The eagle-eyed among you will notice a preponderance of material focusing on both the current broad economic turmoil and the looming BTC halving. These zeitgeist moments deserve research and reflection. The dollar’s path to global dominance and its role in the unbridled monetary expansion of recent decades also receives some attention.
Picks of the Week
This deep dive economic report by Raoul Paul and this excellent podcast outlining the rise and probable fall of the dollars global reserve status. Also very hard to look past this discussion of the pivotal economic event of 1971 - hint - it involved gold. Also worth your attention - this short contextualization of the BTC halving.
A thread focusing on the ‘big picture’ (recommended):
https://twitter.com/ColeGarnerBTC/status/1252793549508112385
- ColeGarnerBTC
BTC is a vote - consider using it:
https://twitter.com/twobitidiot/status/1249818580029407238
- twobitidiot
BTC fees matter:
https://twitter.com/ColinTCrypto/status/1250081848182607872
- ColinTCrypto
DeFi has some evident security issues:
https://twitter.com/CamiRusso/status/1251921338455019521
- CamiRusso
Will commodities be spared oil’s fate - probably not (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/RaoulGMI/status/1252396835202715655
- RaoulGMI
Dissecting the recent BNB token burn:
https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1251369898766290945
- lawmaster
What does the world look like as we combine deflationary “dollarization” with massive money printing (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/AriDavidPaul/status/1252650264265449475
- AriDavidPaul
Bonds are safe, right? Right?:
https://twitter.com/CaitlinLong_/status/1252426097448194050
- CaitlinLong_
Articles
A wide-ranging and insightful report on where to next for markets - Bitcoin included - requires email verification to access (highly recommended):
https://twitter.com/RealVision/status/1253433996723187712
- RealVision
So what is the halving and what does it really represent? (recommended):
https://medium.com/hackernoon/the-halving-or-halvening-6725a4ec1e35
A call to secure your BTC:
https://www.ministryofnodes.com.au/2020/04/16/get-your-bitcoin-off-the-exchange/
Money is losing its meaning:
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-15/money-has-no-meaning-anymore
A deep dive into China’s looming central bank issue digital currency model (recommended):
https://medium.com/@hashkeyhub/a-full-analysis-of-dc-ep-d5fc51fe4335
Don’t worry be happy (wit money printing):
https://www.coindesk.com/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-money-printer
Podcasts
A treasure trove of insights into the rise and likely fall of the dollar’s global reserve status (highly recommended):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qVBhJech5mPR0kfw402kR1971 was a pivotal year - here’s why (highly recommended):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qKU4wIcshIfcubBsE7rjvDo yourself a favour and look beyond the looming BTC halving:
https://anchor.fm/the-two-minute-crypto-podcast/episodes/Two-Minute-Crypto--Looking-Beyond-the-Bitcoin-Halving-ecrptc/a-a1pvsb
YouTube
Putting the halving into much needed perspective (recommended):
Andreas Antonopoulos discusses BTC’s halving:
Halving - what of it?
Will high BTC fees benefit Alts?:
Is Libra 2.0 flying under the radar? (recommended):
Oil futures trading below zero…Come again?:
The interest rate trap (highly recommended):
Infographics
The BTC cycle:
https://twitter.com/Breedlove22/status/1251309365337960452/photo/1
- Breedlove22
Tether circulation in Eth showing truly epic growth:
https://twitter.com/AlexSaundersAU/status/1249219368631689217/photo/1
- AlexSaundersAU
Funds not SAFU (though since returned):
https://twitter.com/ICODrops/status/1251744408350965761/photo/1
Website / Utility
Tracking BTC issuance/supply:
Crypto is many things - boring is not one of them! Until next we meet down the rabbit hole.
Note on Sources:
Twitter & Reddit (cryptos current meta-brains) / Medium / Trybe / Hackernoon / Whaleshares / TIMM and so on/ YouTube / various podcasts and whatever else I stumble upon. The aim is a useful weekly aggregator of ideas rather than news. Though I try to keep the sources current – I’ll reference these articles and podcasts etc. as I encounter them – they may have been published just a couple of days ago or in some cases quite a bit earlier.