A home in Gulfport will be auctioned off Tuesday as an NFT. It’ll be the first piece of U.S. real estate to be auctioned as a “non-fungible token”, said current owner Leslie Alessandra.

NFT Property IR

Alessandra, a local real estate investor and founder of Tampa Bay blockchain company DeFi Unlimited, said she chose to list the home as an NFT to showcase the use of the evolving technology. An NFT is stored on a decentralized ledger known as the blockchain and is typically used for digital assets like music and art. In the case of the Gulfport house, it’s a digitally secure certificate of authenticity, similar to a deed.

Property Being Sold For Cryp

Minting property rights into an NFT would allow owners to sell a home as quickly as a Venmo transaction, she said. It would accomplish that by putting ownership documents under a limited liability corporation. In short: The NFT is an LLC.

Mint Property As NFT

“There probably will be ways to sell the property and then throw in crypto-backed mortgages,” Vasilakis said. “But we’re just not at that moment.” NFTs are relatively new and it’s hard to say how this could work in the future, he said. There could also be challenges with cryptocurrency volatility. It’s not clear if the value of a house tied to an NFT would be affected by the crypto market.

Financing With Crypto Backed Mortgages 

I wonder if this would create a more even lending process. 

A Gulfport house will sell at auction next week to transfer the property rights  “instantaneously” over the blockchain in a first for the region and maybe the nation.

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This Tampa Bay home is being sold as an NFT 

The maturation of the cryptocurrency industry as a whole has led to the creation of the initial DEX offering (IDO), one of many creative fundraising approaches. But the first fundraising approach in crypto was the initial coin offering (ICO), which in 2017 generated a lot of ill will. It also turned many early investors into overnight millionaires.An ICO is an unregulated approach to crowdsourcing funds from retail investors. The main challenges with ICOs concerned the lack of control and investor protections. Without any control mechanisms, project teams were not subject to any due diligence.

IDOs as an upgrade of ICOs

An initial DEX offering (IDO) is a fundraising approach that pools investment capital from retail investors. The IDO was created to compensate for the shortcomings of the "traditional" ICO crypto crowdfunding model. Because an IDO works with a DEX, as opposed to a centralized exchange, DEXs can be thought of as decentralized liquidity exchanges.IDOs are the newest model for crypto projects looking to raise funds from investors. DEXs are less scalable. It's not uncommon for ICOs and IEOs to be able to raise more than $1 billion. For DEXs, this is unheard of.

What is an initial DEX offering?

This section covers how users can launch their IDOs in a step-by-step fashion. To launch a successful IDO, users must also learn how to create a cryptocurrency.

How to launch an IDO

Plan the token offering to be released over a DEX by creating a strategy that makes sense. The strategy should include the challenge the project aims to resolve, fund allocation, which blockchain the project will run on, the general marketing strategy and how to spearhead the project post-IDO and maintain that momentum.

Step 1: Devise a business strategy

At the very least, marketing collateral for an IDO launch includes <a href="https://cointelegraph.com/funding-for-beginners/what-is-a-white-paper-a-beginners-guide-on-how-to-write-and-format-one">a website and a white paper </a>. A well-branded website that is visually pleasing can do wonders for investor confidence.A great white paper, in contrast, enhances investors' experience with specificity and facts. Doing so moves the investor closer down the pipeline. The purpose of a white paper is to sell by educating, which is why there is no hard-sell copy in the white paper, itself. Instead, the white paper presents statistical data, diagrams, tables and so on.

Step 2: Create marketing collateral

If the project meets the platform’s requirements (typically consensus and whitelisting), an IDO will be approved.

Step 3: Visit a DEX launchpad

The process for launching a cryptocurrency has become straightforward. Users might be able to discern from CoinTool that it doesn’t take much time at all. The difficulty isn’t in the token generation. Pretty much anyone can figure out how to make a cryptocurrency. The challenge is in convincing investors to put their money behind the project by discerning real-world value and utility. Upon successful completion of the IDO and Token Generation Event (TGE), the DEX lists the token for trading. Listing occurs via an automated market maker (AMM) like Sushiswap or PancakeSwap.

Step 4: Create the cryptocurrency

The DeFi space has experienced rapid proliferation in recent years. However, even popular DEXs like Uniswap and PancakeSwap have struggled to provide liquidity compared to their centralized counterparts like Binance. DEXs also tend to come with a much steeper learning curve. Too steep a learning curve can intimidate potential investors, especially those who are new to crypto.

