin is soaring. It’s up more than 20% over the last 30 days and up about 5% over the last seven days. It’s trading at $27,928.74 as of this writing. Ethereum is up a more modest 10% over the last 30 days and about 1.5%…
Crypto Investors Are in Uncharted Territory
By Vin Narayanan on March 3, 2023
Crypto Market Musings We’re in uncharted territory. There have been other crypto bear markets. But this is the first time that crypto has navigated an economic down cycle. And we’re discovering that crypto — including bitcoin — can’t escape the gravitational pull of macroeconomic headwinds. The…
Crypto Monitor: The Fed’s Fight Against Inflation
By Early Investing on February 10, 2023
It’s been an interesting start of the year for the crypto market. From banking regulators worrying about crypto risks to institutions exploring DeFi to a major crypto exchange shutting down its staking operations…
Norway Leads the Way in Blockchain-Driven Cap Table Management Tech
By Olivia Strobl on February 10, 2023
Crypto Market Musings Back in December, I dug into the concept of “effective altruism,” or the goal of making as much money as possible to maximize philanthropic impact. Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF), founder of fallen crypto exchange FTX, was one of its biggest proponents. Ironically, in…