Dread Pirate Roberts, the pseudonym of Ross Ulbrcht on Silk Road, originated from ‘The Princess Bride’ movie. The fact that the world’s first ‘crypto criminal’ chose a character from a Disney film as his moniker is remarkable. What’s even more remarkable is that at the time of his arrest, Ulbricht was in possession of 144,000 […]
The Bank of Japan decided yesterday to raise interest rates again (from 0.25% to 0.50%). That seems counterintuitive (especially if you know that Donald Trump asked central bankers to do the opposite during his speech at the World Economic Forum this week), but Japanese interest rates are historically low. The problem is that the last […]
Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, participated in a panel discussion during the World Economic Forum in Davos. Topic of discussion was the possible deflation of the dollar and other fiat currencies. During his argument, Larry explained that this possibility was the very reason that convinced him in 2023 that Bitcoin was worth an investment (BlackRock […]
Renewed hope in the crypto world after US President Donald Trump signed a decree ordering the release of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht. The appointment of Hester Pierce, nicknamed “crypto mom” by crypto fans, to lead the SEC task force to investigate regulations for digital currencies was also cause for celebration. Still no news about […]
The first day of Donald Trump’s presidency is over and crypto fans are a bit surprised that none of those first day Executive Orders were about the creation of a strategic Bitcoin reserve. According to Arthur Hayes, Trump simply won’t do that. Luckily he did release Ross Ulbricht, founder of the legendary Silk Road site. Absolutely […]
In addition to the many executive orders that Donald Trump signed on his first day, there was a flurry of interest for buying crypto in the US, as Google Trends clearly shows. This is because of the new record for Bitcoin and the expectation that his administration will be positive for the cryptosphere. Bitcoin record A […]
Early this morning Bitcoin reached a new ATH of $108,000 (even 109K at some exchanges), thanks tot he positivity surrounding Donald Trump’s presidency. Solana obtained a new record this weekend as well. Other than that, we were all mostly surprised by the memecoins of the Trump family. FOMO On Sunday morning European time, many crypto […]
At first there was disbelief among crypto fans after Donald Trump’s social media accounts, both on X (formerly Twitter) and TruthSocial announced on Friday night that the new American President was launching his own memecoin, called ‘Trump’. Was Trump hacked? pic.twitter.com/eajX64a3VK — Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) January 18, 2025 After its authenticity was confirmed, the […]
I have a Bayesian mindset whenever I invest. This means that, just like Peter Brandt, I always think of a possibility that my analysis could be wrong and we are heading in the opposite direction. Spreading my risk is therefore paramount. So at this point I understand very well why everyone is super positive about […]
Following hot on the footsteps of institutional money from Wall Street and the ‘Boomers’ (via the Bitcoin ETFs), the global business press reveals this week that pension funds are now also entering Bitcoin-related products again. This means we have turned the page on the Canadian pension fund scandal, which saw them lose hundreds of millions […]
