I have no skin in the game, hopefully this'll help some readers 🙏
Bitcoin rally relative to prior bubbles -
Source: Bank of America
Grayscale Investments LLC now owns just over 3% of the total supply of Bitcoin (~$25 billion in assets vs. $755 billion Bitcoin market cap)
ARK + other public funds have invested in $BTC via $GBTC
In comparison, 2% of anonymous whales own 95% of $BTC
Bitcoin proponents want to get rid of 'centralised' fiat issued by various nations and adopt Bitcoin whereby the issuance (mining) is even more centralised (majority in China) -
Bitcoin's infrastructure is more centralised than ever -
Just 5 companies control 50% of the Bitcoin network!
With massive centralisation/concentration in both mining (creation) and ownership, is Bitcoin really decentralised!?
More recent data from the University of Cambridge shows that China now accounts for ~65% of Bitcoin mining!
Interesting a crypto expert stated the following during his Milken Institute debate in 2018 -
"Bitcoin is not an asset, its programmable money. Everyone is focusing on Bitcoin's price, which is nonsense."
Now, he is posting Bitcoin price charts on FinTwit w/ price targets!
The crypto experts want us to buy Bitcoin, yet nobody has answered my straight forward questions!
Instead of providing answers/offering insight, the experts have been attacking me and questioning my motives!
"Just buy the damn thing, you idiot - don't ask anything!"
Why attack and lash out at the crypto sceptics?
"You are wrong, the market has spoken, price pays, stay poor etc."
Why not answer all the questions in writing? If Bitcoin is legit and the sceptics are dumb, why not enlighten us so we can also buy and push up the price further?
Most of the crypto bulls who keep claiming this is a 'store of value' which'll be super expensive one day (Bitcoin @ $1m) have only allocated 1-2% of their capital in bitcoin.
Why only allocate such a small % in a 'safe haven' asset which will be worth 30-35X in the future?
If you were sure an asset was truly a store of value and it was on its way to becoming a 30-35 bagger over time, wouldn't you invest the majority of your capital in this asset?
You wouldn't dip your toe in the pool with 1-2%, would you?
Actions speak louder than words!
Crypto bulls argue "you wouldn't invest all your capital in one stock, would you?" Damn right; I wouldn't and that is because a stock on its own is risky (its not a safe haven).
Equities as an asset-class is also a risk asset but despite this, I've allocated almost all my...
Small hyper-growth stocks are also super volatile and they move around a lot *but* they aren't touted as 'stores of value'. Most know they are risk assets.
Bitcoin on the other hand is touted as a 'store of value'.
A store of value which moves up and down 15-20% a day!
Speculate if you want and enjoy the ride watching bitcoin gyrate like a yoyo.
Just don't call crypto a 'safe haven' or 'store of value'.
Risk assets = stocks, junk bonds, gold/silver and crypto
When the music is playing, no harm in dancing but important to know the driver behind the asset levitation.
It isn't a new paradigm, its central bank QE.
History has shown us that when liquidity is abundant (music is playing) asset bubbles generally stay inflated and they become bigger than most rational expectations.
However, when the central banks remove the punchbowl (tighten monetary conditions), bubbles ALWAYS break.
During the month, I sold out of a few of my over-extended, richly valued companies and bought shares in a few rapidly growing, more reasonably valued companies....