Are Bitcoin Futures A Top “Risk-Free” Trade?

With cryptocurrencies surpassing the USD 2trn market capitalization milestone, the upward price momentum has drawn a fair share of cheerleaders and detractors into the conversation surrounding Bitcoin ’s future. There is still a significant spread between Bitcoin futures prices and spot prices, which have opened up a uniquely profitable trading opportunity with very limited risk. […]

From Tulips and Scrips to Bitcoin and Meme Stocks – Speculating & Mania

From ancient times until the late 1700s, the term “speculation” was used mainly by philosophers, scientists, and authors to describe conjectures about the future. Political economist Adam Smith used the term extensively in “Wealth of Nations,” published in 1776, after seeing it used to describe lotteries and smuggling. Rush’s terminology and his way of thinking […]