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            FOMC Preview, Is AI a Bubble, and Gold/Bitcoin Update
 
            Bitcoin Update, PMI Cycles, and Stocks Hit ATH
 
            Macro Is Becoming Clear, Market Decision Still Ahead
 
            Signals in Oil, Gold, Dollar and Yields
 
            The Case Against Quantum Computing
 
            Spring-Loaded Q4
 
            Economic Arguments Against Vibe Coding
Opportunity cost, noise filtering, and the myth of productivity from DIY AI apps.
            
         
            October Price Forecast Competition
 
            Time For Action, What's Ahead For Bitcoin
 
            Common Futurist Fallacies
Technological innovation depends on the underlying growth picture, it's not an independent driver of growth. Demographic decline is the limiter no one sees coming.
            
         
            Flash Update - Federal Reserve Preview
 
            Rate Cuts Coming, Employment Collapses, Bitcoin Bounces
 
            Rethinking The Economic Center Of Gravity
From Rice Fields to Roman Aqueducts: False Models for GDP, Civilizational Complexity, and the False Narrative of a Balanced East and West
            
         
            MSTR Decision Preview, Charts and More, Plus Fed Cut Expectations
 
            September Price Forecast Competition
 
            Whale Wars and Fed Shake Up
 
            Trump, the Fed, and Bitcoin’s Next Move
 
            Powell Failed To Thread The Needle, Bitcoin Bounces
 
            Exhaustion In The Bitcoin Market
 
            Bessent’s Bitcoin Bombshell and Planning for the Post-Adoption Future
 
            The Fed’s Lose-Lose Situation Means a Win-Win for Bitcoin
 
            Copper/Gold Ratio Gives Insights to Treasury Yields, Dollar, and Bitcoin
 
            Macro Resistance For Bitcoin
 
            August Price Forecast Competition
 
            Global Macro Pivot Imminent, A Brief €100k Pause
 
            Why Mesoamerica Had Civilization and Sub-Saharan Africa Didn’t
We must understand the past and the evolution of economies and civilizations to understand the tectonic shift that bitcoin adoption entails.
            
         
            Steady Pressure Into Coming Breakout - Here's What To Watch
 
            Where’s the Euphoria? Bitcoin Struggles with $120k
 
            Macro Uncertainty And The Deeper Fundamentals
 
            FOMO Is Coming, Where's the Next Bitcoin Top?
 
            The Treasury Wave and Technical Patterns
 
            Analyzing Current Trends in Payrolls, Yields, and the Dollar
 
            July Price Forecast Competition
 
            Bitcoin Supply Zones and Macro Update
 
            Stuck in the Zone: Bitcoin’s Battle at $105k
 
            Markets, Militaries, and Monetary Stress
 
            Upward Tension, Technical Pause
 
            All Signs Still Point Higher For Bitcoin
 
            A World Without Inflation?
Understanding how fixed supply transforms economic incentives and re-routes the natural pressure to inflate.
            
         
            June Price Forecast Competition
 
            Bear Traps and Golden Crosses
 
            Bitcoin and Macro Frustration Builds
 
            Bitcoin’s Calm Ascent to New Heights
 
            Have Retail Investors Abandoned Bitcoin?
While retail search interest may be down, easier access and altcoin fatigue suggest Bitcoin engagement is evolving—not disappearing.
            
         
            Dollar Strength Returning, Plumbing Weakness Emerging
 
            In Pursuit Of A New Economics: The Layered Agent
This is a draft of my exploration into the layered economic actor, different from a blank-slate individualistic actor.
            
         
            The Dollar Stabilizes, ECB On Edge
 
            Can Anything Logically Be Done About Fertility Collapse?
Navigating the most pessimistic and optimistic outlooks for tackling demographic decline.
            
         
            Bitcoin Treasuries and Technical Signals Point to Next Price Target
 
            Testing the Money Printing Hypothesis
Exploring three hypotheses about money printing, QE, and the flow of funds in the modern financial system.
            
         
            Macro Update: Has The Dollar Bottomed and Gold Topped?
 
            $100k in Sight as Saylor Doubles Down
 
            On the Origins of Money and the Monetary Chasm
How Society Shaped the Origins of Money
            
         
            May Price Forecast Competition
 
            Bitcoin Breakout On New Institutional Demand And Market Signals
 
            Dollar Doubts and Debt Dynamics
 
            Bitcoin Holds Strong Amidst Market Panic and Volatility
 
            Tariff Drama Shocks To The Market, But Is It Sustainable?
 
