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This week's newsletter: #Bitcoin Double catalyst — Spot ETF and Halving combination. ✍️ Spot ETF third deadline, 15 January '24 ✍️ Spot ETF final deadline, 15 March '24 🔥 Halving, 21 April '24 image
Bitcoin vs. Gold In both gold and Bitcoin, the concept of paper or synthetic assets affecting the spot price is a concern. However, a critical distinction between the two lies in the area of verifiability. While both futures and spot ETFs for Bitcoin and gold share the common feature of often lacking an actual underlying asset, the two diverge significantly when it comes to the capability for transparent verification of those assets. In the world of gold, the lack of easy verifiability tends to make spot ETFs more susceptible to becoming fractional reserves. That is, the real, physical gold that's supposed to back the paper might not fully exist, making the system less transparent and reliable. Bitcoin, by contrast, offers the benefit of higher verifiability and proof of reserves, which substantially mitigates the risk of fractional reserve practices. image
Avg. Exchange Price vs. UTXO Price Bitcoin's price using only on-chain data, eliminating the need for third-party involvement. UTXOracle by Steve image
House prices at 5.6x median household income vs. 3x in 1985. Play fiat games, win fiat prizes. image
The 4-year cycle is on point! Each cycle consists of 3 phases. 🧵 #Bitcoin image
The SEC crackdown on crypto caused bitcoin to temporarily decorrelate from the S&P500, BlackRock filing for an ETF countered that negative sentiment. 🧵 image