admin Posted March 2, 2022 Report Share Posted March 2, 2022 <span class="ipsEmoji">????</span>Crypto Trader Digest Enjoy the Latest Edition of Crypto Trader Digest - Annihilation A Message from Alexander Höptner, CEO of BitMEX It’s never easy to confront the reality that we live in an unpredictable and sometimes violent world. That fact is being laid bare with the ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The human cost is staggering and the global repercussions unknowable. But it reminds us of what is at stake in this volatile environment, and the evil destruction of war. For many, it’s their lives, livelihoods, homes, family, and friends. And so I think it’s important that we keep our priorities as investors and traders in perspective. The outpouring of support that the crypto community has shown for the Ukrainian people has been very encouraging and I stand in support of this. We must not forget that their suffering won’t necessarily end when the headlines fade from the front pages. Those of us who are crypto traders must also factor the phenomenon of war into our macro investment reasoning. How does monetary policy change in a time of conflict? What scenarios exist for inflation and money printing? Will crypto prove to be a safe haven asset? In this Crypto Trader Digest, we are presented with a framework to help us interpret what these events mean for our crypto portfolios. Let’s use it to test our thinking, while reminding ourselves that we are lucky if we are reading from a place of relative security. - Alex (@AlexHoeptner) From the Desk of Arthur Hayes Annihilation (Any views expressed in the below are the personal views of the author and should not form the basis for making investment decisions, nor be construed as a recommendation or advice to engage in investment transactions.) Thankfully, unlike many others around the world, my experiences of war are sanitised and indirect. Two of my mother’s brothers were conscripted into the Vietnam war. One uncle decided fighting in the steamy hot Vietnamese jungles was not his idea of a good way to spend a portion of his youth, and was imprisoned for not fighting. Another went, and when I asked him what it was like, he said he felt like two angels were there protecting him from getting maimed or killed by enemy fire. My father fought in the Korean war, but he never talked much about his experiences, so I don’t have any idea on what he thought about the topic. As a child growing up, my knowledge of war came from the television. The video game of war played out on nightly news broadcasts. Americans fighting in Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq again and various other proxy skirmishes dotted the news casts. Luckily I did not suffer rationing of food or consumer items, or experience the effect of crushing inflation during the times America was at war. Many in the world, likely including some of you readers, have experienced real hardship as a result of war. Family members you loved were injured or killed. You might be a refugee displaced by conflict. Or you have gone hungry because food was scarce or extremely expensive so that the soldiers could eat. When viewed from a macro humanist perspective, war is always destructive and energy wasteful. Human civilization converts the potential energy of the sun and the earth into food, shelter, and entertainment. War is the act of spending energy to destroy the fruits of human civilization. While one side “wins”, and achieves some political or resource-driven goal by defeating their enemy, humanity loses because the things destroyed by kinetic energy weapons must now be rebuilt using additional energy. The potential contributions of the humans slain on both sides are also lost forever. Click here to continue reading this edition of Crypto Trader Digest – Arthur Hayes, Co-Founder of BitMEX (@CryptoHayes) Latest Commentary from BitMEX How Will Crypto Change in 2022? Here are Our Five Big Predictions. This blog presents an overview of our report, entitled ‘Five Ways the World of Crypto Will Change in 2022’. You’ll find the full report here. To say that 2021 was a wild year for crypto would be an understatement. Consider some of the top events of 2021: 1. El Salvador became the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender. 2. An internet collective called ConstitutionDAO almost bought the US Constitution. 3. The term ‘metaverse’ went mainstream following Facebook’s rebrand to Meta. 4. The world’s first Bitcoin-linked ETF debuted on the New York Stock Exchange. Changes in the crypto world happen a mile a minute – and that’s exactly what we love about this space. And if the first two months of 2022 were any indicator, we’re in for another whirlwind year. For an idea of what the future holds for crypto in 2022, be sure to read our newly published report, titled Five Ways the World of Crypto Will Change in 2022. 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