53 days ago
I ask the question and provide my answers.
70 days ago
During the past 24 hours the price of a range of cryptocurrencies including bitcoin and Ethereum has tumbled sharply. Bitcoin itself is now back below $110,000 having been $125,000 just a couple of weeks ago. Yet folks like my pal Dominic Frisby still insist that it is a store of value when compared to fiat. Can the bulls explain one thing to a silly old dinosaur like myself?
73 days ago
I know that my pal Dominic Frisby whose latest video below is a funny take on the weakness of fiat, regards bitcoin as the way forward. But am I alone in finding the dark purposes it is used for, the vast amounts of power crypto sucks up and the sheer scale of the frauds and bezzles in the industry a tad off putting? In the end I am sure that Gresham’s Law will do for crypto. Pro tem $63 million of crypto believer’s fiat has gone up in smoke with yet another fraud
125 days ago
One argument pushed by grifters like Andrew Webley of The Smarter Web Company is that the inability of retail punters to buy crypto ETNs ( Exchange Traded Notes) meant that bitcoin in treasury companies had a USP. But the FCA says that is going to change. And that surely makes Smarter Web and its peers pointless.
132 days ago
Having survived a wildlife diversity scare I arrived back at the Greek Hovel last night to answer emails and then to deal with a bonkers twitter barrage from what appear to be promoters of bitcoin and bitcoin in treasury investments, that is say industry professionals.
151 days ago
The shares are racing ahead today on news that a new bitcoin spoofer has joined the board as a NED. Henry Elder may be a jolly fine chap but shares in Tao Alpha (SATS) soon to be renamed Satsuma Technology, are now almost 10p. This is insane.
171 days ago
As it moved to the AQSE lobster pot to the Main market at 21p in January of this year, Dave Lenigas shitcoin play Vinanz (BTC), insisted that it was funded for a year. By May it had taken out a $4 million death spiral and now it has raised £3.579 million at 13.75p in a subscription and WRAP retail offer. Hopping on board to join the ramp, PR genius Stephi, now a self-styled crypto guru makes a statement that may or may not be true.
669 days ago
In today’s podcast I rush a little as I prepare for a Bonfire Night party. I start with Eurasia Mining (EUA) then its onto crypto, Sam Bankman Fried and will the market still be a wild west.
1109 days ago
The great lie pushed by those supporters of bitcoin and other crypto currencies was that supply of bitcoin was limited by the halving formula. So, we were assured that while promoters of shares or funds or any other asset would always match demand with new supply, bitcoin was different. Of course, that was just misleading.
1110 days ago
One of the few serious financial podcasters who swears more than me is Chris Irons, aka Quoth the raven. His latest soundings on gold and shitcoins are music to my ears.
1110 days ago
I start with Muddy Waters, Pete and Pantheon Resources (PANR). Then on to ouzo man and his bear calls on Boohoo.com (BOO) and AO World (AO). Finally onto the blow up of FTX and Almeda Research and what that tell us about crypto and NFT hype which is now bursting.
1198 days ago
The root causes of all these bubbles popping (apart from the next Lenigas/paid ramper Zak Mir and Richard Poulden shit show) are the same. I explain and discuss.
1219 days ago
Writer, Robert Moriarty, is a cheerful bear. He discusses the capital destruction that has occurred within both the cryptocurrency and stock markets. He believes crypto is analogous to beanie babies, due to the number of different currencies.
1224 days ago
One of the reasons that I have always perceived crypto as a bubble is that its promoters spout goobledygook which is clearly designed to deceive and befuddle rather than to enlighten investors. Maybe one of our in house loons (calling Jimbo!) can translate the sentence below into understandable English. Good luck all.
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1264 days ago
It is always the way with market collapses. Those who bought on margin, or used tertiary financiers offering seemingly spectacular returns find that, when the tide goes out, they are exposed as wearing no trunks. That fuels further falls, as speculative air is forced out of the system.
1296 days ago
After the crypto crash here is a handy summary of how the industry works, all in just one tweet. It is not a ponzi.
1339 days ago
Analyst, Gareth Soloway, believes Bitcoin will survive – and thrive – but it’s likely to correct further, as there remains irrational exuberance in the crypto space. He argues that the current pattern is more likely to break down.
1442 days ago
I am sure that the star of our comments section will take this joke well…
1451 days ago
Analyst and silver bug David Morgan warns of the excessive risk created by the use of margin in markets. Excessive leverage led to the 1929 crash and the great depression. Investors can be wiped out if they are not careful.
1487 days ago
Has poor Africa not suffered enough? War. Famine. Disease. Visits from Bob Geldof and Bono. Surely the continent deserves a break? Oh no, now it has to cope with conman, charlatan and snake oil salesman Darren Winters whose criminal antics on this website have been exposed so often.
1487 days ago
This is the company that lied in its very first RNS on December 30 2020, claiming to have raised £600,000 for its IPO when, in fact the money did not arrive until January when “investors” had been able to flip their shares to raise the cash for the placement. Between then and now it had boasted of utterly spurious crypto and NFT deals then, one suspects under FCA pressure, reverted to its prospectus gameplan of trying to do an RTO in oil. But now another lie.
1537 days ago
David Lenigas is to ramptastic tweeting what Colin Bird is to pre placing pumps. He just cannot help himself. Today’s special is a picture of two men in late middle age standing in a tax haven shaking hands. Apparently this is very significant for Aquis lobster pot listed Valereum (VLRM), the crypto play pumped to 80p three months ago as the shameless chartist turned penny share stock promoter Zak Mir called it up to £2, That helped it get away a £1 million placing at 70p. Its shares now trade at 29p but even that is still a staggering 20 times net assets for this loss making business. Maybe three men could shake hands tomorrow in some tax dodging location and that would be even more significant, eh Dave?
1642 days ago
I am a crypto bear but am aware that some readers think I am a silly old dinosaur and disagree. They might be at least half right! If only to stimulate debate i bring you a detailed note from Fox Davies which appears to be a fellow member of the old dinosaur club.
1840 days ago
I start with the therapy my woodshed offers and also a note on Chris Bailey. Then I look at Powerhouse Energy (PHE) and Remote Monitoring Systems (RMS) before considering bitcoin and gold and why I personally have big exposure to the “barbarous relic” and no exposure to crypto.
1840 days ago
A reader has been contacted by Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) about what is in his acount. No not units in Neil Woodford funds bought on the advice of Hargreaves as its own funds were selling out but certain funds invested in crypto currencies. The letter reads:
2031 days ago
Trader Chris Vermeulen is expecting another market correction since the fundamentals for the market have only worsened. Small investors have been piling in while smart money has been exiting. He warns that “The average person is going to get completely slaughtered.” But he is bullish on silver, as it seems primed for a move higher.
2708 days ago
James West has made money from the Canadian cannabis bubble, but...