Reading this article gives me all kind of red flags, beware, it seems to be a hard sell on IDOs argumented by the prospect o earning money instead of technical information and value.

The initial DEX offering (IDO) is the go-to fundraising approach for crypto projects. The IDO is considered a better alternative than ICOs.

Initial DEX offering (IDO): A beginner's guide on launching a cryptocurrency on a decentralized exchange

Perez’ theory describes the path a technological revolution, like the Industrial Revolution, takes and the social, economic and institutional changes that go along with it. The jury is still out on the theory, and there are plenty of reasons to doubt it. But if it successfully predicts what happens over the next ten years it will have in good part proved its power.

The deployment age

Great surges of technological development followed by quieter periods of adaptation.

Innovation comes in waves

<ul><li>some critical factor of production suddenly becoming very cheap,</li><li>some new infrastructure being built,</li><li>a laissez-faire period of wrenching innovation followed by a bubble,</li><li>a post-bubble recession,</li><li>a re-assertion of institutional authority, and then</li><li>a period of consolidation and wide spread of the gains in productivity from using the new technology.</li></ul>

These cycles are characterized by

Each cycle is initiated by a group of technologies interacting to create a “Technological System.”A technological system is"An interconnected set of elements that is coherently organized in a way that achieves something.” A Technological System is a set of technologies that interconnect as a platform to allow other innovations. When this system allows a fundamental and basic innovation, the system can cause a technological revolution.

A constellation of inovations

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The Deployment Age

It's worth asking yourself these questions: What are my short, medium and long term goals? - Can they be implemented? Are we doable? To understand whether they are doable or not: - What is my income? (1/6/12 months) - What is my expense? (1/6/12 months) - What property do I own? - Guess what might happen in the coming months/years? - What atypical/one-time expenses might occur? - Are there situations in which your income will increase or decrease? Develop a plan to achieve the goal.

Money management Depends on Life and Financial Goals.

To save effectively, you need to have a goal. For example, open your own coffee shop for $8,000 in 4 years. So you need to save $5 a day, $150 a month to achieve it. To start saving: • Define a goal • Determine the amount • Start saving small amounts • Don't spend everything • Open a separate bank account for savingsSavings must be reasonable. For example, a gym membership for 8 visits costs $50 per month. A single visit is $10. It can be seen that it is better to buy a subscription, as you save $30 per month.To instill yourself in savings, start small. Habit = Profit.

Savings is the difference between income and expenses.

Investments - cash, securities, other property, including property or other rights having a monetary value, invested in objects of business or other activities in order to make a profit or achieve another beneficial effect. Compound Interest Curve: FV = PV × (1+r)^n, FV - future amount. PV - invested amount. r - compound interest rate, annual. n - the term of the financial transaction.

Investments.

Risks - the likelihood of an adverse event that entails various kinds of losses, or unplanned profits. External risks: • Socio-political risks • External and internal economic risk • Inflation risk • The risk of increased competition, changes in consumer requirements, banking crises, etc. • Risk of default by partners Internal risks: • Investment portfolio risk (np correctly invested) • Time risk (do not enter the position correctly) • Liquidity risk • Operational risk • Selective risk

Risks.

- Chasing big money on a short-term basis - Invest all your money in one asset - Panic and herd reaction - Investment of credit funds - unpreparedness for loss - Fear - Greed - Laziness - Invest and forget It is worth remembering: - You can't get rich quick - There is always a risk - Investment needs to be diversified - Don't invest in unfamiliar instruments

Mistakes.

A financial plan is a plan to achieve financial goals. Allows you to distribute steps and find the optimal balance. It is important to clearly and in detail formulate goals and desired achievements. If you know where you are going, you will definitely get there. The main sections of the financial plan: • Income and expenses • Assets and liabilities • Insurance coverage • Pension provision • Financial goal(s) • Calculations • Investments

Financial Plan.

I took this course in January of this year and I think that the knowledge that is given is necessary for all people who want to start raising capital.

Авторский курс, разработанный с учетом потребностей и возможностей аудитории разных возрастов и уровней подготовки. Курс будет интересен как экономистам, инвестиционным и финансовым консультантам, бухгалтерам, специалистам по финансовой аналитике, так и всем, кто желает постичь основы успешного совершения торговых сделок с финансовыми инструментами для улучшения личного благосостояния.