            Augustus’ Fertility Laws and the Battle to Save Rome
How Rome's first emperor tried to reverse a demographic decline with legal and moral reform
            
         
            April Price Forecast Competition
 
            The Modern Effect Of Tariffs
 
            Two Mental Traps That Derail Macro Thinking
 
            Here's How Bitcoin Stair Steps To $1 Million
 
            Bitcoin Signs of Life, Fighting Macro Headwinds
 
            Crisis Signals and Bitcoin Calm: Reading Between the Fed Lines
 
            Divergences, Dominance, and a Developing Breakout
 
            The Euro's Last Recession?
 
            Bitcoin Strategic Reserve: A Game-Changer for Global Adoption
 
            10Y Breakdown and Recession Signals - Macro Update
 
            March Price Forecast Competition
 
            Bitcoin’s Wild Week, BlackRock’s Signal, and GDP Shock
 
            Markets at a Crossroads as Q1 Volatility Kicks In
 
            Bullish Fundamentals and Bybit Hack - How Bad Will The Bitcoin Dip Get?
 
            Big Macro Update: Fear Runs High, but Markets Follow the Script
 
            From Boredom to Breakout: Bitcoin’s Next Rally is Brewing
 
            The Future of Reserve Assets - Gold vs Bitcoin
 
            Dip Before Rip? Bitcoin Chart Updates - Pro
 
            Can Gold Continue Its Rally? - Macro Update
 
            February Price Forecast Competition
 
            Bitcoin Chart Updates - Pro #52
 
            FOMC, Dollar, Stocks - Macro Update - Premium
 
            Announcement and Bitcoin Forecast - Premium
 
            Bitcoin Insider #323
Trump takes office and we await his Bitcoin Executive Orders and hoping for Ross Ulbricht's freedom. A lot is coming for Bitcoin over the next few days!
            
         
            Is Quantum Computing the Biggest Threat to Bitcoin? And Your Comments - E430
Debunking the quantum computing FUD about bitcoin
            
         
            Will Trump's Tariffs Work? Reaction to Patrick Boyle - E429
I react to Patrick Boyle's tariff episode. It was a balanced take from Patrick, and I add my own color to it.
            
         
            Bitcoin Insider #322
Slower week for the bitcoin news cycle, wildfires in California and macro take center stage. All awaiting Trump's inauguration.
            
         
            Bitcoin Round Up - MSTR, IMF and El Salvador, China Stimulus, Price and more - E428
The main topics today are MSTR once again, the IMF hassling El Salvador and China stimulus.
            
         
            They Finally See Bitcoin Coming, Some Are Trying To Stop It - E427
Listening and reacting to great Charles Schwab and Tom Lee takes on bitcoin and a terrible one from Bill Dudley.
            
         
            Bitcoin Gets the Support of Powerful Elites, Major Statements from Powell and Putin - E426
I react to Putin and Powell public comments about bitcoin. I also read through one of my recent blog posts about Endogenous Money.
            
         
            Bitcoin OTC Desks Drained, Geopolitical Chaos Erupts - Bitcoin Roundup - E425
LIVE stream from Dec 2, 2024 as podcast. MicroStrategy, Marc Andreessen on Rogan, and the start of the China collapse.
            
         
            Bitcoin Fundamentals Report #321
Inside Bitcoin: Tax Rule Changes, $100K Trends, and Global Economic Upheaval
            
         
            Bitcoin Is The Antithesis Of Fiat
Debunking the claim that Bitcoin is fiat currency. We explore Bitcoin’s non-arbitrary design, market-driven value, and role as a distributed consensus system, while clarifying the true nature of fiat currency.
            
         
            January Price Forecast Competition
 
            Bitcoin Fundamentals Report #320
A weekly roundup including Tether FUD, Russia using bitcoin for trade, Chinese yields collapse, price holding $90k and mining industry news.
            
         
            Bitcoin Indicators and Forecast - Premium
 
            Bottom Up Adoption: A Theory Based In The Inflation Argument
In a follow up to last week's post on gold versus bitcoin monetization and monetary evolution, this post tackles the technical consequences of an inflation-hedge mindset and how it led to the scaling conflict.
            
         
            Bitcoin Fundamentals Report #319
The bitcoin price cools as corporate buying slows, macro and geopolitical calm before the storm, bitcoin price analysis, and miners buying bitcoin instead of ASICs.
            
         
            Why Will Bitcoin Be Monetized, If Gold Was Demonetized?
Analysis challenging inflation-based narratives and examining the market's role in selecting money, offering a fresh perspective through Evolutionary Monetary Theory.
            
         
            Gold vs Bitcoin Debate Reaction, with Peter Schiff and Robert Breedlove - E424
Reaction to Schiff vs Breedlove gold vs bitcoin debate
            
         
                                