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What Drives Bitcoin? The Sources of Supply and Demand
For most citizens of the developed world, and many more traditional investors, misunderstandings about the fundamental drivers of bitcoin and other cryptoassets lead to widespread skepticism and doubt, preventing adoption and investment in one of the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs of the 21st century.
Bitcoin’s Biggest Banes: Valuation, Volatility, and Correlation Oh My!
About 18 months ago, we wrote an article titled “Do Cryptoassets Deserve a Place in Your Portfolio? The Case or Digital Assets as an Asset Class” exploring the textbook features of an “asset class” and concluded that “digital assets offer a differentiated risk-reward profile from more traditional asset classes...there’s a compelling case for readers to consider an allocation to cryptoassets in their own portfolios.”
Digital Payments: Overcoming Technical Hurdles and Empire Protectionism
“The average [A]merican sends about 40 payments a month. It costs 2% every time you swipe your credit card (even Read more
Blakeley’s Three Bold Crypto Predictions for 2020
In last month’s report, “2019 Year in Review: Green Shoots Galore Heading into 2020”, we reviewed a number of Read more
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What Drives Bitcoin? The Sources of Supply and Demand
For most citizens of the developed world, and many more traditional investors, misunderstandings about the fundamental drivers of bitcoin and other cryptoassets lead to widespread skepticism and doubt, preventing adoption and investment in one of the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs of the 21st century.
Bitcoin’s Biggest Banes: Valuation, Volatility, and Correlation Oh My!
About 18 months ago, we wrote an article titled “Do Cryptoassets Deserve a Place in Your Portfolio? The Case or Digital Assets as an Asset Class” exploring the textbook features of an “asset class” and concluded that “digital assets offer a differentiated risk-reward profile from more traditional asset classes...there’s a compelling case for readers to consider an allocation to cryptoassets in their own portfolios.”
Digital Payments: Overcoming Technical Hurdles and Empire Protectionism
“The average [A]merican sends about 40 payments a month. It Read more
Blakeley’s Three Bold Crypto Predictions for 2020
In last month’s report, “2019 Year in Review: Green Shoots Read more
2019 Year in Review: Green Shoots Galore Heading into 2020
As we noted last December, overall sentiment toward cryptoassets could not Read more
What Drives Bitcoin? The Sources of Supply and Demand
For most citizens of the developed world, and many more traditional investors, misunderstandings about the fundamental drivers of bitcoin and other cryptoassets lead to widespread skepticism and doubt, preventing adoption and investment in one of the most revolutionary technological breakthroughs of the 21st century.
Bitcoin’s Biggest Banes: Valuation, Volatility, and Correlation Oh My!
About 18 months ago, we wrote an article titled “Do Cryptoassets Deserve a Place in Your Portfolio? The Case or Digital Assets as an Asset Class” exploring the textbook features of an “asset class” and concluded that “digital assets offer a differentiated risk-reward profile from more traditional asset classes...there’s a compelling case for readers to consider an allocation to cryptoassets in their own portfolios.”
Digital Payments: Overcoming Technical Hurdles and Empire Protectionism
“The average [A]merican sends about 40 payments a month. It Read more
Blakeley’s Three Bold Crypto Predictions for 2020
In last month’s report, “2019 Year in Review: Green Shoots Read more
2019 Year in Review: Green Shoots Galore Heading into 2020
As we noted last December, overall sentiment toward cryptoassets could not Read more
Three Charts We’ll Be Watching for Signs of Another “Altcoin Spring”?
At roughly $10,000 as we go to press, crypto skeptics Read more
Why the US-China Trade War Could Tip Us into a Global Recession… And Which Cryptoassets Could Benefit
As we go to press, the financial media is aflutter Read more
Facebook’s Libra: Not a “True” Cryptocurrency
For many cryptoasset fans, it was like Christmas in June. Facebook released the long-awaited white paper for its stablecoin Libra on the 18th of June. While plenty of digital ink has already been spilled both castigating and adulating the tech giants’ first major foray into digital assets, we wanted to provide our first glance takeaways on some of Libra’s key features:
Bitcoin: A(n Un)Happy 10th Birthday
Much like a 10-year old child who got the wrong color toy at his birthday, Bitcoin bulls are throwing a fit on the eve of the cryptoasset’s decennial anniversary. Unlike an adolescent temper tantrum though, Bitcoin’s current crisis may last for months before a sense of a calm returns to the market.
Facebook’s global currency at first glance
Facebook’s foray into cryptocurrency has a lot of people shaking their heads in unequal parts of confusion, disbelief and misunderstanding. Blockchain technology is an emerging technology, one that I like to think I’ve got a reasonable handle on. So I’m here to tell you the top ten, most important things about what Facebook has just announced.
Spreading FUD on the Global Financial System a Decade After the Great Financial Crisis
Given the massive surge in the value of many cryptoassets, investors in the space have generally learned to ignore negative stories and retain their original conviction in their investments. However, as last year’s stories about potential manipulation in the bitcoin market and the surge of ill-conceived Ethereum ICOs has proved, it can be just as dangerous to ignore cynical headlines as it is to panic over every minor criticism.
Blockchain technologies poised to have significant benefits for the New Zealand economy
In the report, Distributed Ledgers and Blockchains – Opportunities for New Zealand, author Joshua Vial from Enspiral, found that these emerging technologies would likely have a positive impact on high-tech jobs and digital exports for New Zealand.
Crypto Performance During Regional Financial Crises: Three Case Studies
Given the massive surge in the value of many cryptoassets, investors in the space have generally learned to ignore negative stories and retain their original conviction in their investments. However, as last year’s stories about potential manipulation in the bitcoin market and the surge of ill-conceived Ethereum ICOs has proved, it can be just as dangerous to ignore cynical headlines as it is to panic over every minor criticism.
Identifying The Most Influential Crypto Twitter Accounts
In our previous blog we explained why Twitter has become such an influential platform. There is certainly no shortage of lists of the “Top X most influential cryptocurrency accounts on Twitter”. So why did we bother building our own?
The Case for Digital Assets as an Asset Class
About 1200 years ago, Chinese alchemists combined salt peter, sulfur, and charcoal in an attempt to create an elixir for eternal life. Needless to say, they failed to accomplish their goal, but they did discover something nearly as useful by accident: gunpowder. Similar stories of accidental inventions abound, from the discovery of the microwave oven to penicillin and even Viagra.
Do Cryptoassets Deserve a Place in Your Portfolio?
About 1200 years ago, Chinese alchemists combined salt peter, sulfur, and charcoal in an attempt to create an elixir for eternal life. Needless to say, they failed to accomplish their goal, but they did discover something nearly as useful by accident: gunpowder. Similar stories of accidental inventions abound, from the discovery of the microwave oven to penicillin and even Viagra.
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