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Crypto Long & Short: Coinbase’s ‘Apolitical’ Stance Isn’t Nearly as Simple as It Sounds
4.10.2020
Coinbase raises important questions about employee activism, plus what the BitMEX indictments say about the future of the industry
Crypto Long & Short: The OCC’s Stablecoin Statement Is a Seed of Financial Innovation
28.9.2020
Noelle Acheson talks about how the latest OCC statement that says banks can support stablecoin reserves is an innovation trigger in disguise
Meet in the Middle: Crypto Companies and Banks Are Evolving Together
20.9.2020
Noelle Acheson shows how Kraken’s move to become a bank in Wyoming is more about getting traditional finance to adapt to the crypto industry than the other way around
Crypto Long & Short: How Bitcoin Correlations Drive the Narrative
13.9.2020
Noelle Acheson dives into the role of correlation in bitcoin’s narrative and what investor activism coming to crypto could mean for the industry
Crypto Long & Short: What Investors Get Wrong About Volatility (and Not Just for Crypto)
6.9.2020
Many investors conflate volatility with risk, a fundamental error that says more about our collective psychology than it does about portfolio management
Crypto Long & Short: What Changes at the Fed and the SEC Mean for Crypto
30.8.2020
Chairman Powell’s speech on Thursday highlighted how much the Fed’s role is changing, and that's an opportunity for the crypto industry
Crypto Long & Short: What Are Regulators Thinking?
24.8.2020
Noelle Acheson ponders what regulators have been up to, bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain, mining diversity and more
Crypto Long & Short: The Surprisingly Sunny Outlook for Crypto Hedge Funds
16.8.2020
Bitcoin returns are beating crypto hedge funds, but other recent developments point to more favorable tailwinds for those funds in the long term
Crypto Long & Short: 51% Attacks and Open-Source Value
9.8.2020
Ethereum Classic's recent 51% attacks highlight the value of large open-source networks such as Bitcoin and Eth – it’s about more than hashrate
Crypto Long & Short: Does Decentralization Create Value or Destroy It?
2.8.2020
This week, bitcoin rallied past $11,000 and value in DeFi climbed toward $4 billion. But what's the point of crypto if regular markets are just as volatile?
Crypto Long & Short: Where Fintech Ends and Crypto Begins
27.7.2020
Parts of fintech may be embracing crypto, but Noelle Acheson argues that doesn’t mean crypto is fintech – it’s more than that
Crypto Long & Short: Why the Twitter Hack Was Good for Bitcoin (and It’s Not the Media Attention)
19.7.2020
Yes, the Twitter hack was basically a giant bitcoin scam. But the fallout is showing the world the strengths of cryptocurrency and decentralization
Crypto Long & Short: Dogecoin, Market Manipulation and the Downside of a Coinbase IPO
12.7.2020
Noelle Acheson explains how the dogecoin rise exemplifies the creative destruction underway in markets, and what a potential Coinbase listing could mean for the development of crypto
Crypto Long & Short: Crypto Markets Are Maturing, but Gen Z Is Rewriting How Markets Work
5.7.2020
Noelle Acheson looks at the potential influence of Generation Z on how institutional crypto asset markets will evolve
Crypto Long & Short: What Trends in Volatility Could Mean for Bitcoin
29.6.2020
Bitcoin’s investment narrative is evolving as the role of volatility is changing in both crypto and traditional markets
Crypto Long & Short: What Changed My Mind About Bitcoin Narratives
21.6.2020
Is bitcoin having a good year or not? As an industry, we need to work on honing our understanding of the many narratives, and how they can influence value
Crypto Long & Short: Cryptocurrency Markets May Be Decentralized, But They’re Still Accountable
15.6.2020
One overlooked aspect of crypto markets is that transparency and choice holds participants accountable in ways traditional markets have not experienced
Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin’s Quiet Progress Is Pointing Toward a Better Future
7.6.2020
Noelle Acheson compares the soaring rhetoric of JP Barlow’s Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace with the quiet innovation of Satoshi’s bitcoin
Crypto Long & Short: The Emergence of Prime Brokers Adds Resilience but Also Risk
1.6.2020
Coinbase, BitGo and Genesis all have strong growth trajectories and balance sheets. But with that stability comes a certain degree of centralization
Crypto Long & Short: Innovation Cycles, Crypto Venture Funds and Institutional Investors
25.5.2020
With so much attention on institutional involvement in crypto asset markets, we overlook that they are already here through VC investments – less fast-paced, perhaps, but important to keep an eye on for what they reveal about cycles