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Price, Not Intrinsic Value, Is the True Measure of Bitcoin’s Success
Many financial advisors cite lack of intrinsic value as a case against bitcoin. But demand and global adoption, evidenced by bitcoin's steadily increasing price, are what they should be paying attention to.
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What Fat Tails and Revolutionary Ages Mean for Digital Assets
There are over 20,000 cryptocurrencies in existence. But if history is our guide, only a handful of them will drive the majority of wealth creation.
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The End of the Super Bubble vs. WAGMI
A reading of two threads that paint a very different picture of the world.
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If Crypto Causes ‘Instability,’ It’s Because the System Is Unstable
Crypto is increasingly interconnected in the global financial system, regulators warn. But the potential knock-on effects of a crypto market collapse would be of their own making.
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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Bubble, Toil and Trouble
Also: "Market professionals" think assets are overheating while Janet Yellen voices her concern about bitcoin.
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​​Market Mania Is Unavoidable, But Crypto Must Get Past It
There has to be broad-based value to society if blockchain technology and the market it supports are to survive and prosper, argues Michael J. Casey.
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Bank of America: Bitcoin Bubble Is Already Popping
In an analytical note, Bank of America researchers called bitcoin one of the greatest bubbles in history.
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If Facebook Can Be Worth Billions, Why Can't Cryptos?
CoinDesk Editor Pete Rizzo puts forth an alternate way to think about crypto valuations – one that might poke holes in critics' bubble talk.
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The 'Crypto Bubble' Is About More Than Market Mania
This mania is incentivizing the formation of collaborative networks of developers and entrepreneurs. Their ideas will shape the economy of the future.
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Goldman Sachs Exec: Central Bank Cryptos Could Be 'Incredibly Useful'
A Goldman Sachs exec believes that cryptocurrencies – at least those that might one day be created by central banks – could be "incredibly useful."
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