Bitcoin: the best-performing asset of the decade
About 230% a year on average from 2011 to early 2021, roughly ten times the Nasdaq 100, per Charlie Bilello's data. Past returns aren't a promise.
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The People's Ledger
Don't trust, verify.Education, not financial advice.
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What one bitcoin cost, over time
Pick a range, switch to log scale, and drag across the chart to read any date. H marks each halving.
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H = halving · drag or hover to read a price
Source: Coinbase via FRED (CBBTCUSD), U.S. dollars per bitcoin, one point per week, Dec 1, 2014 to Oct 22, 2026. Earlier years aren't in this series.
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How Wall Street and Washington talk about Bitcoin
In a few years, Bitcoin went from being dismissed as a fad to something regulators, the Fed and the world's biggest asset managers discuss on the record. Here is what they actually said, in their own documents.
The world's largest asset manager opens a Bitcoin trust
BlackRock launches a private Bitcoin trust for institutional clients.
ForbesThe SEC approves spot Bitcoin ETFs
Eleven funds that hold actual bitcoin can trade on U.S. stock exchanges.
SEC statementBitcoin comes up in a Treasury market briefing
A presentation to the Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee on digital assets and the Treasury market.
Treasury (PDF)Powell: "Like gold, it's just virtual and digital"
The Fed chair compares Bitcoin to gold rather than to the dollar.
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Their case · from firms that sell Bitcoin products
Read it like a skeptic
- Who's talking? A regulator, a central bank or a seller?
- What do they sell? A firm with a Bitcoin fund wants you in it.
- Fact or forecast? A date that happened isn't a price target.
- Don't trust, verify. Open the source and read it yourself.
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What the “experts” think about Bitcoin
Skeptics on the left, believers on the right. Tap a face to see what they actually said, when, and where. Then check who changed their mind, and how the predictions aged.
SkepticOn the fenceBeliever
Roles are as of the date of the quote. Being quoted here isn’t an endorsement, and a prediction isn’t a promise. More voices coming.