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ABC of Finance

Osteopathic medicine highlights the belief that the body has an inborn ability to heal itself.Combining this belief with evidence and modern therapeutic practices such as <a href="https://thehumancondition.com/mindfulness/">mindfulness</a>, <a href="https://thehumancondition.com/somatic-psychotherapy-an-overview/">somatic psychology</a>, and <a href="https://thehumancondition.com/energy-therapy/">energy psychology</a>, therapists can utilize the body’s natural responses to promote greater health and well-being. This ideology is the essence of biodynamic craniosacral therapy.

Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy: Overview, Process, Benefits

Biodynamic craniosacral therapy, a non-invasive treatment using light touch, utilizes the energy flow present in all beings to alleviate the symptoms of blockages in the primary respiration of a person to promote holistic wellness.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy: Overview, Process, Benefits - The Human Condition

So many of Millennials with housing regrets. What are they? Why do they feel this way? How does the broker community help?

Housing For Millennials 

<ul><li>A new <a href="https://www.realestatewitch.com/2022-millennial-home-buyer-report/">survey </a>found that 82% of millennials regretted something about buying their first home. </li><li>Those who rushed to buy were more likely to have buyer's remorse, and most regretted their location. </li><li>It's a byproduct of the housing crisis, which pressures millennials to buy what they can. </li> </ul>

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Buyer's remorse is real.Just ask millennial homeowners, the majority of whom regret buying their first home. So finds a <a href="https://www.realestatewitch.com/2022-millennial-home-buyer-report/">new survey </a>by the real-estate education platform Clever Real Estate that polled 1,000 people about their homebuying plans. Of the respondents who already owned a home, 82% had at least one significant regret about their home purchase.

82% Have Regr

One in four millennials said their home value decreased while the same amount said their mortgage was expensive. Since buyers often had to shell out more than the asking price to outdo competition, many now realize they overpaid. The survey found that one in six millennials would offer at least $100,000 above asking price for their dream home. Almost half of millennials anticipate maxing out their budgets to buy a home, with one-third planning to spend more than the median US home price of $405,000 at the time of the survey in November.

Biggest Regret Is Financial 

I want to learn how to truly help this generation build wealth through homeownership that doesn't create this regret. 

A Clever Real Estate survey found that 82% of millennials had at least one big regret about buying their home, such as location or rushing to buy.

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More and more millennials regret buying their first home

Memetics is the study of memes, cultural units of information that replicate, comparable with Darwinian evolution.In memetic theory (Richard Dawkins) it’s not well understood why memes spread, it’s somewhat of a mystery.Mimetic theory is how and why memes and desires spread.What are the origins of our desires, and how do they transfer to other people. Desire is a social phenomenon, and it’s highly contagious; it’s not something we generate ourselves.

Memetic Theory Versus Mimetic Theory

The mimetic theory of desire originated with French polymath René GirardDesire is hardwired into human nature, and it’s been around forever. We can never extinguish mimetic desire from life. It’s part of how we’ve always been.Most people believe that desires are 100% internal, but René Girard calls that a romantic lie. We are not in complete control of our desires, the whole idea of mimetic theory is that most desires have more external forces than we realize.Social media especially accelerates mimetic desire.

Desire Is Contagious

How to measure mimesis in the markets?<ul><li>Digital on-chain transactions are transparent, there is more visibility compared to the stock market</li><li>It’s possible to measure mimetic sentiment in the market; maybe not equivalent to a sharp ratio, but Luke believes it’s worth trying.</li></ul>When there is a parabolic rise in the asset, we know that people are imitating other people (mimesis)2020 – Tesla’s parabolic riseThe number 1 search on Google was “Should I buy…”, which Google was auto-filling with “Tesla?”Technology accelerates mimesis and mimetic desire and diffuses it throughout the whole world.

Impact on the Financial Markets

Mimetic desire is not inherently a negative thing. It can work positively in forming a sense of community (people with a shared desire).Luke is a Catholic, and he acknowledges the power of mimetic desire in informing the community and the church. Italian immigration to the United States – mimesis for a shared object of desire and community was a tremendously positive thing. The same is happening with the move to digital finance (communities forming like DAO’s, Discord channels, etc.)A lot of people are fulfilling their need for community and religion in bitcoin and crypto.

Mimetic Desire and Religion Are Negatively Correlated

<ul><li>Radical honesty, self-reflection, and introspection – it’s more challenging to discover our mimetic behavior than to see it externally in other people</li><li>Thinking about people that are influencing your decision-making</li><li>Luke learned to identify certain signals; people who influence him over Twitter and in real life</li><li>Check yourself; maybe your desires to act are driven by wrong reasons (insecurity, pride, ego, etc.)</li></ul>

What do we do once we become aware that we are in a mimetic environment or are behaving in a mimetic way?

