Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

The $20,000 Question

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For those who may have missed it, I bought $BTC as close to the bottom as I think humanly possible (which, for me, is sort of a lifetime first for ANY asset). I dumped it for a 9% profit about an hour afterwards. I mean, honestly, the price I paid was SIX-THOUSANDTHS of a single percent point away from the lowest price of the day. Maybe I should have held it just because I got so lucky!

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The Crypto Catalyst

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The past seven trading days have been absolutely historic. Never in our lifetimes, or the lifetimes of our parents, has anything like this happened before. It’s honestly incredible.

Yes, there are reasons the markets should rally, and perhaps do so immediately. But……….and this is a big but………..in my opinion (which has been pretty damned priceless lately), if for some reason Ethereum breaks $1,000 or Bitcoin breaks $20,000, I think you’re going to see a total washout across the asset spectrum.

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