★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMarkets Tether Expands Profits, Dominance, and Bitcoin Holdings as T-Bills and Reverse Repo Become Reserve Standards Tether, the world's leading stablecoin issuer, posted its reserve attestation documents for Q1 2023 last week and claimed to have earned…McAlinden Research PartnersMay 22, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMarketsTechnology Bitcoin Mining is Back to Profitability, Hash Ribbon Shows Peak Capitulation May Have Finally Passed Bitcoin's (BTC) strong rebound throughout the past month has helped to dig miners out of the negative profit margins many…McAlinden Research PartnersJanuary 24, 2023
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)MarketsTechnology Fallout From Ethereum “Merge” Bolsters Bitcoin’s Hash Rate as Some Criticisms Still Linger A month on from Ethereum's (ETH) highly-anticipated "Merge", the network has proven to be quite resilient since making the jump…McAlinden Research PartnersOctober 18, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)CommoditiesFinanceMarketsTechnology BTC Rebound Set to Revitalize Crypto Miners Bent by Bear Market Pressure After several downward revisions to Bitcoin's (BTC) mining difficulty, computing power provided to the network appears to be rising again.…McAlinden Research PartnersAugust 8, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinanceMarketsPolitics & Policy SEC Decision on Key Bitcoin ETF Application Looms as Grayscale Preps Lawsuit, Dissent Rises From Within Numerous Bitcoin ETFs have been approved by the SEC over the last year, but a spot fund, widely-regarded as the…McAlinden Research PartnersJune 22, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinancePolitics & PolicyTechnology Digital Assets Suffer From UST Stablecoin Meltdown, But Silver Linings Emerge From USDT, USDC Volumes Major cryptocurrencies were roiled by volatility last week, but none more than Terra (LUNA) and its associated "algorithmic" stablecoin TerraUSD…McAlinden Research PartnersMay 16, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)MarketsPolitics & PolicyTechnology Bitcoin Mining Activity, Adoption of Sustainable Energy Capacity Swells toward All-Time Highs Despite Bitcoin's value in USD terms still being about 42% off of its all time high, its hash rate, the gauge…McAlinden Research PartnersMay 5, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)CommoditiesEconomics & TradeMonetary PolicyPolitics & Policy Bitcoin’s Neutrality Provides Utility to Both Sides of Russia-Ukraine Conflict Bitcoin prices have rebounded in recent days, once again surpassing the $43,000 mark, and coinciding with speculation that sanction-resistant digital assets…McAlinden Research PartnersMarch 2, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)FinancePolitics & PolicyTechnology Bitcoin Gains Regulatory Approval Across the Globe, US Politicians Embrace Digital Asset Policies Rumors of Bitcoin "bans" have been greatly exaggerated. This week, Russia, India, and Indonesia are rolling out coherent regulatory frameworks…McAlinden Research PartnersFebruary 2, 2022
★ Daily Intelligence Briefings (DIBs)⦁ Theme TrackerMarketsMonetary PolicyTechnology Bitcoin Bogged Down by Rate Hike Prospects, But Silver Linings Prevalent in On-Chain Data and Miner Activity Bitcoin's recent sell-off has been quite aggressive, but on-chain metrics suggest downward pressure is not nearly as drastic as the…McAlinden Research PartnersJanuary 11, 2022