It’s about developing a certain kind of disposition for patience, sober waiting, and recognizing your emotions. In early 2020, Luke got caught up in the mimesis of the markets in the dark days of the COVID-19 pandemicHe thought it was a good idea to try and day trade the markets, in/out of highly volatile stocksWhen there is a lot of fear-driven mimetic desire and uncertainty, just sit back, wait, and learn as much as you can.

How to avoid bad investment decisions?

If you are ever caught in a riptide in an ocean, the worst possible thing that you can do is to try to resist and swim against it.

You can manipulate people via mimetic desire (marketing, political campaigns, etc.)One way to weaponize mimetic desire is to forge identity among people by creating a powerful scapegoat, some enemy on the other side that makes people cohere and band together with a shared hatred for some singular object or person.Some people are being very intentional about it, but it can be done by accident.

Offensive and Defensive Components to Mimetic Desire

Both age and demographics play a role in mimesis<ul><li>Teenagers are famously mimetic</li><li>As people get older they are less mimetically driven because they know themselves better</li><li>Highly agreeable people tend to be more mimetic people. Part of that is due to their personalities, but a large part of it is a learned behavior.</li></ul>The carrier is far more important than the meme itselfThe people spreading the memes are the driver of the contagion.When Elon Musk is behind a meme, it changes everything

Is the Meme the Message?

People who have the power to generate mimetic desire are lead indicators of cultural trajectory

Pomp Podcast  Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Check out The Pomp Podcast PageRead the full notes @ podcastnotes.orgLuke Burgis is the Author of "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life" and writes the "Anti-Memetic" Newsletter. In this conversation, we dive deep into Memetics and how it control our lives in more ways than we may think. We discuss how memetic desires affect our investments through meme stocks, memes in politics and celebrity culture, and what you should do when you recognize that you're in a situation where you could be adversely affected through said memetic desires. ======================= BlockFi provides financial products for crypto investors. Products include high-yield interest accounts, USD loans, and no fee trading. To start earning today visit: http://www.blockfi.com/Pomp ======================= Choice is a new self-directed IRA product that I'm really excited about. If you are listening to this, you are likely part of the 7.1 million bitcoin owners who have retirement accounts with dollars in them, but not bitcoin. I was in that situation too. Now you can actually buy real Bitcoin in your retirement account. I'm talking about owning your private keys and using tax-advantaged dollars to do it too. Absolute game changer. https://www.retirewithchoice.com/pomp ======================= Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), the fastest growing, fully reserved and regulated dollar stablecoin in the world. The free Circle Account and suite of platform API services bridge the gap between traditional payments and crypto for trading, DeFi, and NFT marketplaces. Create seamless, user-friendly, mainstream customer experiences with crypto-native infrastructure under the hood with Circle. Learn more at circle.com.

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#796 Why Memes Rule The World w/ Luke Burgis

The key message in this book: How to spend money for happiness:1. Buy Experiences2. Make it a Treat3. Buy Time4. Pay Now, Consume Later5. Invest in Others

Short Summary

• Spend less on material things such as cars and electronics and use your cash to have experiences, like attending an open-air concert or having dinner out.• Experiences create memories. Each time we enter a concert hall or baseball stadium, we’re filled with sights, sounds and smells that stimulate our senses.• And when we think about our memories, we’re able to relive that experience and feel happy again.

Buy Experiences

• When something is abundantly or easily available to us, we appreciate it less.• This means that even your favorite things, like a morning cup of hot coffee, can become less pleasurable if you indulge too frequently.• By LIMITING YOUR ACCESS to the thing that brings you pleasure, you will paradoxically increase its impact.

Make It A Treat

• Having money can help you save time by outsourcing chores, for example, such as house cleaning to a service provider, so you don’t have to dust and mop yourself.• With money, you can also purchase time-saving goods.For example, if you love reading and listening to music, you can buy yourself an e-reader and better headphones so that you get more from these activities.

Buy Time

• The greatest pleasure we gain from a purchase lies in the anticipation of that purchase. Studies show that vacationers tend to be happier in the weeks before a trip than on the trip. Credit cards?• Simple: Don’t use them. You be able to enjoy the anticipation of a purchase while you save.

Pay Now,Consume Later

• Other people’s happiness is contagious: when we see the smile of someone to whom we’ve just given a gift, we too feel happy. This deepens our connection with that person.• Donating your money to others is that it also makes you more motivated at work, as you know you’re working for a salary that will make a difference in other people’s lives.

