Dear Readers,
Today’s edition of Mean Median Mode—a weekly quantitative report summarizing bitcoin price analysis and global macro narratives to position investors and bitcoin watchers with the data that matters—adds high-signal bitcoin metrics and indicators thanks to the addition of our newest writer, Johan. His dynamic on-chain analysis will add value to all future reports. So, without further ado, here’s our latest risk report.
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Bitcoin Overview
With bitcoin and gold up 48% and 42% respectively, trailing 12 months, compared to the lowly 9% returns of the S&P 500, we judge that markets are in a more discerning mindset. Instead of binging on all risk assets, investors are separating between the risky allocation into stretched equity valuations and the monetary hedges of digital and atomic gold.
You want to know what the conditions are for the bitcoin market, including rates, stocks, and of course, the impact of volatility—also more simply described as uncertainty. We analyze each macro contributor as well as present our findings with the ongoing construction and optimization of our proprietary metric TBL Liquidity. Bitcoin charts we’ve recently created help illustrate bitcoin fundamentals away from entirely macro factors, and we’re excited for you to see them in today’s report.