adlrocha
@adlrocha
Prices are not determined by utility, but by the demand pressure over scarce resources. This is why the “Bitcoin doesn’t have an intrinsic value” or “gold doesn’t generate any productive output” are not valid theses to me. Don’t get me started about FIAT and something you may not be aware of: monetary inflation (which is currently of around a 6%) (Disclaimer: this is not financial advice by any means, but an economic observation)
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joobid ツ
@joobid.eth
Do you really believe it is always because scarcity? How do you price crypto then, where almost any token or altcoin has unlimited emission and inflation? How do you price stocks, when a company print more and dilute the value but prices doesn't correlate?
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adlrocha
@adlrocha
Alt-coins are currently an speculative asset not driven by fundamentals. I am not saying speculation is bad, I think it is actually good as it offers liquidity and volatility to the market. But my take is that long-term prices are driven by scarcity and fundamentals, the same way that stocks.
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joobid ツ
@joobid.eth
So FIAT or stocks are not speculation-driven?
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adlrocha
@adlrocha
They are in the short-term, but long-term prices are driven by fundamentals. This is why USD has lost ~90% of its purchasing power in the last 50 years. Monetary easing leading to massive dilution and increased liquidity flows. On scarcity of stocks, this is why stock buybacks generally have an immediate (positive) impact in the price of the stock.
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