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adventuresincapitalism.com is a personal blog at adventuresincapitalism.com about economics and business. Since 2016, 15 different Hacker News readers have linked it 17 times, most often “Bitcoin: Why This Reflexive Ponzi Scheme Will Continue”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.

17mentions?
15HN people?
2016–2022first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 4 in 2020

Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?

Why HN links it

A finance and economics blog covering oil markets and contango, bitcoin trading, Grayscale fees, and energy policy. HN readers cite its posts as sources on these topics.

Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.

Most-linked posts?

  1. Bitcoin: Why This Reflexive Ponzi Scheme Will Continue
    5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2020-12-07
  2. Will ESG create the next Lehman moment?
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-27

What Hacker News says?

  1. Empty Oil tankers. They are charging over $300,000 per day for storage now. Some think this is the greatest trading opportunity in over a decade. https://adventuresincapitalism.com/2020/03/19/crude-contango...

    Comment linking /2020/03/19/crude-contango/

    on “Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract ending”
  2. Submitted The Problem with Ponzis as a story · 79 points

    HN discussion
  3. I've thought about and looked into this. I heard some brokers actually allow you to custody your bitcoins with them, so basically you're 100% hedged and have 0 margin hit when you execute this pair trade. Additionally, if you can borrow 7:1 on Portfolio Margin for this 5BTC trade for both the long and short side… it becomes a reasonable trade. The question is, can you find a broker that allows you PM on crypto and c…

    Comment linking /2020/11/24/why-this-reflexive-ponzi-scheme-will-continue/

    on “Nassim Taleb: Bitcoin failed as a currency and became a speculative ponzi scheme”
  4. Submitted Will ESG create the next Lehman moment? as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  5. The key is not to invest in oil, but in companies that can store it. There's potential for oil tanker storage companies to shoot up as more people realize this. See this article: https://adventuresincapitalism.com/2020/03/19/crude-contango...

    Comment linking /2020/03/19/crude-contango/

    on “The global oil market is broken, drowning in crude nobody needs”
  6. Submitted Bitcoin: Why This Reflexive Ponzi Scheme Will Continue as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  7. Here's an excellent article about how our damning of cheap, reliable, "dirty" energy is going to push us into a crisis that dwarfs anything in recent memory. What happens when energy isn't cheap and isn't available? https://adventuresincapitalism.com/2021/09/29/will-esg-creat...

    Comment linking /2021/09/29/will-esg-create-the-next-lehman-moment/

    on “Americans’ Gas Stoves Are as Bad for Climate as 500k Cars”
  8. Submitted Why This Reflexive Ponzi Scheme Will Continue as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  9. https://adventuresincapitalism.com/2020/11/24/why-this-refle...

    Comment linking /2020/11/24/why-this-reflexive-ponzi-scheme-will-continue/

    on “Ask HN: Does Grayscale charge $400M/year for holding Bitcoin?”
  10. Submitted The Profitless Prosperity Sector Will Collapse as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  11. Submitted When Will the Tesla Stock Promote Finally Fail?? as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  12. Submitted SNAPageddon as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  13. Submitted The Woodstock of Crony Capitalism as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  14. Submitted What Is GBTC? as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  15. Submitted The Profitless Prosperity Sector as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  16. Submitted Q3 Results Secured as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  17. Submitted Mall Tour 2017 as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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