I don't yet know enough about cryptocurrencies to be able to talk about them and know what I'm talking about.
My opinion of Jim Rickards is that he is a gold shill. It seems like for him, gold is the only thing of value. I think that a lot of the writers on Zero Hedge are just mad because things haven't yet fallen apart the way they keep saying they will. I think most of them are heavily invested in their positions, and they aren't making any money while things continue to not fall apart.