NASDAQ Tanks, Bitcoin Heads To Moon As All Millionaires Can't Own One

Could Monday's trading regimen protend of things to come?

Unlikely in some ways. In others, such as Bitcoin's meteoric rise the past two days, surely.

While the NASDAQ was nose-diving into correction territory and the Dow Industrials matching it point-for-point to the upside (which was strange enough), Bitcoin was tearing off like somebody was chasing it, and, indeed, many are.

There are just so many bitcoins out there (18.6 million, right now; only 21 million eventually) that there aren't even enough for every millionaire - upwards of 50 million - on the planet to own just one, despite nearly three out of four millionaires saying they'd like to own, or do own, some crypto.

Imagine the angst from the monied crowd at being informed that they can't own a bitcoin. Worse yet, there will ever be only enough bitcoins to supply less than half a bitcoin per millionaire, which is why the price of the world's first cryptocurrency once again has vaulted over the mark of $1 trillion in market capitalization as it rose from $47,000 to over $54,000 in the past few days.

The move began Saturday morning and it's been straight up since, perhaps in anticipation of the stimulus bill that will enrich many Americans by $1400, and those with dependents by multiples of that figure. The people who will receive stimulus checks in coming days are certainly not millionaires, but, judging by how bitcoin has responded to the last round of stimulus checks issued in January, there seems to be some front-running of the expected buying crush.

This is why pundits, advocates, and promoters of cryptocurrencies have been making bold claims about the price of Bitcoin in the future. Money Daily producer, Fearless Rick, says bitcoin will possibly top $70,000 by the end of March, and almost certainly by April 15. He also has predicted the price to be around $280,000 by the end of the year, higher than Max Keiser's rosy outcome of $220,000 in 2021.

It's pretty obvious that there are copious amounts of fiat being plowed into not just bitcoin, but stocks as well. Futures on this Tuesday morning are pointing to a heady upside opening with the NASDAQ indicated to erase nearly all the losses incurred on Monday.

While buying the dip may be all the rage in equities, the same strategy may not work quite so well in the crypto universe. Waiting for bitcoin to come down to a more desirable level could leave one in the fate of those unlucky millionaires without any because it may not come down much, or, if it does, it's only down for short periods of time.

The long and short of it is that buying bitcoin at $48,000 or $54,000 won't make much of a difference when it's $200,000 or more. Gains are gains. Profits are profits. No-coiners are... poor.

At the Close, Monday, March 8, 2021:
Dow: 31,802.44, +306.14 (+0.97%)
NASDAQ: 12,609.16, -310.99 (-2.41%)
S&P 500: 3,821.35, -20.59 (-0.54%)
NYSE: 15,288.38, +36.55 (+0.24%)