Hey John.
Not really following the thread, just saw your name and wondered what you were up to.
I'm still watching Bitcoin, waiting for it to decide which way it's going. Kind of a wedge right now. Lower highs and higher lows. Gotta wait for a trend before I jump in. Took a small position in BITO on the 28th of march (Looked like a trend line break) but got stopped out for a small loss.
Also took a small loss in HUT.
Sorry to hear of your failed trades on Bitcoin-related stocks
Bitcoin is being treated as another risk-asset by the stock market
There's a strong correlation of Bitcoin to the Tech Stocks as many investors are invested in both
During this Fed interest rate hike and anticipated Quantitative Tightening, risk assets are being sold off. Investors in tech stocks are raising cash (to meet margin calls) and they sell Bitcoin investments
Hedge funds gonna do hedge fund things. They see Bitcoin as a short to hedge long positions in SPY/NDX and other growth stocks
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The correlation of Bitcoin to the stock market will break, imho. We just need a catalyst. It could be something like Argentina announcing Bitcoin as legal tender
As Greg Foss says, the whole world is short volatility, and Bitcoin is a long-volatility asset. An insurance and a hedge against the hundreds of trillions of $ worth of debt securities
It all goes over my head but when I listen to Greg speak, I get that moment of clarity, then I smile