Perspective, opinion, and commentary on bitcoin, altcoins, and cryptocurrency for people who want to focus on the big picture. Don't sweat the day-to-day. It's cryptocurrency - relax and enjoy the ride!
21 Jan 2022 3 minute read 8 comments MarkHelfman
Do you buy the same amount of bitcoin on a fixed schedule regardless of price? For example, $20 every payday or $10 each week? I get it. Everybody’s telling you to do it. Sometimes you buy high, sometimes you buy low, but you’re always stacking sats...
12 Jan 2022 2 minute read 5 comments MarkHelfman
Did you buy bitcoin above $60,000? No worries. In a few years—possibly a few weeks—you will feel the same way about buying at $60,000 as others feel about buying at $10,000. This may not make sense now, with gloom surrounding you and fear gripping t...
17 Dec 2021 4 minute read 0 comments MarkHelfman
What do you call an asset that’s up 22% on the year, 7% in the past six months, and 6% since October? The S&P 500. Bull market. Heading to new all-time highs. Only the Fed can stop it. Prepare for liftoff! What do you call an asset that’s up 60% on t...
3 Dec 2021 3 minute read 11 comments MarkHelfman
I still hear people talk about the “wall of institutional money” about to rush into crypto. As if the $70-110 billion already reported isn’t enough. Yes, institutional investors continue to buy, HODL, and accumulate, just not with the same pace and u...
27 Nov 2021 2 minute read 4 comments MarkHelfman
Each week, I send a weekly rundown to subscribers of my newsletter, Crypto is Easy. In a recent rundown, I ran a poll asking whether bitcoin’s price will drop below $50,000 any time before December 31, 2021. Choices were “yes,” “no,” or “I choose not...
18 Nov 2021 3 minute read 0 comments MarkHelfman
Are we talking about supercycles and putting lasers in our eyes again? Not yet? Ok, that’s fine, we will soon. When that happens, seemingly everybody will tell you the same thing: the bull market will never end. You may already believe this. Don’t It...
12 Nov 2021 2 minute read 0 comments MarkHelfman
This article covers the third of three truths about bitcoin and altcoins. Catch the first and second truths, and come back soon for one lie. A lot of people think money flows through the crypto market in a cycle from bitcoin > large cap altcoins > mi...
8 Nov 2021 3 minute read 1 comment MarkHelfman
Sometimes, you need to sell crypto. If so, do it. Why should you risk your quality of life or neglect important, urgent expenses? You will always have opportunities to make money, it doesn’t have to come from crypto. Just keep in mind, unless you’re...
6 Nov 2021 1 minute read 4 comments MarkHelfman
When bitcoin’s price shoots up to $100,000, altcoins start their altseason, and you’re wrapped up in the ecstasy of the FOMO, perspective will get harder and harder to find. Social media algorithms will bury bearish content because it doesn’t get as...
30 Oct 2021 4 minute read 0 comments MarkHelfman
I played a lot of poker when I was young. Of all the sayings people have said about poker, one always sticks with me: it’s a game of boredom punctuated by moments of terror and ecstasy. Sounds a lot like crypto. Most people only notice the terror and...