Invest In Others

• First, be aware that these principles aren’t mutually exclusive: apply as many of them as possible for the maximum boost to your happiness.For example, if you treat a friend to a delicious cappuccino, you’re both giving a gift and spending on an experience – a happiness double-whammy• Second, take a look at your expenses and see if you can reallocate some of your spending to happiness-increasing items.• Third, start saving and investing money.

How Can We Apply These Principles?

“Spending money on others provides a bigger happiness boost than spending money on yourself.”—Elizabeth Dunn

Two professors combine their fascinating and cutting-edge research in behavioral science to explain how money can buy happiness—if you follow five core principles of smart spending. Most people recognize that they need professional advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money. When it comes to spending that money, most people just follow their intuitions. But scientific research shows that those intuitions are often wrong. Happy Money offers a tour of research on the science of spending, explaining how you can get more happiness for your money. Authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton have outlined five principles—from choosing experiences over stuff to spending money on others—to guide not only individuals looking for financial security, but also companies seeking to create happier employees and provide “happier products” to their customers. Dunn and Norton show how companies from Google to Pepsi to Charmin have put these ideas into action. Along the way, Dunn and Norton explore fascinating research that reveals that luxury cars often provide no more pleasure than economy models, that commercials can actually enhance the enjoyment of watching television, and that residents of many cities frequently miss out on inexpensive pleasures in their hometowns. By the end of this “lively and engaging book” (Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness), you’ll be asking yourself one simple question every time you reach for your wallet: Am I getting the biggest happiness bang for my buck?

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Two professors combine their fascinating and cutting-edge research in behavioral science to explain how money can buy happiness—if you follow five core principles of smart spending. Most people recognize that they need professional advice on how to earn, save, and invest their money. When it comes to spending that money, most people just follow their intuitions. But scientific research shows that those intuitions are often wrong. Happy Money offers a tour of research on the science of spending, explaining how you can get more happiness for your money. Authors Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton have outlined five principles—from choosing experiences over stuff to spending money on others—to guide not only individuals looking for financial security, but also companies seeking to create happier employees and provide “happier products” to their customers. Dunn and Norton show how companies from Google to Pepsi to Charmin have put these ideas into action. Along the way, Dunn and Norton explore fascinating research that reveals that luxury cars often provide no more pleasure than economy models, that commercials can actually enhance the enjoyment of watching television, and that residents of many cities frequently miss out on inexpensive pleasures in their hometowns. By the end of this “lively and engaging book” (Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness), you’ll be asking yourself one simple question every time you reach for your wallet: Am I getting the biggest happiness bang for my buck?

Elizabeth Dunn

Michael Norton

Happy Money

Whenever we ask a person where to invest, to either an expert or a beginner, the only reply they have is DYORhold on, DYOR is not a coin or stock, I mean Do Your Own Research!But how to do your own research? A  stash, that helps you to do research on crypto and related 🗃

How to Do Your Own Research in crypto?

Before doing your own research you need to know about the 'Losing weight Analogy'If we think to lose energy, few people say to control die, few say to exercise.But, both are important to lose weight. The same applies here too, there'll be multiple factors affecting this.

Losing Weight Analogy 

now to the point The 3types of Analysis; 1. Technical Analysis;The analysis that made by watching the previous charts of the coin. 2. Sentimental Analysis;It's the analysis that is made by observing what everyone is thinking about it or based on the number of recommendations they received. 3. Fundamental Analysis;It's about studying the actual ideas, team, and progress of a specific project.

Types of Analysis 

The best analysis to rely on, is fundamental analysis, but how to do a fundamental analysis? Goal: Try to make the investment that looks bad with the marketing techniques, they can make up a simple project that looks like the best project ever.

What to follow?

step #1: Tokenomicstokenomics is about what the company is about and its vision. it'll be available on the project's website or their white paper. Step #2: PremineIt's personal data. A project sells its first token to private investors, early users, or miners of their close group.Each type will change the value of tokenomics.example, airdrops. Step #3: TeamIt's also very important to know who's behind the team.Who's funding, who's supporting, and more.

