This is a typical bullshit graph (see https://www.callingbullshit.org/):
The  y-axis is logarithmic to increase the appearance of a strong correlation. 

 Why does that make it bullshitty? Percentage changes could be correlated. 

 Could be yes. I‘m suspiscious though. No source and convenient. 

 I suggest you look into Lyn’s work to see if she is a bullshiter !! 

 Not against the person.
Against the graph. 

 Here‘s actually the source:
https://www.lynalden.com/bitcoin-network-health/ 

 For a Bitcoiner you think a bit too much and ask too many questions. 

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 It aligns perfectly: Whenever it outpaces global liquidity growth, adoption must be occurring. It appears that there was significant adoption in 2020. 

 Now do pirates and climate change. 

 Interesting 

 Idk the terms, but it appears BTC may track global liquidity but in a more forceful way since BTC is log and M2 is not. Fine by me. 

 Michael Saylor's thesis includes the idea that M2 is the real measure of USD fiat inflation. I don't know if this idea is quantitatively proven, but on a gut-level it's more probable than the CPI metric. Nevertheless, beware of #spuriouscorrelation https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations 

 I fail to understand this one, despite seeing it in the newsletter every other week.

lhs is logarithmic
rhs is linear

Seems like a flawed comparison, but I don't really grok most of the macro stuff anyway 
 

 Bitcoin is on an exponential structural tech/adoption trend, but the cyclical direction of that trend is highly correlated with global liquidity. 

 Is that correlation more about sentiment than actual monetary value (as the bitcoin axis is exponential)? As there’s more liquidity, people become more comfortable with storing value in the network, perhaps? 

 I thought the correction was linked to the options market and getting rid of some of the built up leverage. 

 May be why 2021 looks like volcano with caldera since it blew its leveraged top off ;) 

 Maybe my friend. I'm learning to just hold all the way through now.

Stay #nostr 💜 

 Would be more useful if both were on the same scale (log) or standardized scores for a single y-axis 

 Correlation doesn't mean 1:1 linear relation.

An observation can be "everytime that A goes up, B follows" and vice versa - even if scales are completely different.

Correlation also doesn't mean causation. It's an observation that Lyn presents here. 

 Aren't you thinking a bit too much. Why not accept things the way they are it's the best for you. 

 Just sayin’ 

 Why is M2 going up even with QT going on? 

 1) the chart says "global m2". There's actually other countries outside the US, each with their own policy.

2) US M2 is _almost alwys_ rising. The current QT is the tiny blip at the end of the curve.
 https://image.nostr.build/fd043574bf460d532145032fda759e1585e39378d0bbd795245b09724073da0d.jpg 

 You had a very thoughtful answer to this on Rebel Cap pro. Thanks. Would love to hear a full write up or focused interview with some other heavy hitters on conditions that might decouple BTC from liquidity. My thesis is a melt up to ATHs in all markets…then a massive puke like 08’…Then they print 10-20T…. Everything roars back…Which then triggers the fiat system awakening…Then we see risk adjusted portfolios piling into PMs, BTC, etc. Could take 2 to 10 years with a lot of economic pain and gubment fuckery to navigate along the way. 

  @dylan  has a good chart on this also. 

https://www.tradingview.com/chart/ugMD3RGy/

I would love to see this adjusted by some alpha geek charter according to what Dr Singh is throwing down with  @caitlinlong in this talk. Not sure how one would calc the hidden liquidity so to speak. He's probably the only who could. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJsVYOfrc3M

 

 I guess what dr dude is discussing might be qualified as “trapped liquidity” so maybe it doesn’t actually fit in the calc? 

 see any catalysts coming up that could drop global liquidity and bring some volatility? 

 Fed meeting next week.  Will probably lower rates.  They always lower rates with BTC halving. 

 Does M2 follow a power law? 

 US M2 follows exponential, not power law. 

Exponential growth forms straight lines in log charts. Here's US M2: https://image.nostr.build/fd043574bf460d532145032fda759e1585e39378d0bbd795245b09724073da0d.jpg 

 I haven't checked, if gobal M2 gollows the same pattern, but I assume so. Debt is exponential by nature. 

 

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 It looks like an inflationary hedging pattern. 

 From https://www.themarysue.com/spurious-correlations-engine/ :

https://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/spuriouscorrelation2.png?resize=640%2C223
 

 That is the eye opener, right there. A big reason why its value increases. That and finite supply + adoption. The rest is mostly technical proofs of the robustness and future-proof. 

 Bitcoin is in some sense a mirror that reflects the raw truth of the current monetary regime. 

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 Interesting that bitcoin price is a log chart and the m2 supply is linear. Every $10 trillion om m2 is a 10x for bitcoin 

 

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