Good Morning! Yesterday marked 15 years since Satoshi Nakimoto, sent the "Bitcoin P2P e-cash Paper" to a email list of cryptographers, kickstarting what would become a trillion dollar industry.
Happy birthday bitcoin!
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Bonus:
We Are Only Six Months Away From One of the Most Important Moments in Bitcoin!
Food for Thought:
While we celebrate bitcoin’s 15th birthday, there is another significant event just on the horizon. It’s an event that happens only once every four years and every time significantly impacts the price of bitcoin.
We are of course talking about the bitcoin halving which will take place on ~April 24, 2024 – less than 6 months from now.
A quick reminder on the halving:
The bitcoin halving is a mechanism that Satoshi Nakimoto setup in order to slowly bring bitcoin’s total supply to a halt, thus leaving the total supply capped at 21 million. This key feature is what separates bitcoin from every other form of fiat money – the inability to be “printed” or artificially created.
Compare this to the current worldwide fiat system where currencies like the US Dollar or the Euro have printed trillions of dollars since Covid.
But while the current fiat money supply inflates more and more every day, bitcoin’s inflation rate is about to drop from ~1.8% to ~.8%, as it trends down to eventually 0%.
This is the power of Satoshi’s bitcoin and why the halving is so important.
The Halving Is Not Priced In
Taking a closer look we can see exactly how the halving drives scarcity.
With the halving poised to occur, we are on the brink of a significant reduction in Bitcoin's annual issuance rate – a drop from 328,000 to 164,000 BTC. This decrease in supply arrives amid a landscape where the demand for Bitcoin is not just stable but arguably on an upward trajectory.
The result? An exacerbated imbalance between supply and demand. The reduction in supply is guaranteed – slashed by half in an instant – but, again, there's no corresponding expectation for a reduction in demand.
According to Glassnode, there are approximately 4.5 million addresses that have greater than .1 bitcoin (~$3,500 worth at today’s prices). That means that less than .05% of the world’s population have any real, meaningful exposure to bitcoin. [Yes, these are rough numbers and you could argue that purchasing power parity in other countries sways how important .1 btc is, but we are just loosely discussing this here.]
Think about that for a second. Less than 1% of the world population has any real exposure to bitcoin… yet 93% of all bitcoin that will ever be issued has already been issued. And as the world economy is getting less secure and money printers are in overdrive, millions of people around the world are looking to opt out of the fiat system.
So is the halving priced in? We’d say no.
A Walk Back In History
As we celebrate bitcoin's 15th birthday it is worth remembering what caused bitcoin to start in the first place – bank bailouts.
In the bitcoin Genesis block, Satoshi encoded a message that stated: “The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”.
Meanwhile, here we are sitting in 2023 and bank bailouts are once again looking more and more likely to be on the horizon.
Have You Already Missed Out?
As of today, all eyes are on a spot BTC ETF approval – and for good reason. It is expected to boost bitcoin demand significantly from an institutional standpoint.
Yet, amidst these discussions, the profound impact of the halving on Bitcoin’s scarcity and value seem to be significantly overlooked.
We didn’t want to wait to discuss the halving until a few days prior to it happening.
Now is the time to research, learn, and take a deep hard look at your portfolio and decide whether or not it is prepared for what is to come.
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You must Always be AHEAD of the CROWD:
I think this move will surprise a lot of folks, especially the gold crowd. I own both. Whether Satoshi is CIA or not, right now the big boys/Wall St. are hiring crypto and blockchain guys like mad, and many have flipped 180 from statements a year ago.
Whatever the long term outlook is, right now the accumulation stage is moving to the big markup stage (IMHO) and Wall street will be off loading this current rally in a year or so to the “little guys” (retail investors like you and I) who will be all excited about buying the “new bitcoin bull” which will have already happened. Rinse and repeat… This is why you must always be AHEAD of the CROWD.
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ETHE (fund) update... Still a coiled spring with much more potential even after a quick double.
Meditate on this chart (select the 5-year view) Still at 12% discount to NAV (which would enhance gains by jumping to zero if an Ethereum etf gets approved as expected soon... **NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE. DYOR!) https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/ETHE