The research paper I have published here assesses an alternative economic and monetary model based on the coexistence between fiat and those cryptocurrencies that show real functionalities. They can be stable coins but also digital currencies with some characteristics like Bitcoin could have to serve as a reserve currency for…

The model of coexistence of fiat and cryptocurrency in an economic area — This month, my interest was attracted to the news about El Salvador, which has become the first country to accept Bitcoin as legal tender since the 7th of September. Of course, it seems likely to be the beginning of a new revolution for some states which are suffering the dollarization…

In this story, I assess the recent rally of Bitcoin that we assisted during the end of July and the beginning of August. Indeed, the king of cryptocurrencies has reached $42,000 after a significant momentum of negative sentiment, which has determined a strong downward price action and multiple tests of…

DEFI ASSET MANAGEMENT IS READY TO BREAK THE RULES AND TAKE THE REINS OF NEXT BULLISH CYCLE. — In this story, I analyze the turmoil that the crypto market faced in the last two weeks as a consequence of the escalation of one of the highest volatility ever seen in Bitcoin price since March 2020 sell-off. In the second part of this article, I will highlight those projects…

THE COEXISTENCE OF MONEY WITH DIGITAL CURRENCIES, THE BUSINESS CYCLES, AND REGIONAL DIGITAL MONETARY AREAS. — Since I started analyzing Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain and generally the decentralized finance (DeFi), I have always discussed a different view and economic thinking based on a new way to watch money and the contemporary monetary systems. Over time, I have always believed that the rise of these innovations would have…

By Alessandro Raffelini on The Capital — The ‘Recovery Fund’ and EU Bonds: The reasons we missed the chance to break the rules to avoid asymmetric economic shocks. On the 21st of July, the European Prime Ministers finally signed the Recovery Fund agreement, which was announced as the most important European deal after the single currency. The scope of these funds is to protect the citizens’ health and prevent a collapse of the economy. Unfortunately, this agreement looks…

Does Europe have the right strategy to react against the new Great Depression? — The Stock market crash The stock market crash has arrived officially on Thursday 12th. The global financial markets collapsed and led the world to the worst global recession ever. Probably, we will notice in the next days to oppose the market crash what we know under the expression of “helicopter money strategy” which comes…

By Alessandro Raffelini on ALTCOIN MAGAZINE — Introduction This article focuses on the Private Equity (PE) industry and its historical last five years trend, highlighting as in that period there was the most robust activity and the highest performances ever.

State-centered politics will force the next digital war of currencies or their co-existence? Can we avoid a new Great Depression of the 2020s? Introduction On the 13th of October the Financial Stability Board (#FSB), established in April 2009 — as the successor to the Financial Stability Forum (FSF) formed by the…