Jim Bullard, President of the St. Louis Federal Reserve, has dismissed the value proposition of Bitcoin (BTC) based on some of the oft-quoted advantages claimed by BTC proponents. Speaking to CNBC on Tuesday, Bullard remarked that the Federal Reserve viewed Bitcoin as more of a rival to gold than an actual currency. According to Bullard,...Read More
Over the past year, portfolio diversification has been an ardent topic of discussion. The rise of Bitcoin led to various debates about its inclusion in present-day investment holdings. While many traditional analysts are skeptical of a massive allocation for the crypto, some Bitcoin proponents would come across as over-ambitious putting 100% of their capital in...Read More
Donald Trump is no longer President of the United States. Democrat Joe Biden is the 46th President of the United States and Janet Yellen is the Treasury Secretary in his administration. Despite a change in government, the underlying problems in the economy remain the same. The question thus is – Does this change the trajectory...Read More
The Singaporean private banking arm of OCBC Bank has dismissed the chances of cryptocurrencies eventually replacing fiat currencies as a medium of exchange. However, the large institution believes that BTC and other altcoins can replace gold in terms of serving as a store of value. Cryptocurrencies: Store Of Value; Not Medium Of Exchange Ever since...Read More
With Bitcoin touching new ATHs every other day, many have an opinion about how high the world’s largest cryptocurrency might go. Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony Pompliano is one of them, with the exec recently sharing some thoughts on where Bitcoin will be heading, especially in comparison with other assets. In an interview with CNBC FastMoney,...Read More
With bitcoin climbing to new all-time highs, the cryptocurrency has garnered the attention of centralized financial institutions. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. offered its views on the market and said that BTC’s rise shouldn’t threaten gold’s position as the inflation hedge of choice as both assets can coexist. Bitcoin And Gold Can Coexist Ever since bitcoin’s...Read More
Ruffer Investment, a London-based asset manager with $27 billion in AUM, is the latest large company to purchase a considerable amount of bitcoin. The company has allocated 2.5% of the portfolio of one of its funds, translating into a purchase of about $15 million worth of BTC. UK Asset Manager Replaces Gold With BTC The...Read More
When Gold’s price drops, does Bitcoin have something to do with it? Gold’s price dropped by over 1.5% today while Bitcoin was down by over 2%. Over the previous week, Gold’s price dropped by 0.69%, while Bitcoin’s price was down by 0.84%. While things are different over longer periods, both these assets are different. From...Read More
The report, which appeared on China Central Television (CCTV), apparently claims that a Bitcoin bull market may put long term downwards pressure on gold. The broadcast was retweeted by 8BTC founder Red Li, and entrepreneur Qiao Wang from DeFi Alliance. Chinese state media is saying the BTC bull market may cause long-term downward pressure on...Read More
While Bitcoin has increased by a total of around 400% since the March lows, the picture doesn’t appear as bright in the short-term as it draws away from $20,000. Over the past seven days, the cryptocurrency lost over $1,000 of its dollar value, charting a decrease of about 5%. During the week, BTC managed to...Read More
The company’s Bitcoin and Ethereum stock traded products have seen $429 million invested last week. It added that this has been the second-highest crypto investment product inflow on record. The latest report from CoinShares stated that total assets under management now total a record $15 billion. It highlighted Ethereum, which stood out over the past...Read More
Dan Held is among the most popular and influential people within the cryptocurrency industry. Apart from being a vocal bitcoin supporter, he’s also the current Head of Growth of the veteran US exchange Kraken. A position that he described as: “leading our initiatives around efficiently acquiring users and getting them activated.” CryptoPotato had the opportunity...Read More
Bitcoin is the new gold, said Thomas Fitzpatrick – a Managing Director in the giant multinational bank Citibank. He also predicted that BTC could skyrocket to $318,000 per coin in the upcoming 13 months by exploring several historical price cycles and the ongoing economic uncertainties. Bitcoin Is The Gold Of The 21st Century Fitzpatrick has...Read More
Let’s be honest, you were more surprised than anything seeing Bitcoin trade at over $16,000. You probably thought to yourself, “How long will this last?” With the cryptocurrency trading at its highest point since January 2018, and up by over 120 percent since the beginning of the year, the sentiment is firmly bullish, but that...Read More
Bitcoin’s correlation with gold has inspired many narratives over the past eight weeks. However, the correlation may be deeper than popular opinion. The halving mechanism that is coded in the asset itself, drives its shortage of supply and reduces mining rewards in half every four years. Why is the chosen number of years, specifically four?...Read More
