by Mike Parker | Articles, Breaking News, Digital Currencies
3 Years ago I remember driving 3 hours to get to a bitcoin ATM or trader. 1 to 2 Years ago I remember driving just 1 hour to get to a bitcoin ATM. Today, in a less than densely populated area, I can drive a lucky 7 minutes and get to a kiosk I can purchase bitcoin at....
by Mike Parker | Articles, Breaking News, Digital Currencies, Precious Metals
I know many long-term subscribers of CrushTheStreet will know exactly what I mean when I say the price of silver for the past 8 years has been the most disappointing investment of the 2000’s. I still have this chart saved November 23rd, 2014 to demonstrate the...
by Mike Parker | Articles, Breaking News, Macro Economics
In my last article, I displayed the following chart to demonstrate how, when government meddles the least, the economy does well. The chart is on inflation in the United States from 1997 to 2017 and it is in some ways quite shocking, just look: The image, which...
by Mike Parker | Articles, Breaking News, Digital Currencies
So it’s April 20th, 2019. You’ve seen bitcoin and cryptocurrencies swing violently up and down for a few years now, but you (the audience I’m speaking to), have not yet dipped your toe into the space. First give me a second to hold back my internal screams of...
by Mike Parker | Articles, Digital Currencies
The purpose of this post is to example the top 5 cryptocurrencies and answer the question “Why are these the top 5 cryptocurrencies?” For this we’ll be using CoinMarketCap to view the top 5. Let’s begin. #1: Bitcoin (Duh) Invented in January 2009. It was the first, it...
