Alternative Investing

Alternative Investing

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.


The Flippening Is Underway

12 Jun 2022 1 minute read 11 comments davidgyoung

Not Ethereum flippening Bitcoin.  That will never happen.  Tezos flippening Ethereum.  The chart below is a daily showing the ETH/BTC ratio, a much ballyhooed reference point for Eth cheerleaders historically.  On or about the 10th of May, the ETH/B...

Top Ten Earners On Tezotopia All Generating $90+ A Day

8 Jun 2022 1 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung

Courtesy of PurpleMatter.com, here are the Top 10 IDs on Tezotopia and what they generate daily as of now in XTZ: landlord                        tops            hourlyTZ             dailyTZ AINFTCreator                     911 12.7 304.84 jez       ...

Tezotopia, Matterlight, and Quipuswap - Drop Sells Out in Minutes and Yield Farming Galore

6 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

A lot is happening right now with Tezotopia, Matterlight, and Quipuswap, so let's get a quick rundown.  We published the following recently as a look inside Tezotopia and the updates and changes we have seen throughout 2022: Tezotopia Update and News...

Checking In On Tezotopia

5 Jun 2022 3 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

This article takes another look at Tezotopia and follows up on a couple of previous pieces: Economics of Tezotopia: Tezotops What Is Tezotopia? Here's what's new and been happening at the most popular Tezos NFT based game: Interface and UI/UX The UI...

Hardened HODLers Relentlessly Dig In

3 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

The percentage of Bitcoin supply last active more than 1 year ago is now at an all time high.  The markets have been beaten up significantly since November of 2021, and the "consensus" is that the Fed will keep raising rates for a long period of time...

More Solana Drama Shines Stronger Sunlight On Inevitable Failures of Copycat Cult Chains

3 Jun 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

Here we go again with Solana - halted by another bug yet again.  These Eth Cult Copycat Chains are garbage.  Sorry to reinforce the uncomfortable reality to you.    Look at the chart above in the context of the chart shown here below:   Many of the...

Lightning Network Adoption Update - 1Q2022 (Part 2)

26 Apr 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

This post is a continuation of the following earlier post: Lightning Network Adoption Update - 1Q2022 All credit goes to the great work from Arcane Research.  You can see below in Figure 6 that the largest category for Lightning payments YTD in 2022...

Has There Ever Been A Better Setup For Bitcoin?

27 Mar 2022 5 minute read 2 comments davidgyoung

UASF.  Segwit battle.  Charlatans trying to co-opt Bitcoin during the "block size wars".  Been there, done that.  Ever since our entry in 2013, there has always been some sort of ongoing drama and/or attempt to destroy, co-opt, delay, derail, or othe...

Economics of Tezotopia - Tezotops

7 Mar 2022 3 minute read 11 comments davidgyoung

Tezotops simplify DeFi Yield Farming and turn it into a long term and strategic game with potential to provide entertainment and stimulation which is based on battle hardened economics and finance principles.  Tezotops are the land, or real estate if...

Hanging Out In Tezotopia

28 Feb 2022 1 minute read 0 comments davidgyoung

Found our way inside Tezotopia - just mere days after actually touching NFTs for the first time ever.  Never would have predicted this say as recent as a month ago.  We aren't even "gamers" or inclined to participate in video games per se.  Our inter...