Archive: inflation hedge
Bitcoin Challenges Traditional Economic Theory
By Olivia Strobl on November 4, 2022
Crypto Market Musings In case you missed it, Elon Musk is officially “Chief Twit.” The business magnate became the sole director of Twitter after his deal to buy the company (finally) went through on October 27. Musk went on to use the platform to spread baseless conspiracy theories (now deleted) after dissolving Twitter’s entire board. Character flaws aside, Musk’s spotlight undoubtedly prompted movement in…
Why You Should Have 70% of Your Crypto Portfolio in Bitcoin
By Adam Sharp on February 4, 2022
What a beautiful bounce today for the crypto market. In the last 24 hours, bitcoin has ripped higher by about 10% and is now back over $40,000. Altcoins are following (for now). Most altcoins have gotten absolutely slaughtered lately. “Ethereum-killer” Solana…
Cosmos Takes Off Despite Crypto Market Correction
By Adam Sharp on January 7, 2022
Most of the crypto market has had a pretty rough week. Bitcoin’s down around 12%. Ethereum is down 15%. And a lot of altcoins are down 20% to 30%. However, our new portfolio pick Cosmos (ATOM) is taking off. It’s up 31% over the last week!…
The Fed Still Isn’t Ready to Stop Quantitative Easing
By Adam Sharp on January 7, 2022
Once again, the Federal Reserve is posturing as if it’s ready to taper quantitative easing (QE) and raise interest rates. Here’s the latest on that front from The Wall Street Journal: Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month eyed a…
Inflation Pushes Bitcoin Higher
By Adam Sharp on August 13, 2021
It was a very nice week for crypto. Bitcoin is up 9% over the last week, while ethereum is up 12.9%, according to CoinMarketCap data. Ethereum jumped on its implementation of EIP-1559, a network upgrade that burns a portion…
Gold and Bitcoin Are Critical Inflation Hedges
By Adam Sharp on July 30, 2021
The entire U.S. stock market is currently valued at around $53.9 trillion. That’s all the companies on the NYSE, Nasdaq and OTC markets combined. During the 2008 global financial crisis, the whole stock market was valued at just $11.4…
How to Invest in an Overheated Market
By Adam Sharp on June 8, 2021
It’s been a fascinating last year and a half in the startup investing world. We went from a complete meltdown in March 2020 to one of the hottest venture capital markets I’ve ever seen. I’ve been quite selective throughout this time, preferring to stick to early-stage…