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    How to lose money investing in Bitcoin – The case of the Osprey (OBTC) bubble
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 6 min

    How to lose money investing in Bitcoin – The case of the Osprey (OBTC) bubble

    With Bitcoin (BTC) at all-time highs over the weekend, spare a moment for investors in Osprey Bitcoin Trust (OBTC: Pink sheets. Closing...
    Crypto plumbing: How it started and how it's going
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Mar 4, 2021
    • 1 min

    Crypto plumbing: How it started and how it's going

    How it started. Bitcoin ca. 2010: How it's going:
    Is Weimar Germany-style hyperinflation inevitable?
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    Is Weimar Germany-style hyperinflation inevitable?

    It somehow seems so convincing, especially when well-known goldbugs and famous “Big Short” hedge fund managers repeat and retweet it:...
    The Pit, a Gen Z love story?
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 11, 2021
    • 6 min

    The Pit, a Gen Z love story?

    I've been informed that almost nobody – and this includes finance types and even many financial historians – has heard of the third...
    Who controls the crypto plumbing?
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 2 min

    Who controls the crypto plumbing?

    There is a very old saying that the stores that sold the picks and shovels were the only ones to get rich during the Gold Rush. Indeed,...
    Lessons for BTC, from the first fintech in 18th century Britain
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 2 min

    Lessons for BTC, from the first fintech in 18th century Britain

    A little-known history of private currency innovation might provide clues as to where Bitcoin is headed. For ardent followers, the...
    A SPAC story
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    A SPAC story

    It’s 2021 and rich capitalist Charles has a plan. After striking gold with one of the most successful tech companies of all time as an...
    How to (not) regulate investor subreddits
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 4, 2021
    • 2 min

    How to (not) regulate investor subreddits

    The ride up and down in GME shares has resulted in much hand-wringing and pearl clutching at regulators, professional investors and...
    All that is old in arbitrage is new again, BTC edition
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    All that is old in arbitrage is new again, BTC edition

    Why offer high single-digit (annualized) returns on BTC loans? Turns out it’s just another classic arbitrage that once again takes...
    Two cents on Gamestop: What we really know.
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Two cents on Gamestop: What we really know.

    From a deep and wide reading of the twitterverse, MSM, the usual conspiracy theorists and the many academics who have never set foot in a...
    My humble take on Dalio's BTC post
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Feb 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    My humble take on Dalio's BTC post

    "I suspect that Bitcoin’s biggest risk is being successful, because if it’s successful, the government will try to kill it and they have...
    Public versus private political spheres
    Rasheed Saleuddin
    • Jan 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    Public versus private political spheres

    What politicians say publicly and what they do "in the room where it happened" are rarely identical. Everyone I think would agree that...

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