A JPMorgan report suggested that some investors, such as family offices, have been allocating more funds into Bitcoin rather than gold in recent months. The analysts from the giant multinational investment bank also noted that the comparison between the two assets could propel a massive price increase for BTC. Bitcoin’s Impressive Developments As Of Late...Read More
For the first time in a decade, central banks around the world are selling off their bullion stocks. Economists have opined that this is a direct result of the coronavirus pandemic led fiscal stress. If the trend continues, gold prices are in for some serious freefall rides. The question is, will central banks start stockpiling...Read More
Bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff has done it again: The notorious gold bug, famous for being the owner of the only Bitcoin wallet capable of forgetting passwords, claimed that this time —unlike his other failed predictions— Bitcoin is genuinely about to die . Shortly before the price correction on Oct. 20, 2020, the investor went on...Read More
Ever since Facebook announced its plans to create a digital payment currency dubbed Libra, central bankers have tried to counter it with an invention of their own. While Libra is facing regulatory troubles, a BIS report indicated that over 80% of the world’s central banks are currently developing a central bank digital currency (CBDC). The...Read More
Despite having a complicated past, it seems that JP Morgan’s love for Bitcoin is growing every day thanks to its potential as an investment and store of value. In a recent report, the American bank shared with its investors an analysis of Bitcoin’s current situation and possible future scenarios regarding prices and fundamental value. The...Read More
The simple mathematical concept of a transitive property explains that if A = B, then B = A. So, in the cryptocurrency world, if 1 BTC = $13,000, then $13,000 = 1 BTC. Using that base-case, let’s scale down the equation. $1,000 can fetch you ₿0.076, and hence, scaling it down, $500 can get you...Read More
Billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones III has become an even bigger Bitcoin fan following the most recent price developments. As CryptoPotato reported back in May, Jones bought an undisclosed amount of BTC to protect himself amid the rising fears of increased inflations. In an interview with CNBC’s Squawk Box, the prominent investor doubled-down...Read More
A survey among over 2,000 Russian investors has placed cryptocurrency next to gold in terms of popularity. Moreover, younger investors aged below 30 have displayed significant favoritism towards digital assets. Crypto Ranks Above Gold Among Russian Investors According to the study published by the World Gold Council, investors from the world’s largest country by landmass...Read More
By this point in 2020, Bitcoin’s investment thesis needs no retelling. But for the uninitiated, here’s a quick summary. With central banks printing money like there’s no tomorrow, and riling up liquidity, any asset which has value, is limited and can be used as currency, benefits. Case in point, Bitcoin. Since the beginning of the...Read More
Bitcoin, Gold, and the S&P500 have collectively shared the center stage when it comes to market movement in 2020. While the crypto-asset has periodically taken sides, at the moment, Bitcoin is more correlated with the traditional stock market. Source: Skew Source: Skew When comparing recent Skew charts of Bitcoin’s relationship with Gold and the S&P...Read More
For the Bitcoin world, December 2017 was the glory days and the nightmare, all wrapped in one. Over that month, and the pullback that followed, the world saw what could happen if the hype around cryptocurrencies gave way to reality. Now, nearly three years on, Bitcoin’s press time price requires a 75 percent jump in...Read More
Popular TV host and long-time Bitcoin proponent Max Keiser believes that futures traders suppress Bitcoin’s price at current levels. However, once the asset explodes to Keiser’s intermediate target at $28,000, BTC’s amount for sale will evaporate as governments and institutions will purchase directly from miners. Keiser: Governments And Institutions Will Rush To Buy BTC Keiser...Read More
I get it. It’s always an either-or decision between Bitcoin and gold, as a pure investment play. Since the commodity and the cryptocurrency each have similar attributes of – a hedge, limited supply, and safe haven, these assets are used to balance the bottomless assets that are stocks, bonds, and cash. But does one edge...Read More
The 2020 market crash was godsent for the likes of Bitcoin and gold. These ‘safe-haven’ assets surged under the spotlight, climbing to record highs as stock markets and long-term treasury bonds both collapsed and countries reacted by slashing interest rates. The main reasons for buying these assets were immediately enhanced, and the price reacted as...Read More
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, seemed to be on a bullish trajectory yet again, at the time of writing. This, despite the fact that for long, BTC has been accused of being either too volatile or moving too sideways. While the analysis drawn out over the past few months has alternated between derivatives impact, on-chain...Read More
