by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
Exter’s pyramid is a an excellent way to visualize the risk of asset classes in relation to their size. At the top of the pyramid is derivatives, at the bottom you have our favorite asset, gold. Between those two boundaries you have non monetary commodities, bonds,...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
The biggest market in the world has always been the market of money. Bigger than industry, commodities, insurance, or anything else, finance is the largest area of opportunity as all the aforementioned markets feed into the world of money. If this is the case, it...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
I am not a day trader. I work your standard day job and do some writing on the side for my own development and enjoyment. However, if I was a day trader, I’d be looking to trade within the wild west of the digital currency markets. Traders crave volatility and if...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
If there was a bank run in the United States, would you be ready? Would you be prepared for capital controls knocking on your door telling you that you no longer have exclusive ownership to your money? That you can only withdraw a certain amount per day? This is what...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
We all know the story. Bitcoin’s big rally end of 2013 and into 2014, and then kaboom, it all went up in smoke. There’s some recent developments finally a year and a half later that look like things could finally start turning around. Price Movement The...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
Fast forward to a date and time when the markets have crashed and capital controls are firmly in place. You, being a smart investor, converted the majority of your holdings into dollars and gold before the drop as a flight to safety. “Buy when there is blood in the...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
One of the primary symbols of bitcoin, Ross Ulbricht, was just sentenced to life in prison without parole for his role in maintaining the Silk Road marketplace online. What came to be known, fairly or unfairly, as a bazaar of illicit activity, the Silk Road shut down...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
The big money is starting to position itself in the bitcoin and digital currency market. An important step in bitcoin’s acceptance in the payments & currency community is recognition of digital currency validity by Wall Street. Now many of our readers may not...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
With bitcoin still trading in the doldrums far below its all time highs, litecoin has been impacted more dramatically by the recent downturn in price. Once trading as high as the $50 range, litecoin now sits at the measly valuation of approximately $1.50. Obviously...
by FMT Staff | Digital Currencies
Capital controls are coming…and they’re coming fast. With the recent announcement coming from Greece that Greek municipal governments are required to transfer their reserves to the country’s central bank, the writing is on the wall. The central bank wants the...
