Goldman Sachs: Bitcoin Is an Alternative Inflation Hedge to Copper, Not Gold

Goldman Sachs’ head of commodities research says bitcoin is more like copper as a hedge against inflation than gold. He explained that they are both “risk-on” inflation hedges whereas gold is a “risk off” asset. Bitcoin Is More Like Copper Than Gold as Inflation Hedge The global head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, Jeff … Read more

Google Announces New Policy for Cryptocurrency Ads

Google has announced an update to its financial products and services policy, which includes its policy on cryptocurrency advertising. The new rules will take effect in August and all prior crypto exchange certifications will be revoked. Advertisers must request new cryptocurrency exchanges and wallets certification with Google. Google Introduces New Crypto Ad Rules Google Inc. … Read more

$1.4M in Bitcoin Remains Idle — The Curious Case of the 37-Day-Old 2009 Block Reward Spent a Year Ago

Approximately 378 days ago, before the bitcoin bull market started to heat up, a unique block was spent stemming from a coinbase reward created 37 days after the Bitcoin network launched. It seems roughly ten coins from the block reward were sold to an exchange, but 40 bitcoin worth $1.4 million at today’s exchange rates … Read more

Trader Confesses Cryptocurrency Addiction Led to Criminal Charges, Hospital Treatment

A British man has shared his story of how his cryptocurrency addiction has led to criminal charges and landed him in a hospital for addiction treatment. He lost more than a million dollars of other people’s money trying to duplicate his previous success in cryptocurrency trading. Crypto Addiction on the Rise, One Hospital Is Treating … Read more

Major Indian Bank HDFC Says ‘It’s a Matter of Time Before Indian Investors Have Legal Access to Crypto Plays’

One of India’s leading private banks with 5,608 branches and 16,087 ATMs, HDFC Bank, has published a report stating that “it is just a matter of time before Indian investors have legal access to crypto plays.” This statement came as the bank scrutinizes crypto transactions in customer accounts. HDFC Bank Predicts Legal Acess to Crypto … Read more

Visualizing Bitcoin’s Future Price Cycles With the Power-Law Corridor Model

There’s a number of tools, charts, and models traders use to help them forecast bitcoin price cycles and our last article discussed leveraging the Golden Ratio Multiplier. The following editorial discusses another method of bitcoin price prediction analysis by utilizing Logarithmic Growth Curves. In September 2019, a comprehensive paper published by Harold Christopher Burger describes … Read more

Chinese Economist Says if Bitcoin Is Widely Adopted: ‘We’re All Going to Die, This Is Not a Joke’

A Chinese economist and assistant director at the International Monetary Institute of Renmin University, Qu Qiang, has predicted that “We’re all going to die” if bitcoin becomes widely adopted as a currency. He foresees our society falling into “a death spiral of deflation,” noting that “the whole society is going to shrink and self-explode.” We’re … Read more

Billionaire Stan Druckenmiller on Dogecoin, Ethereum: Won’t Long or Short DOGE, Skeptical of ETH

Renowned investor Stanley Druckenmiller has shared his views on dogecoin and ethereum. He said he wouldn’t long or short dogecoin and laughs when the meme cryptocurrency rises in value. As for ether, he is skeptical whether it can hold its position. Stan Druckenmiller on Dogecoin and Ether In an interview with The Hustle last week, … Read more

Spiral Out — Using the Golden Ratio and Fibonacci sequence to Predict Bitcoin Price Cycles

The leading crypto asset bitcoin has seen its value drop more than 53% from its all-time high above the $64k handle, sliding to a low of $30k on May 19. While bitcoin is still down 25% during the last 30 days, it’s hard to forecast where bitcoin’s value is going from here. Although a number … Read more