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Could Buffett’s Change in Gold Strategy Move Him Toward Bitcoin?

Warren Buffett’s investment firm Berkshire Hathaway Group has invested in gold production for the first time ever. The firm purchased 20.9 million shares of Barrick Gold Corp., one of the larger producers of gold. The purchase reflects the growing investment move into store-of-value (SOV) assets like Gold, Silver, and Bitcoin. Inflation, economic struggles, and treasury yield curves have left the dollar weak. Buffet’s Big Policy Reversal The purchase reveals a substantial change in Buffett’s investment strategy. The so-called ‘Oracle of Omaha’ has been a strong advocate against purchasing the precious

Bitcoin Is Better Than Gold Right Now: Galaxy Digital’s Mike Novogratz

Eyes are starting to fall on both Bitcoin and gold as money printing continues. Case in point: It was revealed that Warren Buffett through Berkshire Hathaway sold many bank stocks while acquiring Barrick Gold shares. There is a debate in certain circles over what investment is better in the current macroeconomic environment, gold or BTC? According to Mike Novogratz, Bitcoin is likely better than the precious metal. This is a sentiment that has also been said by players like Raoul Pal, a former Goldman Sachs partner. Bitcoin Is Better Than

Stocks Correct While Digital Assets Stay Firm And a New DeFi Project Get Mashed

Finally, the new-age tech investing has become delicious with the latest buzzword project, called Yam Finance. This particular protocol, which first entered the idea phase on August 1 and whose developers released the first implementation of their product on Tuesday, managed to rack up hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of investments, before crashing out in a blaze of social media-hosted meme-economy glory last night. No duh, the coding was rushed and unaudited. It was bound to have flaws. In many cases finding a bug in your software is a

Thailand’s Central Bank Eyes DeFi Use Cases for Its Digital Baht

Thailand’s central bank is looking at smart contracts and decentralized finance (DeFi) implementations for its national digital currency, the digital baht.Vijak Sethaput, senior developer for the Bank of Thailand’s (BoT) central bank digital currency project Inthanon, discussed the country’s CBDC progress in an interview hosted by a global think tank for central banking, the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum, on Aug. 13.Sethaput was joined by Sky Guo, CEO of New York-based enterprise blockchain firm Cypherium, which is focused on global CBDC implementations and interoperability.In the interview, Guo said that

FAANG stocks And Digital Assets Are Flying

Which would you prefer, a large pizza split into eight slices, or a large pizza split into 12 slices? A normal, rational person might suggest that it really doesn’t make much of a difference, as it’s really the same amount of pizza. This poor Australian girl, however, will probably never live down the time her “friend” Brad filmed her saying that she’d prefer eight slices, because she couldn’t possibly eat 12 slices of Pizza. Well, today Jen can finally point out that the eternity of new-wave momentum traders are giving

Bitcoin and Stocks Take a Breather

Can’t we all just get along? Over the last few days, tribalism in the crypto community has reached a new peak. Luckily, there are still many in our growing industry with a level head. The calls for an audit of the Ethereum blockchain have been growing, particularly from the bitcoin maximalists, who have long felt that bitcoin needs no counterparts in the crypto realm, nor should there be any competition for the throne. The issue arose after some posted a simple question, asking how many ETH there are in the

CoinShares: ‘Bitcoin Is Like a Risky Tech Stock’’

Bitcoin acts more like a tech startup stock than digital gold — with investors reaping big rewards if it works but potentially losing everything if the crypto asset fails.That’s the conclusion of an Aug. 10 report from digital asset manager CoinShares titled A Little Bitcoin Goes a Long Way. In it authors James Butterfill and Christopher Bendiksen argue that the fact Bitcoin (BTC) “starting its life at a price of zero” gave it a stellar reputation.“If it reaches its potential, the value could be immense,” the report stated.“At the same

Stocks Continue to Rally While Digital Assets Take a Breather

The idea of the tooth fairy never made much sense to me. I don’t like the idea of presenting fiction as fact, especially to my children. My wife, on the other hand, is quite into it. For one thing, the economics are all messed up. Supposing there’s some kind of business or even a nonprofit, how does the Tooth Organization sustain the kind of overhead involved when every transaction results in a loss? The other thing is the timing, which almost never adds up. While you might be able to

Why Grayscale’s New Digital Currency Ad Could Bring Crypto Investing To Millions

This morning Grayscale, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency investment vehicles, temporarily turned its attention away from hoovering up the supply of Bitcoin to focus on arguably the most intractable problem in all of crypto: getting your stubborn friends and family on board.  Last Friday Grayscale founder and CEO Barry Silbert teased a massive ad buy on Twitter with the intention to “brrring crypto to the masses” — and this morning he delivered, with spots on CNBC, MSNBC, FOX, and FOX Business, among others. The Grayscale blog, meanwhile, pitches the

Bitcoin Price Seals Best Weekly Close in 2.5 Years: 5 Things to Know

Bitcoin (BTC) greets another week with a push to $12,000 and its highest weekly close since after it hit $20,000 — will it return?Cointelegraph takes a look at five things that stand to impact BTC price performance in the coming five days.BTC: A two-and-half-year record weekly closeBitcoin hitting $12,000 again early Monday was more than just a boon for traders — in doing so, BTC/USD sealed its highest close on weekly time frames since January 2018.This means that no single week of price action ended at such high levels since,

A $15K Bitcoin Likely As Price Breaks Above “Multi-Year Bullish Triangle”

Bitcoin expects to hit a $15,000 valuation in the coming sessions, says full-time futures trader Adam Mancini. The Twitterati stated earlier Monday that BTC/USD closed above a “multi-year bullish triangle” by almost $2,000. The pair’s giant move above the “continuation pattern” increased its likelihood of testing short-term breakout targets, beginning with $15,000. Mr. Mancini said Bitcoin could extend its upside towards $24,000, as well. “[The cryptocurrency] may be the new kid on the block but the same old classic patterns that apply to all financial assets still apply,” he tweeted.