Tom Lee’s Big Ethereum Bet at BMNR: Smart Strategy or Crypto Hype?

BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) is crashing from an abrupt and hyper-extreme mania following the announcement of an Ethereum treasury business and Tom Lee's appointment to lead the Board of Directors.

Bitmine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) currently describes itself as a “bitcoin network company driving value through BTC treasury and multiple Bitcoin income streams.” This business model was clearly not working well enough, and is one of several pivots (a predecessor to BMNR was incorporated in the State of Nevada on August 16, 1995 as Interactive Lighting … Read more

The Federal Reserve Pushes Back On Notion Of Fueling A Bubble

“I understand that you do address issues of valuations through macroprudential policies in the first instance. But there’s a range of assets, and I know you do watch a range of assets. But from Bitcoin to corporate bonds to the stock market in general, to some of these morespecific meteoric rises in stocks like GameStop. … Read more

Tesla the Tantalizing: SEC Settlement Likely Confirms Trading Range

On Friday evening, headlines screamed that Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk had reportedly made a surprisingly bold and extremely risky decision to fight charges of fraud by the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). On Saturday, it looked like reason and rationality prevailed with an official announcement of a settlement deal issuing a slap on the wrist … Read more

Longfin: The Bizarre Crypto-Stock Story That Reached Astounding Extremes

Source: CNBC Ever since LongFin Corp. (LFIN) soared astronomically four days into its stint as a publicly traded company, I have been fascinated by the story. At the time I covered the story, I wrote: “The trading in recent IPO LongFin Corp. (LFIN) may go down as iconic in this era of frenetic trading in … Read more

No Bottom (Yet) for Bitcoin

“I will be watching for signs of the durability of this latest Bitcoin bottom. If search interest wanes quickly, I will expect the recovery phase to fizzle relatively quickly like last time. If search interest remains robust, I will accordingly expect the recovery period to last longer.” This is what I wrote on January 18, … Read more