This blog will explore ideas, news, and other interesting information related to alternative investing. Though we may discuss general macro finance, investing, economic issues and even more traditional investments like equities, bonds, and RE - the main focus will be on other options such as crowdfunding, crypto, collectibles, and more.
30 Apr 2023 1 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung
This is NOT investment advice. Investing in startups is risky whether it is via StartEngine or any of the other platforms. Liquidity may or may not be an option for an extended period of time. Let's see if we can toss out a few names on a monthly...
27 Apr 2023 3 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung
This post is a thought experiment simply looking at what, if anything, would signal that Bitcoin has achieved Checkmate with respect to the status quo attempts to defeat, eliminate, delay, and otherwise obstruct it. In other words, what might or cou...
5 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
It's not going away Senator Warren. Check out the charts below pertaining to the Bitcoin hash rate and Bitcoin wallets and levels of BTC stored. Here are some recent relevant posts related to this topic: Did The Bitcoin Price/Volume Trend Change Ye...
2 Apr 2023 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung
This is NOT investment advice. Investing in startups is risky whether it is via StartEngine or any of the other platforms. Liquidity may or may not be an option for an extended period of time. Let's see if we can toss out a few names on a monthly...
23 Mar 2023 2 minute read 4 comments davidgyoung
The purpose of this post is to merely share what has taken place this week during "the most important Fed meeting ever". Powell gave a fairly dovish outlook and more or less did what we expected which was to confirm the market expectations (25 bps h...
17 Mar 2023 5 minute read 13 comments davidgyoung
This is a follow up to the first two iterations where we pondered what it would take to launch BTC into a new mega bull run. Not crypto. Bitcoin. This is not financial advice. These are merely ideas, analyses, and thoughts from someone without an...
13 Mar 2023 1 minute read 4 comments davidgyoung
$25 Billion and just like that the first shots were fired. The Fed and Treasury blinked pretty damn quickly if you ask us, considering just last week JPow was on The Hill bloviating about "higher for longer". So, all systems go and rocket launch ti...
9 Mar 2023 2 minute read 1 comment davidgyoung
Though we always avoid emphasizing any one person or even entity for that matter, like anyone else perhaps we do value the views and content from certain folks a lot more than others. Peter Thiel and Matt Kratter come to mind, as does Greg Foss. Gr...
9 Mar 2023 2 minute read 9 comments davidgyoung
This post checks in on overall Bitcoin adoption and more specifically adoption and integration of the Lightning Network. To be clear and reiterate again - our stance is that likely no more than 1-2 L1 chains survive and possibly 2-4 over the long te...
1 Mar 2023 1 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung
This is NOT investment advice. Investing in startups is risky whether it is via StartEngine or any of the other platforms. Liquidity may or may not be an option for an extended period of time. Let's see if we can toss out a few names on a monthly...
