{"id":6563,"date":"2022-08-03T11:37:33","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T09:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/03\/techscape-im-no-longer-making-predictions-about-cryptocurrency-heres-why\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T11:37:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T09:37:33","slug":"techscape-im-no-longer-making-predictions-about-cryptocurrency-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/03\/techscape-im-no-longer-making-predictions-about-cryptocurrency-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"TechScape: I\u2019m no longer making predictions about cryptocurrency. Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019d bought or sold bitcoin every time I wrote about it over the last decade, how much would you have made? Let\u2019s do the maths<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ablink.editorial.theguardian.com\/ss\/c\/TBl-lE0k4WbTlFRn6v-lQXxTpTslqnvUsR2ofAkC00vqkHXqakTSxrykj9mrdACFo11SPMvm9ONAti2JcHBqUgcduObToxycReEYHcTAh6nov_u_7l464yKkl5CZpPeg-CqG3ueb-8UiDZ4dOkhK_xu6BZysaGtGOA-w2_0KTqLsMBLqZrcGelEg-7T5C6DRfMSsX1Wcyrv2RlHjbzIGx0ePxMD7meIXmznkqCFxtrflV_YvxDV9cqXgzdq7c2-9qYTW0MyIMCG7p9sc7wIKCg\/3ha\/N7031ZxvS8Cv2AmB8PHP-g\/h27\/towm4HqYM1UtQe3kzAkaoAWT_zh9HyZuTvPyJCk6JeE\">Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I\u2019ve been writing about cryptocurrency for my entire career. In that time, one point I\u2019ve always stuck to is simple: don\u2019t listen to me for investment advice. Today, I want to quantify why.<\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin was created in 2009, while I was in my first year at university. As an economics student \u2013 and massive nerd \u2013 it sat squarely at the intersection of my interests. By my final year of uni in 2011, the original cryptocurrency was experiencing its first boom and bust cycle. It rose from a low of $0.30 to a high of $32.34 that summer, before crashing back down to less than $3 when Mt. Gox, the original bitcoin exchange, was hacked. (This will become a theme.)<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/aug\/03\/techscape-bitcoin-cryptocurrency-predictions\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/47c0e67fc97c6e8f15012744ac879ce0918cad9e\/46_319_3487_2092\/master\/3487.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d5f43db7bd8921c311d7bee53bc05eb9\" title=\"TechScape: I\u2019m no longer making predictions about cryptocurrency. Here\u2019s why\" \/>If you\u2019d bought or sold bitcoin every time I wrote about it over the last decade, how much would you have made? Let\u2019s do the maths<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nI\u2019ve been writing about cryptocurrency for my entire career. In that time, one point I\u2019ve always stuck to is simple: don\u2019t listen to me for investment advice. Today, I want to quantify why.<br \/>\nBitcoin was created in 2009, while I was in my first year at university. As an economics student \u2013 and massive nerd \u2013 it sat squarely at the intersection of my interests. By my final year of uni in 2011, the original cryptocurrency was experiencing its first boom and bust cycle. It rose from a low of $0.30 to a high of $32.34 that summer, before crashing back down to less than $3 when Mt. Gox, the original bitcoin exchange, was hacked. (This will become a theme.) Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019d bought or sold bitcoin every time I wrote about it over the last decade, how much would you have made? Let\u2019s do the maths Don\u2019t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here I\u2019ve been writing about cryptocurrency for my entire career. In that time, one point I\u2019ve always stuck to is &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/03\/techscape-im-no-longer-making-predictions-about-cryptocurrency-heres-why\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TechScape: I\u2019m no longer making predictions about cryptocurrency. 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