Staker Yield Model Prediction: Real yields of 7% to 13% at the time of the merge. These will scale down over time.
Some assumptions-> Eth Fees per month here (dune.com/queries/877691) are the biggest variable. Hist best month Jan ~425k ETH. Worst month March ~150k ETH. Amount staked also key 600k per month per is LT avg but we have been more like 300-450k recently.
Baseline DCF Prediction: $6.1k ETH. With P/E expansion or monetary premium assigned could be much, much higher. Scenarios primarily vary based on blockchain fees. Bc we are converting to $, the conversion factor is also key. You can adjust these factors yourself in the model.
Think my assumptions are off? I have my rationale in the sheet, but go ahead and make your own. The full model will be published in our piece tmrw as part of a broader exploration into the merge and its investment implications. We also explore a flows based analysis.
Stocks up, crypto up more. Stocks down, crypto down more.
That’s the world we live in today.
But not for long.
How, when and why crypto de-couples from stocks 👇 🧵
Let’s start with the basics. What is not corr with equities? Mainly Gov bonds and Gold. Why? They have claims to some asset enough people think is RF. They give stability that investors desire during turbulent times. They retain their purchasing power during better than peers.
Most importantly, the underlying intrinsic value of these assets doesn’t depend on the equity markets for their return.
The Ethereum merge creates these conditions for ETH as a quasi-government bond and further solidifies the narrative for Bitcoin as digital gold.
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Where we are at and where we are headed in ~30 charts and as few words as possible.
Let's start with inflation (Yes it's transitory). That informs interest rates which informs risk assets. 👇🧵
Inflation sucks. But what do people mean when they say inflation? Here is the mainstream def. The FED strips out food/energy, and allows for a changing basket of goods Ie if beef goes up, it assumes you buy chx. If you think the Fed is moving the goalposts you would not be alone
Still whether you use CPI or PCE or something else we can likely agree housing and transportation shake out to be two of the more meaningful components for anyone's definition of inflation. So where do we stand on those?
2017 had ICOs, 2020 had DeFi, but 2022 will be the year of Sports NFTs.
But wait didn't we do that @nbatopshot thing already? Nope we are just getting started.
Give me 8 tweets and I will show you why Sports NFTS are ready to pop the 2nd half of 2022 and onboard the normies 🧵
Sports NFTs are the intersection of trading cards ($14B industry) and fantasy sports ($22B industry). There are 60m fantasy players in the US and Canada alone. Daily Fantasy (@DraftKings +@FanDuel ) have 2m+ monthly users spending $2b+ a year.
The addressable market is enormous
@nbatopshot and @Sorare have onboarded millions already. Why? Engagement, opp for profit + REAL WORLD utility. TS for example is sending collectors to every playoff game. There they get unique experiences they couldn't get from passive fanhood / collection bit.ly/3Jk1PBF
USDs are 50%+ of int. loans and 60% of reserves (below).
That bottom green bar 2%? Thats the Yuan
But oil is priced in $ that's why countries hold it in their reserves? Can't they just switch to the Yuan?
Sure to support the world PetroYuan system China would have to:
-Run trade deficits
-Allow foreigners property rights
-Eliminate the soft peg to the $
-Un due cap controls