Econometics

The market is hitting record highs. Warren Buffett calls it a casino. Who’s right?

In a normal market, gold and stocks move in opposite directions. Gold goes up when people are scared. Stocks go up when people are confident. They hedge each other. So when both hit record highs at the same time — alongside Bitcoin crossing $125,000 in late 2025 — the question stops being what to buy … Read moreThe market is hitting record highs. Warren Buffett calls it a casino.

Is Bitcoin a ponzi scheme?

Investopedia’s describes a ponzi scheme as a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors. The ponzi scheme generates returns for older investors by acquiring new investors. This is similar to a pyramid scheme in that both are based on using new investors’ funds to pay the earlier backers.

Is money really just an IOU (I Owe You)?

It’s been often explained that when banks make a loan, they are basically creating money. Many people still think that money is created backed with some type of asset that has value, but the reality is that the current financial environment we live on is very different.

How quickly will bitcoin move in the market adoption curve?

When looking at the classic adoption curve (by author Everett M. “Ev” Rogers) applied to the arrival of a new technology, it’s easy to identify successive groups of consumers adopting the new technology (shown in blue in the chart), its market share (yellow in the chart), and saturation level that will eventually be reached.