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When the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates and printed a mountain of money in response to the 2008 global financial crisis, they said these steps were only a temporary emergency measure.
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In the very short term, President Trump’s health is going to drive markets.
Right now, it’s “risk on” all over the place, old-school financial assets and new-school crypto assets alike, as the...
By Juan M. Villaverde On October 2, 202003:32 PM Eastern
In terms of price action, things have actually been rather dull in the crypto space, with most assets trading in narrow ranges over the seven days through Thursday, even into Friday.
That...
At the Federal Reserve’s recent summit in Jackson Hole, Wyo., Chairman Jerome Powell made a rather alarming announcement. He officially scrapped the Fed's decades-long inflation target...
“CBDC” stands for “central bank digital currency.” It’s an attempt — by the European Central Bank (ECB), most prominently lately — to project past glory into the future.
Sure, a CBDC supported...
By Juan M. Villaverde On September 25, 202003:04 PM Eastern
Last week, we discussed consolidation and a base for the next move higher. But, today, we’re going to be talking about a lot of red numbers, as the correction that started early this month resumed...
Stablecoins are cryptos that peg their value to another financial asset. For example, Tether (USDT), USDC and DAI all peg their values to the U.S. dollar on a 1:1 basis.
Decentralized Finance...
Google Trends is a service started by the internet search giant to analyze the popularity of specific terms, particular to region and by language, over time.
It’s a pretty cool tool based as it...
By Juan M. Villaverde On September 18, 202002:20 PM Eastern
Perhaps it’s just another sign of a maturing market, but we haven’t seen a lot of that familiar whipsaw action in crypto lately.
Indeed, after months of high volatility — first to the upside,...
DeFi — decentralized finance — is basically borrowing, lending and asset trading on the blockchain — with no banker, broker, or market-maker in between.
Because of this, DeFi transactions are...
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When econometrician and pro trader Juan M. Villaverde first applied his algorithms to Bitcoin years ago, he discovered a regular cyclical pattern. And he has since used it to build the world’s first crypto timing model based on cycles. Thanks to his analysis, the Weiss Ratings team has accurately picked the top and bottom of major crypto booms and busts.