The Research 

Step #4: Social media sometimes, few content creators talk about a specific coin even if they are not sponsored, have a look at them. Step #5: What's the problem they are solving? I hope this stash might add some value.Thank you so much for reading till the end.Let me know your views about this, so I can be better from next timeDo follow me here and on<a href="https://twitter.com/adityamulukuri"> Twitter</a> for more interesting stuff  :)

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How to do RESEARCH on a Cryptocurrency Coin or Token (DYOR)

Bitcoin is going to, in a constructive way, infect everybody’s minds

The consumer price index (CPI) is a poor inflation metric. The goods in it are picked so that it cannot indicate any inflation and thus permit money printing to go unchecked. Inflation is the rate of price appreciation in a basket of goods, services or assets that you want to acquire in the future. For example, if you want to live with your parents in the basement of their house, you don’t need a house or beachfront property and don’t intend to pay for electricity or utilities. For you, inflation will be the cost of beer, Netflix, youtube. The things you have to pay for is inflation to you.

Defining inflation

Three scenarios for CEOs:<ol><li>In a deflationary currency environment, the prices of goods and services will decline, and the currency will appreciate. If I keep the money and wait, the value of my money will accrete. </li><li>If monetary expansion equals economic growth, e.g., banks print 2% more currency, and the economy grows 2%, then treasury will remain stable.</li><li>In a stagnant economy, the currency can rise to 5% a year. But if the economy grows less, the prices appreciate for anything scarce like an original Picasso, but will not appreciate for mass-produced goods/services, such as copies of a Picasso.</li></ol>

Preserving the value of treasury over time

Technology companies take products and services and turn them into information networks. As a result, whatever they touch becomes deflationary while they become billion-dollar companies in the process. For example, Google dematerialised every library and every piece for every book, information, video, and music. Everything that Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon touched became deflationary. The variable cost of sending a Netflix movie to a million people is the cost of electricity.

Technology turns products into energy

When you compare Bitcoin to other assets, Bitcoin is a scarce piece of property.  Bitcoin is liquid, global, fungible, there’s no property tax on it, no state taxing. It’s hard to produce Bitcoins.

Bitcoin as a scarce asset

Monetary expansion was 24% in 2020, with a forecast of 10% to 15% for the next five years. Under 15% annual money supply expansion, if a company makes a 5% margin on its business, it will lose 10% of its value every year. That means in four years, half of its wealth will be destroyed.If you want to preserve your wealth, you have to beat the hurdle rate (the minimum rate of return on investment) and risk premium.

Economic calculation

The main store of value buckets are fiat instruments, such as bonds, stocks and commercial real estate. For bonds: Investors will have to beat the hurdle rate or drop interest rates.For commercial real estate: Rent has to keep up with the hurdle rate.

Store of value buckets

The Road to Serfdom consists of working exponentially harder in order to earn a currency growing exponentially weaker

When we raise the hurdle rate, individuals have to work harder or take more risks. They have to compete against big tech companies that have money and power, resulting in many small businesses getting crushed. To preserve value, companies will either have to leverage up to buy back stock or perform acquisitions. But integrating two companies has a 90% failure rate. Worse is that companies borrow money to buy another company. That is a road to ruin.

The road to ruin

Cash is a liability, not an asset. Therefore, every fiat instrument based on cash should be discounted at 15% per year, such as stocks, bonds, and real estate. While Bitcoin is volatile short-term, it is always worth more over five years. If you generate cash flows in fiat currency that are growing slower than the hurdle rate, you can fix the problem by putting your cash into Bitcoin. Conservative bitcoin growth is estimated at 20% per year; consequently, the yearly income will surpass the company value.

Bitcoin as a solution

Bitcoin is a growing asset. It’s also the world’s first engineered monetary network that is growing faster than 100%. Corporations can add their balance sheets or PnL into this monetary network. Square and PayPal compete against both big tech companies and banks. They offer their customers a savings account in Bitcoin that accretes 100% per year tax-free. (Compare that with a bond that offers a 10% taxable return.) To keep up with competition, Apple or Goole will have to offer Bitcoin as that is what people want.

Big tech adopting Bitcoin

To stay competitive, the mutual fund business needs to build bitcoin into their product offering. Similarly, traditional banks have to build bitcoin into their business, such as trading, banking, lending, yield, custody, etc. People will know that public companies can buy bitcoin and then realise they can use debt to buy it. While retirement and investment funds can’t buy bitcoin directly, they can buy publicly traded stocks and look for companies with bitcoin exposure.

Mutual funds, public companies and Bitcoin

Crypto? Blockchain? NFTs? Let us decrypt..

Getting started with Cryptocurrency

A discussion on inflation, hurdle rates, and the mass adoption of Bitcoin.

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