Bitcoin Marketcap
$369B
Gold Marketcap
$10.91T
BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)
$12.90B
BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)
1.76%
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BITCOIN STATS
Bitcoin Marketcap
$369B
BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)
1.76%
% Supply Issued
90.03%
BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)
$12.90B
Real Exchange Volume (24hr)
$5.32B
Active Addresses
1.02M
Mining Reward Value (24hr)
$17.9M
GBTC Premium
-36.52%
MSTR Premium
7.46%
BTC Down From ATH
71.70%
BTC Up From Cycle Low
10.11%
RATES & YIELDS
24hr change
RATIOS
24hr change
Gold:BTC (marketcap)
29.53x
-1.39
-4.51%
M2:BTC (marketcap)
59.03x
-1.81
-2.97%
BTC:Oil (price)
180.65x
+5.18
+2.95%
Gold:Oil (price)
16.59x
-0.28
-1.67%
US GOVERNMENT STATS
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BTC ROI
Bitcoin & Traditional Assets ROI (vs USD)
BTC vs Traditional Assets ROI:
Bitcoin
Gold
S&P 500
1 year:
-42%
+0.54%
-13%
2 year:
+110%
-0.22%
+21%
3 year:
+80%
+25%
+27%
4 year:
+194%
+43%
+39%
5 year:
+690%
+46%
+56%
6 year:
+2,731%
+34%
+80%
7 year:
+7,445%
+54%
+82%
8 year:
+2,920%
+34%
+91%
9 year:
+24,540%
+45%
+132%
10 year:
+300,184%
+11%
+175%
Data Source: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com
What is it: This shows bitcoin's ROI vs other potential inflation hedge assets.
Why it matters: As with the historical bitcoin price table, we see bitcoin's extreme outperformance vs other assets here as well. Bitcoin's relatively small size, plus fundamental properties, yield extreme outperformance when even relatively small funds-flows find their way to BTC.
BTC DAYS ABOVE PRICE
Bitcoin Price Closing History by Level
Days Bitcoin Closed Above:
Price
Days Above
% of Bitcoin's Life
$19,525
554
11.25%
$19,000
564
11.45%
$15,000
614
12.46%
$10,000
859
17.44%
Data Sources: Messari.io, bitcoincharts.com
What is it: This the number of days in which bitcoin "closed" (trading level at midnight UTC) above various price levels.
Why it matters: This can give a sense of where bitcoin is currently trading relative to past cycles.
SHARPE 5yr
DOUBLING TIME
WHY BITCOIN, WHY NOW?
Bitcoin is a scarce digital asset with an unchangeable monetary policy. Its rate of inflation is currently under 2% and decreasing, ultimately to zero. Only 21million BTC will ever exist, with ~18.6million in existence today. It is fundamentally independent of the fiat money system, yet is a liquid, globally tradeable asset. BTC is convertible to over 150 national currencies 24/7, and can be self-stored or custodied with 3rd parties, including with qualified custodians. Bitcoin can be traded on venues ranging from peer-to-peer services, to large regulated US institutional brokerages and exchanges.
Bitcoin vs Select Indexes & Assets
Marketcap
Price
Volume
24hr
Inflation
Next 1yr
Inflation
Next 10yrs
ROI
1yr
CAGR
10yr
Volatility
1yr
Sharpe
1yr
Sharpe
5yr
Bitcoin
$369B
$19,535
$5.32B
1.76%
10.34%
-42.20%
122.72%
0.49
-0.94
1.01
Gold
$10.91T
$1,794
~$4.54B
1.52%
15.18%
0.54%
1.07%
0.08
0.33
0.64
S&P 500
~$31.81T
$3,774
--
--
--
-12.87%
10.66%
0.17
-0.74
0.55
NASDAQ
~$15.56T
$11,201
--
--
--
-23.37%
14.18%
0.23
-1.08
0.62
USTs (TLT)
--
$114.84
--
--
--
-20.72%
-0.89%
0.14
-1.62
-0.22
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BITCOIN & MACRO NEWS
In a blog post on bitcoin and the crypto-economy overall today, Mass Mutual's Chief Investment Officer Tim Corbett explained the 170 year old firm's approach to Bitcoin and digital assets, which can be summed up as "taking the long view".
Mr Corbett explained:
Bitcoin’s unique characteristics—including digital scarcity, known supply growth, transfer characteristics, and hard cap on the total number of tokens—open the possibility that it may serve as a kind of “digital gold,” with the potential for significant price appreciation.
He also pointed out bitcoin's volatility and risk profile, but noted: "In our position as a leading mutual life insurance company, we have the ability to take that long view."
Additionally, Mr Corbett announced that Mass Mutual is launching Flourish Crypto, which he described as "a cryptocurrency investing solution built for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) and their clients", significantly raising the profile of bitcoin as an investment asset to the key group of investment advisors.
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Common Critique #8
Bitcoin Fails As a Currency
Critique: Bitcoin is too volatile to be a day-to-day currency, plus it takes too long for transactions to settle, and sometimes has high transaction fees, so it's a failure as money.
Rebuttal: It's true that bitcoin is not a viable global every-day currency today (though it settles $billions equivalent in transactions every day). And it may never be. But that's ok. Gold... more
WHAT MONEY MANAGERS ARE SAYING
“All the big hitters in the hedge fund world are coming out to endorse bitcoin. ... We have been positioning in gold for our clients for many, many years now. Now we’re doing it with bitcoin...” more
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