I’m getting a lot of questions and seeing a lot of discussion about why President Trump is about to enact 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada early next week. Government officials from both countries say that at this point, they aren’t completely sure what they’d need to do to be in compliance with the wishes … Read more
President Trump took office and immediately created excitement, new policies, and uncertainty that affects the dollar, corporate trade, the future of technology, gold, Bitcoin and other digital assets. We’ll address some of these topics in this issue and come back to others in next week’s 5 Things. Goldman Sachs enters a debate DKI has been … Read more
This week, Bitcoin dove and then came roaring back above the $100k mark. We think people who believe higher Treasury yields will crash Bitcoin are correct in the short-term, but are missing the big picture regarding the reason for higher yields. Confusing? Don’t worry: We explain. DKI also believes quantum computing could be a cryptography … Read more
Happy New Year to everyone. We’re going to kick off 2025 by re-releasing an expanded and improved version of our 2021 white paper where we challenged Nassim Taleb’s assertion that Bitcoin was worth zero. The official release will be on Twitter/X in the middle of the week. We’re asking everyone to like and repost so … Read more
The long-awaited moment came late last week when Bitcoin crossed $100k. Being a volatile asset, it’s already crossed that level multiple times in the few days since giving anyone who missed the first crossing ample opportunity to celebrate. Despite being wrong by 100x (10,000%!!!), Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff comes up with a novel excuse for why … Read more
Every few months, I see warnings that quantum computing is about to become a reality and that it will enable code breakers to solve password and encryption keys in minutes that previously would have taken millions or billions of years. This is a potential threat to Bitcoin, but somehow, people tend to focus only on … Read more
A while back, we tried to transition to more stock-related “Things” for this piece. Then, we get a week like this one where all the news is macro and inflation. We’re nothing if not flexible so that’s what we have this week. Inflation indexes come in above expectations and above last month. DKI warned the … Read more
