Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: Big Bitcoin Bull Blinks
NvidiaNvidia(US:NVDA) Seeking Alpha·2025-12-10 12:58

Bitcoin Market Insights - Standard Chartered has revised its bitcoin price forecasts, reducing the 2025 target from $200K to $100K, 2026 from $300K to $150K, and 2027 from $400K to $225K, while pushing the long-term target of $500K to 2030 [4] - The recent price action has been challenging, with bitcoin's run since 2024 driven by ETF inflows and aggressive buying by digital-asset treasury companies, which are now trading below the value of the crypto they hold [5] - Bernstein describes bitcoin as being in an "elongated bull cycle," with institutional demand absorbing retail selling pressure, despite a 30% correction and less than 5% outflows from ETFs [6] Nvidia Developments - Nvidia has developed a location-verification feature for its GPUs to prevent smuggling into restricted markets, which is currently in private demo and not yet released [7][8] - The new software service will allow data center operators to monitor the health and inventory of their AI GPU fleet, utilizing GPU telemetry for fleet management [10] Silver Market Dynamics - Silver has more than doubled in 2025, surpassing $60/oz, attributed to a combination of monetary, structural, and physical-market forces, with tight supply and strong industrial demand [11] - Saxo Bank highlights that miners are struggling to meet demand driven by electrification, solar, EVs, and data-center growth, although a slowdown in AI-related capital expenditures could impact demand [12] - The gold-silver ratio is around 68, indicating that silver is no longer as undervalued as it was earlier in the year when the ratio topped 105 [12]