Altcoin season refers to a period in the cryptocurrency market when alternative cryptocurrencies (altcoins), any digital assets besides Bitcoin, significantly outperform Bitcoin in price appreciation and trading volume. This phase is characterized by a surge in capital flowing from Bitcoin into altcoins, leading to rapid, often exponential, gains across a...| JustDario
BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) has been by far the most successful ETF launch in the firm’s history and with ~22.5 bn USD of AUM already is set to surpass the established iShares IAU Gold ETF (~31bn$ AUM) in the near future. However, why does a firm that manages ~10.6...| JustDario
Back in September last year in “IS THIS BLACKROCK’S MASTER PLAN FOR BITCOIN?” I described how the investment powerhouse BlackRock was laying the ground to make Bitcoin the golden goose and growth engine for its operations in the near future, considering how mature all other asset classes within the manager’s...| JustDario
One month ago, when the LIBRA scandal broke out (“Argentina’s $4.6 Billion Crypto Scandal; Largest-Ever Crypto Theft“), I wrongly assumed that the era of “scam coins” and predatory “pump and dumps” was finally over, considering it was exposed how the whole meme coins casino was actually rigged in favor of...| JustDario
The Fiat “On Ramp” and “Off Ramp” is a concept that is key to #crypto. Buying $BTC or any #crypto asset has never been easy and has always been constrained in one way or another by the “bottlenecks” of the stablecoin structure. In a nutshell, to buy crypto and “enter...| JustDario
Let me paint you a picture. Imagine the U.S. Treasury announced it was buying up Amazon stock, Swiss francs, and commodities to hold as strategic reserves. Markets would go haywire. Now, replace those assets with Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a handful of other cryptocurrencies. That’s exactly what’s happening. President Trump just...| JustDario
After markets closed on December 23rd, MicroStrategy shocked the world by filing a proposal to increase its number of authorized Class A shares by a staggering 10 billion, equivalent to approximately 97% dilution for current shareholders (SEC Filing). Crazy, isn’t it? Indeed, but there’s definitely more to this than meets...| JustDario
How many people would love to get their hands on a time machine, travel back in time, and invest in internet #stocks right after the aftermath of the dotcom bubble? I am sure everyone. With the benefit of hindsight, things look obvious, but at that time, almost no one would...| JustDario
As I write, “Fartcoin” is worth more than HALF A BILLION USD, and many observers are shocked by the meteoric rise of this crypto meme coin. Why are people willing to pay to buy Fartcoin? The answer is very simple: there is so much excess liquidity sloshing around in the...| JustDario
If you think that the semiconductor stocks bubble popping will mark an end to the speculative mania, I am afraid that won’t happen for 2 reasons: How are institutional investors going to reposition? As I already anticipated long ago, they will keep rotating into financial stocks and Bitcoin: Don’t believe...| JustDario
IS THIS BLACKROCK’S MASTER PLAN FOR BITCOIN?| JustDario
All the talk about #crypto as of late has been mostly around #Bitcoin and the #Bitcoin ETF that, like it or not, has been the most successful ETF launch ever. A while ago, I explained what the #Bitcoin ETF meant for the whole #crypto industry (“WHY A BITCOIN ETF WILL...| JustDario
Author: Robert Alcorn (Co-Founder and CEO of Synnax) The crypto industry has seen numerous narratives come and go — think DeFi summer, the NFT boom, and the metaverse wave. While these trends may not be in the spotlight anymore, the projects that thrived within those categories are still around. They survived not because...| JustDario