"Something Needs To Go Really Wrong Not For Bitcoin To Appreciate"
That's a quote from a new Bloomberg Intelligence report
Happy Thursday, Blockfolians
The Lede
There is a growing sense of strength in the bitcoin narrative. The specter of money printing has brought folks like Paul Tudor Jones in as a hedge against inflation. As protests engulf the country and discussions of financial tracking and other types of surveillance grow, others are looking with keen interest at bitcoin’s properties of censorship resistance.
That strength is certainly finding its way into the mainstream of financial discourse. A new Bloomberg Intelligence report on bitcoin points to macro tailwinds and resilience over the last few months as major factors that could lead to matching or exceeding All Time Highs.
The price prediction has (expectedly) gotten the biggest reaction, but the whole piece is worth checking out.
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Highly Relevant Reading
Crypto-centric fintech startup Arival Bank is now available in Beta
How’s that for a big number - Ripple’s Xpring has invested $500m since 2018
The USA’s body for regulating banks is asking for input on cryptocurrencies
Time machine travels back to 2018 to rehash a lawsuit against Bitfinex and Tether (plus Bittrex and Poloniex) for market manipulation
Community Commentary
Preston Pysh and Dave Portnoy describe how the markets work today.
Michael Novogratz connects the dots between crypto and wide-scale systems change
A Really Big Number We Should Be Paying Attention To
9.29%
That’s the size of Bitcoin’s most recent difficulty adjustment - the 8th largest in history.
Final Thought
How’s that for a black swan?