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June 18, 2022 By Asi de Silva

Crypto Breaks Cyclical Patterns

The current price action makes it increasingly clear that crypto breaks cyclical patterns of the past. In bitcoin’s short three-cycle history, each cycle saw the token price drop to the 200-week moving average (wma) at the depth of the bear market. However, the price did not fall below the prior cycle high. The current price […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: 3AC, Babel, Blockfi, Celsius, crypto cycle, crypto lending, crypto liquidation, crypto yield, Defi, Genesis, LUNA, NYDIG, Terra

November 13, 2021 By Asi de Silva

US Inflation Surge

US inflation surge is the big news this week in the media, although The Dispatch is tired of the subject. Last week, we reiterated our high inflation view in Dispatch #36, which was first laid out in Dispatch #23. We continue to see shelter inflation catch-up offset the coming slowdown in transitory items that are […]

Filed Under: The Dispatch Tagged With: bitcoin adoption, bitcoin on-chain data, Caroline Crenshaw, China Junk bonds, China RE policy, CPI, CPI components, crypto adoption, Defi, Defi regulation, Energy prices, Eric Balchunas, goods consumption, inflation, oil export ban, on-chain data, Pew Research, SEC, SEC crypto compliance, SEC crypto ETF approval, shelter inflation, sticky price inflation, stranded energy, Van Eck

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 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

September 11, 2021 By Asi de Silva

Social Security Insolvency is Looming

Dispatch #29 – 2021 September 10th, 2021 Looming Social Security insolvency, highlighted in the 2021 Trustees Report, is the lead story this week. The retirement Trust Fund (called old-age insurance) is set to run out in 2033 and the Medicare Trust Fund will be empty even earlier in 2026. How’s that for just around the […]

Filed Under: News, The Dispatch Tagged With: bitcoin adoption, bitcoin institutional adoption, Bored Ape, Coinbase, Defi, Metaverse, NFT auction, NFTs, SEC, Social Security, Social Security insolvency, sotheby's

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