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Archives for October 2021

October 30, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Pension Fund Announces Crypto Investment

The Houston Firefighters’ Pension Fund announced crypto investment last week to become the first US institution to disclose an allocation to digital assets. While there has been speculation of institutional investor participation, the $25m investment in bitcoin and ether by the $5.5bn asset fund, is the first official announcement. Could this event lead to the […]

Filed Under: The Dispatch Tagged With: a16z, bitcoin adoption, bitcoin institutional adoption, BlackRock, Coinbase, Cream protocol, crypto hack, crypto lobbying, Defi, Defi exploit, Digital Asset Policy, Energy prices, FTX, Houston Firefighters' Pension Fund, Magazine Covers, on-chain metric, tax policy, Wealth tax

October 22, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Bitcoin futures ETF is inefficient

The US finally got a bitcoin ETF, but one that provides exposure via the inefficient futures market. This ETF is an expensive solution due to the cost of rolling future each month. We are talking 5-15% annualized cost. This is what counts as “investor protection” in today’s regulatory world. Yes, bitcoin futures trade on the […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: bitcoin ETF, bitcoin futures ETF, BITO, crypto yield, GBTC, Grayscale, SEC crypto ETF approval

October 16, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Bitcoin hashrate migrates to the US

Bitcoin hashrate migrates to the US with the share having doubled since April 2021 and reaching the #1 position globally. US share of bitcoin hashrate reached 34.5% in September, according to University of Cambridge because of China’s crypto mining ban. This geographic migration is important because US-based miners use far more renewable power than Chinese […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: bitcoin energy consumption, bitcoin ETF, bitcoin hash rate, bitcoin is worthless, bitcoin miners, bitcoin mining, bitcoin mining council, China policy, China RE policy, crypto lobbying, Energy prices, energy transition, ERISA, Jamie Dimon, Proshares, renewable energy

October 9, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Energy Policy and Future Supply Crunch

This week’s focus is energy policy and how it contributes to energy supply crunch. Simply put, we are attempting the clean energy transition by vilifying traditional sources of energy. This is leading to underinvestment that is likely to cause sustained higher prices to consumers. Despite The Dispatch wanting a cleaner, lower carbon future, it has […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: Bitcoin El Salvador, BofA crypto research, China crypto ban, China crypto restrictions, Commodities, commodity demand, Compound, CPI, crypto hack, Defi, Energy prices, energy transition, inflation, Money transfers, Tether reserves, Tether risks, used auto prices

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