Interview with Tuur Demeester
Tuur Demeester must be one of the most socially active members of the Bitcoin community. Having shunned traditional education during university, he set about researching and teaching others about the potential for Bitcoin and alternatives to central banking at an early stage. Author and founder of financial newsletter MacroTrends, Tuur advocated Bitcoin to readers as early as 2012, and his expertise led him to become something of a young authority on the developing industry. Now, it's time to take stock and reflect, and CoinTelegraph caught up with him during Bitcoin2014 Amsterdam to get....
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We had a chance to interview Tuur Demeester at the Amsterdam conference. We were really lucky because he has decided to take a break from the cryptocurrency segment for a little bit and will focus on philosophy and self knowledge. He is the author of the financial newsletter MacroTrends which goes to investors in the Netherlands and Belgium. He has also co-founded two private schools in Belgium and also in the Netherlands. Bitcoinist.net; As an economist, what do you think, in your opinion which country holds the greatest potential for Bitcoin development and success? Tuur Demeester
This is a summary of Tuur Demeester's Investor Newsletter. If you aren't familiar with Tuur Demeester, he is probably the only Bitcoin user who presented a conservative estimate for the bitcoin price based on Bitcoin taking over the largest markets of the world. The following information is from Demeester's 2013 San Jose presentation. Market Taken Over By Bitcoin. The New Price of One Bitcoin. 1% of Hedge Funds$1,230. Argentina leaves fiat for bitcoin$2,480. Gold owners trade 1% of their gold assets for bitcoin$3,500. Bitcoin Volume = 50% of the Black Market Volume$86,000. Bitcoin becomes....
Tuur Demeester -- publisher of the Dutch-language investment newsletter MacroTrends -- began advising his readers to buy bitcoins back when the currency was trading at just $5 (US) per BTC. But even at today's prices ($120.50 as of mid-day on May 19), he says he believes Bitcoin remains a very good investment. The current high price is not a bubble, Demeester asserts. He points to the fact that past price peaks -- despite having sometimes been followed by steep drops -- have now been surpassed. "Obviously there is something wrong with this idea that Bitcoin would be what is traditionally....
Andreas Antonopoulos worked as a consultant for Bitcoin enterprise Neo & Bee. He shed his light on current events in a blog post. There is an overdose of Neo & Bee news lately, but we think these views on the situation are worth being shared. Two Bitcoin high-profiles came forward and shed their light. Tuur Demeester and Andreas Antonopoulos were both connected to Neo & Bee's story. Demeester was contacted by CEO Danny Brewster, hoping he would become an investor. Antonopoulos worked as a consultant for the startup. Both of them are certain of one thing. Danny Brewster is the one to blame,....
Modern society is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with mainstream financial systems and currencies, Tuur Demeester explained to the attendees of today's Bitcoin London event. The misappropriation of client assets is rife, interest rates are being manipulated by central banks and savers are being abused, he said. "Instead of bailout, the new trend is bail-in," Demeester explained, with savers' accounts being raided to prop up failing banks and economies. Back in May, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the Dutch chairman of the Eurozone, told the FT and Reuters that savings accounts in Spain, Italy and....