Tag Archives: Bitcoin

It has now been 318 trading days since the S&P 500 suffered a 5% drawdown – the 4th-longest streak since 1928… So everything is awesome… [embedded content] BUT…US ‘hard’ economic data has not been this weak (and seen the biggest drop) since Feb 2009… US Data Surprise Index, 2006 - 2017 - Click to enlarge Q3 Was a Roller-Coaster… Q3 was the 8th straight quarterly gain in a row for The Dow – the longest streak...

In den letzten Monaten hat die Ausgabe von neuen Blockchain Tokens (auch “Initial Coin Offerings” oder ICOs) vermehrt zu Schlagzeilen geführt. Verschiedene Unternehmen haben dutzende bis hunderte Millionen eingenommen. Am vergangenen Freitag hat sich auch die Schweizer Finanzmarktaufsicht “FINMA” erneut zu Wort gemeldet, an die bestehenden gesetzlichen Regeln erinnert und eine vertiefte...

Wenn sich die Deutsche Bundesbank in ihrem jüngsten Monatsbericht mit der Blockchain-Technologie (Distributed-Ledger-Technologie) beschäftigt, die hinter der digitalen Währung Bitcoin und anderer steckt, dann ist das schon fast eine Sensation. Bislang war alles um die private Währung Bitcoin herum den Bundesbankern höchst suspekt. Mal warnten sie vor Totalverlust, mal vor der hohen Volatilität und ein anderes Mal vor der mangelnden...

Commodities King Gartman Says Gold Soon Reach $1,400 As Drums of War Grow Louder - 'Commodities King' Gartman sees $1,400 gold surge in months- "Gold is the one currency that will do the best of all..."- Pullback below $1300 "is relatively inconsequential"- Use gold price weakness to be a buyer "no question"- Bullish on gold due to central banks and easy monetary policy and gold will be even higher in euro terms- Gold will be the best of all, as a result of QE and expansionary policies-...

Von Ralph Bärligea, Bankenberater, Hochschuldozent und Gesellschafter eines IT-Start-ups. Die letzten Tage ging es heiß her: Die chinesische Regierung verbietet den Börsenhandel mit Kryptowährungen. Mit BTCChina schließt eine der größten Börsen für Kryptowährungen. Der Kurs eines Bitcoins lässt von seinem Allzeithoch von rund 4.900 US-Dollar um mehr als ein Drittel nach auf rund 3.050 US-Dollar. Auch die Marktkapitalisierung aller...

The price of shares in The Swiss National Bank is up 11 days in a row, soaring 150% in the last two months. SNB Stock Price, 2010 - 2017(see more posts on Swiss National Bank Stock, ) - Click to enlarge That sounds like a ‘tulip’ bubble-like ‘fraud’… Bitcoin and SNB, 2013 - 2017(see more posts on Bitcoin, Swiss National Bank Stock, ) - Click to enlarge The SNB is up over 120% in Q3 so far – more than double...

A week ago we tweeted… Dear @SNB_BNS_en – you are the next bitcoin: congratulations pic.twitter.com/cld4YNbNLb — zerohedge (@zerohedge) September 14, 2017 But as Bitcoin rebounded from its China challenges, it overtook The SNB once again as bubbliest bubble. However, a 13% spike in the share price of The Swiss National Bank today has put an end to that leaving the central bank back in first place among the...

A day after Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio claimed that bitcoin was “definitely in a bubble” partly because he said the digital currency was too difficult to spend, CoinTelegraph is reporting that the first-ever bitcoin-only real-estate transaction has been completed in Texas. The transaction “illustrates crypto’s potential to transform how financial transactions are conducted,” according to Futurism.com. The...

 – Bitcoin price action shows cryptos vulnerable to commentary and government policies– Bitcoin falls to low of $2,980, down by $1,000 in week as China flexes muscles– Volatility major issue: In 3 days btc fell 40% before bouncing 25% off lows– BIS state risks of cryptos cannot yet be fully assessed and says technology still unproven– Apple and Google developing a payment API for cryptos – may give governments full...

A tragedy… get the hankies out! ? [PT] The Instability Problem Bitcoin is often promoted as the antidote to the madness of fiat irredeemable currencies. It is also promoted as their replacement. Bitcoin is promoted not only as money, but the future money, and our monetary future. In fact, it is not. Why not? To answer, let us start with a look at the incentives offered by bitcoin. We saw a comment this week, which is...