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This week I watched Deep Web a 2015 documentary on Silk Road, the Darknet marketplace that was seized by the FBI in 2013. Considered the underworld’s version of Amazon, Silk Road was run by the pseudonymous Dread Pirate Roberts (“DRP”). The market site had over 1 million registered users, 10,000 products and is reported to have generated over $1 billion in sales. In the crypto world, Silk Road represents the sale of illicit products...
BTC – A VOLATILE WEEK BUT HOLDING KEY TREND SUPPORT AT THE 15-DMA WITH POTENTIAL TO CHALLENGE 7K Despite all the macro volatility spillover across markets, BTC’s short-term technical setup is improving with the potential to challenge and break-out above formidable trading resistance near 7K. After a roller coast ride over the past two weeks that included stalling under 7K resistance on 3/20 through 3/26, hitting an air pocket and...
Given the economic and social situation we are facing, there was understandably not as many April Fool’s Jokes as in prior years, but here is one from Bitfinex which made me laugh. https://twitter. com/bitfinex/status/1245246837038161930 The first response was just as good. https://twitter. com/XrpMoonCat/status/1245253120780795904 THE HEADLINES EXCHANGE, CUSTODY AND PRODUCT NEWS THOUGHTS ON THE ECOSYSTEM
Happy April Fools’ Day! Yes, the Trump and Craig Wright stories above are my poor attempt at prankish humor, but the Trump story is believable isn’t it. Thought I would start the day with some of my favorite April’s Fools Crypto pranks from past years and one from this year: BITCOIN CEO BAN CHINA – (2014) Coindesk posted a report that the CEO of Bitcoin, Dorian S. Nakamoto, had pre-empted a decision by the People’s...
The Bitcoin Fear and Greed Index repeated last week’s reading of “12” signifying negative market sentiment as investors remain worried about digital assets, but the rating is actually an uptick from yesterday when the daily metric slid to “10.” THE HEADLINES MARKET DATA EXCHANGE, CUSTODY AND PRODUCT NEWS
PORTFOLIO STRATEGY It continues to be our view that crypto markets are in the 2nd or 3rd innings of a prolonged recovery following their December 2018 bottom. The earlier months sell off likely flushed a significant portion of leverage and speculative short term traders out of the ecosystem, as we discussed on our FS Insight Digital Assets call earlier this week. This dynamic bodes well for reducing market downside risks...
If you know me, you probably know that I have developed a passion for video gaming and esports that matches my interest for digital currencies and blockchain (it’s a passion but don’t ask me for my online name, I am not a very skilled player). While I started playing video games in the early 70’s with a Pong console and black and white television, it was not until last year that...
