Altcoins: You Have Been Warned!
I want to talk a bit about altcoins. As I’m sure you know, an altcoin is any digital token or coin that is NOT Bitcoin. So basically 99.999% of all crypto are altcoins. Some of them, of course, are big beasts like Ethereum, Binance coin, even Tether, but some are truly miniscule. The smallest with an […]
The Way It Is: An Economist Writes
SO here’s a bit of interesting information. If you study economics at university and learn to be an economist, you will find yourself at the top of the extra earnings list. Medicine is right there with you. Maths, surprisingly, is massively beneath you, as is media studies unless you happen to be one of the […]
Bitcoin: Is A 15-20% Drop Normal?
As I frequently say, Bitcoin does nothing if it does not surprise you, and present price action is doing exactly that. Yes 15% movement up or down is not at all unusual, but things feel a bit different this time round. Despite everyone yelling to have Bitcoin spot ETFs, in the last ten days or […]
The Bitcoin ‘Orse ‘As Run Nowhere
SO here we are a couple of months down the road in the post-Bitcoin Halving world and the price has gone nowhere. The headline refers to the words of an ancient retainer of an old aunt of mine – long since deceased – and was his invariable response when asked how his Saturday afternoon pick […]
The Implications for Crypto of Elections
IT may have escaped your notice but Europe as a whole has swung quite markedly to the right. So much so that Emmanuel Macron, already in trouble, has clearly decided to call an election in France. Might it – alongside other elections – have implications for crypto? Realistically, there is really only one outcome which […]
Is Gold Truly Golden?
ALL that glisters is not gold – while that may be true in general terms, the gold market is currently suggesting otherwise. Gold has reached an inflation-adjusted high, with an extraordinary run since the beginning of the year. According to gold market participants, it’s not state-inspired purchases – which remain at expected levels – but […]
New Regulations For Stablecoins
The UK Government – presumably spurred on by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak – has announced it will be bringing forward new regulations in respect of stablecoins (Britcoin, if you must, and others) but also in respect of staking, exchanges, and custody by the middle of the year. Of course, there is in fact already a […]
The Bitcoin ‘Halving’ Is Upon Us
ANYONE even vaguely interested in cryptocurrencies must be aware that ‘the halving’ of Bitcoin is imminent. While it may sound like a relatively straightforward technical change, it gets a lot of Bitcoin enthusiasts very excited. In essence, every 210,000 blocks the algorithm that controls the release of Bitcoin drops the reward for mining. It happens […]
Bitcoin: Where Next For Crypto’s Darling?
THE soaring price of Bitcoin has been the crypto story of the last few weeks. What are we to make of the crash that wiped 12% off its price between Wednesday and Saturday? Was it just traders banking some profit? Or was it something more sinister? There is no doubt there was a lot of […]
Altcoin Season: The Good And The Bad
THE huge rise in the price of Bitcoin has rightly attracted attention over the last few weeks. The world’s dominant cryptocurrency more than trebling in 18 months to briefly reach new all-time highs north of $73,000. It has been a remarkable turnaround after the winter that stretched from 2022 into much of 2023. A lot […]
