Dispatch #25 – 2021 July 30th, 2021 This is a holiday-shortened edition of the Dispatch that provides a mid-year tax refresher for US readers. The key message is that YOU are responsible for keeping track of the cost basis and calculating gains/losses. There’s rising bipartisan support to crack down on crypto tax avoidance and the […]
Archives for July 2021
Tether reserve risks are serious & more stablecoin regulation is coming
Dispatch #24 – 2021 July 23rd, 2021 This week The Dispatch looks at the stablecoin market and the risks posed by a lack of reserve audit at Tether, the largest stablecoin. Additionally, there’s clear evidence of US authorities desire to impose additional oversight of stablecoins, which could well be a positive. It is ironic that […]
Inflation stays high as home prices feed into rent survey
Dispatch #23 – 2021 July 16th, 2021 This week’s Dispatch is going to focus on Inflation. We’ll look at the composition of the CPI basket, what items are most heavily weighted and how price data is diverging from reality. Housing, the largest weight at 42%, is most distorted as the government’s Owners’ Equivalent Rent (OER) […]
Elevated equity inflows and bitcoin price update
Dispatch #22 – 2021 July 9th, 2021 I hope everyone enjoyed a relaxing Independence Day weekend. The Dispatch was in South Florida and got a glimpse of a property market even hotter than the DC suburbs. The continued strength of residential real estate goes against the long-term trends of lackluster median income growth and high […]
Bitcoin absorbs China’s “crypto crackdown” body-blow
Dispatch #21 -2021 July 2nd, 2021 This week, the Dispatch will focus on China’s “crypto ban” body-blow that Bitcoin absorbed, and how it kept on chugging. China’s “crypto crackdown,” which included stopping bitcoin mining ahead of the Communist Party’s 100th anniversary celebrations, was a significant stress test of the Bitcoin network. Despite a more than […]