Altcoin season refers to a period in the cryptocurrency market when alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins), any digital assets besides Bitcoin, significantly outperform Bitcoin in price appreciation and trading volume. This phase is characterized by a surge in capital flowing from Bitcoin into altcoins, leading to rapid, often exponential, gains across a…
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WHY BITCOIN ISN’T JUST A CRYPTOCURRENCY ANYMORE BUT MORE AND MORE AN ASSET ON ITS OWN
Back in September last year in “IS THIS BLACKROCK’S MASTER PLAN FOR BITCOIN?” I described how the investment powerhouse BlackRock was laying the ground to make Bitcoin the golden goose and growth engine for its operations in the near future, considering how mature all other asset classes within the manager’s…
CRYPTO PUMP AND DUMPS: A GUIDE ON HOW TO RECOGNIZE AND AVOID THEM
One month ago, when the LIBRA scandal broke out (“Argentina’s $4.6 Billion Crypto Scandal; Largest-Ever Crypto Theft“), I wrongly assumed that the era of “scam coins” and predatory “pump and dumps” was finally over, considering it was exposed how the whole meme coins casino was actually rigged in favor of…
THE US CRYPTO RESERVE PLAN: WHAT IT MEANS FOR INVESTORS EVERYWHERE
Let me paint you a picture. Imagine the U.S. Treasury announced it was buying up Amazon stock, Swiss francs, and commodities to hold as strategic reserves. Markets would go haywire. Now, replace those assets with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a handful of other cryptocurrencies. That’s exactly what’s happening. President Trump just…
WHAT IF MICROSTRATEGY BECOMES TOO BIG TO FAIL?
After markets closed on December 23rd, MicroStrategy shocked the world by filing a proposal to increase its number of authorized Class A shares by a staggering 10 billion, equivalent to approximately 97% dilution for current shareholders (SEC Filing). Crazy, isn’t it? Indeed, but there’s definitely more to this than meets…
FARTCOIN IS THE LATEST PROOF OF HOW DIAMETRICALLY WRONG CENTRAL BANKS POLICIES ARE
As I write, “Fartcoin” is worth more than HALF A BILLION USD, and many observers are shocked by the meteoric rise of this crypto meme coin. Why are people willing to pay to buy Fartcoin? The answer is very simple: there is so much excess liquidity sloshing around in the…
WHY A TSUNAMI OF STOCK OPTIONS SPECULATIVE MONEY IS GOING TO FLOOD CRYPTO ALTCOINS
If you think that the semiconductor stocks bubble popping will mark an end to the speculative mania, I am afraid that won’t happen for 2 reasons: How are institutional investors going to reposition? As I already anticipated long ago, they will keep rotating into financial stocks and Bitcoin: Don’t believe…
A CRYPTO UPDATE TO BEN GRAHAM’S “THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR”
Many people have read Benjamin Graham’s “Intelligent Investor” masterpiece, although lately, some might have used the book to light up a barbecue or a bonfire. Personally, I read the book at least once a year since 2007, and often when I am in doubt, I go take a look at…
Synnax: A DePIN Project with a Long-Term Vision
Author: Robert Alcorn (Co-Founder and CEO of Synnax) The crypto industry has seen numerous narratives come and go — think DeFi summer, the NFT boom, and the metaverse wave. While these trends may not be in the spotlight anymore, the projects that thrived within those categories are still around. They survived not because…
HERE COMES THE PANIC – BUT NO WORRIES, IT WILL BE VERY SLOW AT FIRST
A piece of breaking news like this one should have sent markets into panic mode: “China Weighs Injecting $142 Billion of Capital Into Top Banks“. However, due to a boiling frog syndrome that is trapping the vast majority of the public, both retail and professional, no one is feeling the…