I discuss in this article Hamas’s decision to raise funds through bitcoin and the consequences of such a step, taken by Hamas and other countries suffering from economic sanctions, in creating an alternative financial and economic system. أيمن نزال جاءت دعوة كتائب القسام قبل عدة أيام للحصول على التبرعات عن طريق عملة البيتكوين لتعكس حقيقتين […]

A research released by Canada-based financial services company, Genuity Group shows that Bitcoin’s decentralization has increased by several measures. The firm indicates in the report released in February 2019 that BTC was less decentralized in its early years. This is according to the distribution of its hashrate. The report notes that in the last few […]

The cryptocurrency market is yet to reverse the downward trend that prevailed all though 2018. Most assets are still trading near their 2018 lows with attempts to recover limited by the rising selling pressure. In fact, in a recent article published on Coindesk, the project lead at Decred, Yacom-Piatt attempted to demystify some of the […]

Analyzing and investing in the Crypto market offers its own unique set of challenges very different from that of traditional markets. Bitcoin’s price has fallen from a high of $20,089.00 on 12/17/17 to its current price of $3,297.18 as of December 7th, 2018, a decline of 82% from the all-time high. This extreme volatility and […]

What is happening to Bitcoin? If you have been into crypto for awhile, you have heard variations of this question. The urgency behind this question has grown as we continue to explore the depths of the bitcoin market bottom.  We can look at charts, examine investor sentiment, watch the news, interview thought leaders in the […]

Let’s take a step back from just the Crypto market this week and look at the broader macroeconomic picture. Some trends are underway that affect fund flows into all markets to include crypto. Fund flows ultimately drive assets higher or lower. Three big trends:   1) Rising interest rate environment puts pressure on risk assets […]

Relax:   1) Fidelity, NYSE, Microsoft, Starbucks, and Nasdaq aren’t getting into crypto because they think it’s a “bubble”. That would be ridiculous. The asset class is here to stay, we are just in the capitulatory phase of a bear market. The question is, where do we bottom?   2) See the charts (scroll down) to get a feel […]

The crypto market is selling off. We are now searching for a new bottom in Bitcoin and by extension the entire Crypto market.   We think this low volatility is signaling a bottom, but if the key $5800 level is breached on Bitcoin (the market leader) then there will be more pain ahead. Luckily for […]

When Satoshi decided to use 21 million Bitcoins (BTC) as the finite number of Bitcoins, the global M1 money supply approximately stood at $21 Trillion USD. Every dollar can be divided into 100 cents, making the total number of the pieces of money to exist at around 2100 trillion. Why this number so crucial is […]