April 2023 - Monthly Market Update
/A banking crisis that effectively kneecapped the US crypto banking industry. BTC +23% on the month.
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A banking crisis that effectively kneecapped the US crypto banking industry. BTC +23% on the month.
Read MoreBy most accounts, it was the most coordinated, multifaceted crackdown in a single month in the history of crypto.
Read MoreI do still deeply believe it’s a fight worth fighting. I hope you do too.
Read MoreCrypto has a large attack vector from intelligent sociopaths.
Read MoreShould the Republicans sweep, I believe smart money knows this will be bullish crypto and that should be reflected in crypto price action.
Read MoreThe best investor in the world says now is the hardest environment to forecast he’s ever seen.
Read MoreThere’s a pile of risk present at the moment. It’s hard not to be bearish in the coming months given the macro backdrop.
Read MoreThis is Jay’s world at the moment and crypto is going to live and die by him, along with every other asset on planet Earth.
Read MoreThe Three Arrows Capital blowup is nearly unimaginable in its scale and surprise.
Read MoreWe launched Ikigai in December 2018 at the depths of the bear market, so maybe it’s a good omen we’re launching our first venture fund now. It’s a dawn of a new era at Ikigai! We will back teams and projects that can make the world a better place. Projects that are leveraging technology to empower humanity rather than the other way around.
Read MoreThe cat is out of the bag in terms of what you want to own when the Fed eventually slows tightening – deep pockets are begging for lower crypto prices.
Read MoreThe eventual outcomes produced by this technology and asset class are set to be of tremendous importance to humanity.
Read MoreTravis Kling is the Chief Investment Officer and Ikigai. In this interview, we discuss the need for decentralization, Bitcoin as pristine collateral and whether we’re living in a simulation.
Read MoreChange is driven by motivation. Motivation is driven by inspiration. If you’re not paying attention, inspiration can pass right by you and you’ll miss it.
Read More[innovation] will continue moving at a breakneck pace regardless of whether the Eurodollar futures curve inverts in 2022.
Read MoreAnother episode of Travis Kling at The Breakdown Podcast with NLW discussing the shift in institutional involvement in the crypto space.
Read MoreEntering 2022 with a broad spectrum of speculation about how this technology or asset class will deliver. It's highly uncertain but it's the best bet that has paid off over the years for Ikigai and as always, we're here to do our part.
Read MoreCurrent all-in Metaverse market cap is under $100bn. It’s a way better bet that's going to $2tn before BTC goes to $10tn.
Read MoreIt really sets up for a classic “siloed corporation vs open-source” battle. We’ve had plenty of those battles before. Open source hasn’t won a ton of them, but they’ve won some.
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