The bond repurchase is viewed as El Salvador attempt to allay concerns about a probable debt default. President Nayib Bukele said on Wednesday that the South American country had repurchased $565 million worth of its debts due in 2023 and 2025.El Salvador reportedly paid $432 million for 54% of the 2025 bond issue, according to […] The post El...
The state of the Treasury market isn’t looking great. With Japan, Russia and China dumping U.S. bonds, the question remains: Who will buy our debt?This is a transcribed excerpt of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” hosted by P and Q. In this episode, they are joined by Greg Foss to talk about how owning bitcoin is the greatest asymmetric trade in history and...
What is so important about the gross domestic product to debt ratio and how can bitcoin help the poorest countries avoid another debt crisis?This is a transcribed excerpt of the “Bitcoin Magazine Podcast,” hosted by P and Q. In this episode, they are joined by James Lavish to talk about gross domestic product, the bond market and how currencies are measured....
Lyn Alden, Founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, and Mauricio di Bartolomeo, Co-founder of Ledn, discuss how inflation could affect the digital asset industry.Show highlights: how Mauricio’s upbringing in Venezuela and firsthand experience with inflation led him to Bitcoin what a “long-term debt cycle” is and why Lyn thinks the 2020s could be similar to the 1930s and 1940s the difference between...
The European Central Bank’s mishandling of the money printer has endangered the eurozone. Bitcoin offers an alternative that separates money from the state.This is an opinion editorial by Marie Poteriaieva, a Ukrainian-French crypto industry observer and educator, following the space since 2016.Something is rotten in the European Union.The euro has reached parity with the U.S. dollar for the...
Despite the recent rally in equities, the bond market has meaningfully reversed and resumed its sell-off while treasury yields rise with inflationary pressure....
Bitcoin is the most secure network in human history. Without the security and immutability unique to Bitcoin, DeFi will never achieve mass adoption.Dr. Chiente Hsu is CEO and cofounder of ALEX (Automated Liquidity Exchange), the first complete DeFi exchange on Bitcoin.Bitcoin is the only way to get truly decentralized finance (DeFi). DeFi hasn’t yet emerged as a game-changing force...
A reversal in interest rates shows that markets are pricing in lower inflation expectations and a rising probability of a deflationary market on the horizon....
Leveraging assets held in the legacy financial system in order to purchase bitcoin may be a strategy for investors with a certain risk profile.The following article is an opinion piece and is not intended to be financial advice.“Ask yourself: Is bitcoin going up more than 3% every year? Then it is a mistake not to maximize your exposure at the current...
The drawdown in bonds is not much less than bitcoin’s drawdown from its all- time high. Legacy finance is demonstrating to be just as volatile as bitcoin.The below is an excerpt from a recent edition of Bitcoin Magazine Pro, Bitcoin Magazine's premium markets newsletter. To be among the first to receive these insights and other on-chain bitcoin market analysis straight to your inbox,...
The macroeconomic picture is deteriorating fast and could push the U.S. economy into recession as the Federal Reserve tightens its monetary policy to tame surging inflation, Bank of America strategists warned in a weekly research note, Reuters reports...
During Bitcoin 2022, a group of high-net-worth investors gave insight into the perspective of whales and their future in the bitcoin market.Highlighting the perspective of “whales,” bitcoin investors with access to significant amounts of fiat capital to inject into the market, a slew of high-net-worth Bitcoiners spoke to attendees of the Bitcoin 2022 conference in a panel titled “Billionaire Capital Allocators.”...
Recent weakness in the bond market could potentially drive capital flows into crypto,...
As bond risks grow and contagion appear more likely than ever, every investor needs to consider bitcoin as portfolio insurance.Editor’s note: This article is the second in a three-part series. Plain text represents the writing of Greg Foss, while italicized copy represents the writing of Jason Sansone....
El Salvador $1 billion Bitcoin bond may be issued between 14 - 20 March. The 10-year bond will offer +6.5% per annum for 10 years (approximately +$1.
Describing the complex world of bonds with two distinct voices to set the stage for explaining why bitcoin is critical portfolio insurance.Editor’s note: This article is the first in a three-part series. Plain text represents the writing of Greg Foss, while italicized copy represents the writing of Jason Sansone.In February 2021, I published the...
Greg Foss and Josh Olszewics join Steven McClurg to discuss institutional adoption of Bitcoin from a product standpoint and why bonds are a poor investment.Watch This Episode On YouTubeListen...
The new rules extended the ban first announced in October to include bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.Fed employees will no longer be able to invest in a cohort of assets, including bitcoin.The new rules come into effect on May 1 and prohibit Fed officials from buying stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies, and other securities.The rules “aim to support public confidence in the impartiality and...
Discussing bonds, Federal Reserve activity and the impact they have on the bitcoin market.Listen To This Episode:AppleSpotify...
The growing inflation around the globe is no secret as consumer price indices have hit new highs in both England and the United States. While the U.S feds decided to keep the interest rates unchanged and accelerate bond tapering, the Bank...
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