Debunking Common Bitcoin Myths

Bitcoin Marketcap

$385B

Gold Marketcap

$10.59T

BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)

$12.90B

BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)

1.76%

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KEY MARKETS

24hr change

Bitcoin

$20,343 📈

+$170.52

+0.85%

S&P 500

3,843 📈

+19.03

+0.50%

Gold

$1,741 📉

-$21.81

-1.24%

Silver

$19.32 📈

+$0.15

+0.80%

Euro

$1.0215 📉

-$0

-0.43%

Yen

¥135.97 📈

+¥0.57

+0.42%

Renminbi (CNY)

¥6.7014

-¥0.01

-0.1%

Oil (WTI)

$97.69 📉

-$2.82

-2.81%

BITCOIN STATS

Bitcoin Marketcap

$385B

BTC Inflation Rate (next 1yr)

1.76%

% Supply Issued

90.03%

BTC Settlement Volume (24hr)

$12.90B

Real Exchange Volume (24hr)

$2.95B

Active Addresses

1.02M

Mining Reward Value (24hr)

$18.6M

GBTC Premium

-36.52%

MSTR Premium

10.07%

BTC Down From ATH

70.43%

BTC Up From Cycle Low

15.03%

RATES & YIELDS

24hr change

UST 3mo

1.90% 📈

+0.17

+9.83%

UST 2yr

2.84% 📉

-0.08

-2.74%

UST 10yr

2.88% 📉

-0.1

-3.36%

UST 30yr

3.11% 📉

-0.03

-0.96%

Fed Funds (EFFR)

1.58% 📈

US 10yr Breakeven Inflation

2.29% 📉

-0.01

-0.43%

Real Rate (10yr)

0.58% 📉

-0.06

-9.38%

RATIOS

24hr change

Gold:BTC (marketcap)

27.53x

-0.57

-2.02%

M2:BTC (marketcap)

56.58x

-0.39

-0.68%

BTC:Oil (price)

208.18x

+7.48

+3.73%

Gold:Oil (price)

17.83x

+0.30

+1.71%

US GOVERNMENT STATS

30-day change

Federal Reserve Balance Sheet

$8.91T 📉

-0.01%

M1 Money Supply

$20.63T 📈

+$12.40B

+0.06%

M2 Money Supply

$21.75T 📈

+$26.20B

+0.12%

BTC ROI

Bitcoin & Traditional Assets ROI (vs USD)

BTC vs Traditional Assets ROI:

Bitcoin

Gold

S&P 500

1 year:

-40%

-3%

-11%

2 year:

+110%

-4%

+22%

3 year:

+58%

+24%

+29%

4 year:

+191%

+39%

+38%

5 year:

+703%

+43%

+59%

6 year:

+2,909%

+28%

+80%

7 year:

+7,168%

+50%

+87%

8 year:

+3,041%

+31%

+95%

9 year:

+24,318%

+40%

+133%

10 year:

+284,719%

+10%

+184%

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

$40,000

327

6.63%

$30,000

497

10.08%

$20,337

550

11.15%

$20,000

554

11.23%

$10,000

865

17.54%

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

THE BITCOIN LIBRARY

26 Jun 2020 | Yassine Elmandjra | Price when published: $9,206 (ROI since: +121%)

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Public markets ETF provider ARK Invest debunks 5 common myths about Bitcoin:

Claims addressed:
- Bitcoin is too volatile to serve as a store of value.
- Bitcoin is in a bubble.
- Bitcoin will lose value to ‘forks’ and digital copies.
- Bitcoin is for criminals.
- Bitcoin wastes too much energy.

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