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Bitcoin's long-term return may actually be close to zero - and that could be just what it needs
As you can see from the chart below, on each past occasion when bitcoin has diverged from its fair-value line, it has subsequently reverted. Now is the latest such occasion, with bitcoin currently trading almost precisely on top of that line. This Metcalfe's Law model of bitcoin's fair value was first proposed to me six years ago by Claude Erb, a former commodities portfolio manager at TCW Group. In a recent interview, Erb stressed that while bitcoin's behavior is consistent with the model, it doesn't prove that it is right or true. Still, the model certainly seems to be a more helpful way of thinking about bitcoin ... (full story)