Goldman Sachs offers a highly flawed analysis of Bitcoin: here’s what they missedBTC $9158 (+3.9%) • ETH $207 (+2.8%) • XRP $0.20 (+0.5%)
Partner: Earn up to 10% on your crypto through the CryptoSlate + Cred exclusive partnership. Start earning Banking giant Goldman Sachs held its highly anticipated client call today, in which the topic of cryptocurrency was floated. Unsurprisingly, they offered a scathing critique of the nascent market, echoing age-old anti-Bitcoin talking points. Their analysis of Bitcoin – and reasoning for why it should not be considered a viable investment – is highly flawed, however, and has even led some industry executives to point out the hypocrisy of some of their claims. More news ⏬China, Korea, and Australia introduce blockchain and digital currency curricula to boost employment potentialThree major powers are betting on the long-term potential of cryptocurrencies, digital currencies, and blockchain. Facebook’s digital currency project rebrands to Novi; WhatsApp and fiat-pegged token capabilities remainCalibra is no more. This on-chain trend hints that a Bitcoin bull run may be just around the cornerBitcoin’s price action as of late has been rather lackluster, with the benchmark cryptocurrency struggling to garner any decisive momentum following its recent series of rejections at $10,000. Chinese Governor confirms “Digital Yuan” has no timeline, but might feature at the 2022 Beijing Winter OlympicsChina’s aggressively pushing for blockchain development and digital currencies, with local sources stating the ongoing coronavirus pandemic may lead to an early release of the country’s ambitious digital currency project. These 4 things pose existential risks to Bitcoin, possibly preventing a rally to trillionsWith governments and central banks around the world printing trillions of dollars, proving why the scarcity of Bitcoin is so fundamentally important, many have become extremely bullish on BTC and cryptocurrencies as a whole. Analyst: Ethereum is seriously undervalued right now for these fundamentals reasonsSince the peak of the last Bitcoin bubble in late-2017/early-2018, the vast majority of altcoins have collapsed dramatically from their all-time highs. Featured eventThe worlds no.1 3D Virtual Blockchain Conference is back. After a successful launch event in April, BlockDown 2.0 brings a host of top speakers like Akon, David Schwartz from Ripple, Jed McCaleb from Stellar & more for its summer edition. With top tier content and a 3D world that is a ton of fun to navigate, BlockDown continues to innovate by providing live translation into the hottest crypto markets - Turkish, Spanish and Chinese for a truly global audience. What else?🧭 The S&P 500 just broke a critical resistance; here’s what this could mean for Bitcoin 🏊♂️ Ethereum DeFi platform Centrifuge wants everyone to access liquidity via tokenized real-world assets Crypto market dataFor more pertinent market data, please see: Connect with usDisclaimer: None of the content in this newsletter is meant to be financial advice. Please do your own due diligence before taking any action related to content within this article. If you liked this post from CryptoSlate, why not share it? |