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Crypto Long & Short: Bitcoin's Quiet Progress Is Pointing Toward a Better Future

Noelle Acheson compares the soaring rhetoric of JP Barlow’s Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace with the quiet innovation of Satoshi’s bitcoin.

John Perry Barlow in 2008 (Credit: Jessica Louise Bernard/Flickr Creative Commons)

Markets

Crypto Long & Short: The Emergence of Prime Brokers Adds Resilience but Also Risk

Coinbase, BitGo and Genesis all have strong growth trajectories and balance sheets. But with that stability comes a certain degree of centralization.

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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: Innovation Cycles, Crypto Venture Funds and Institutional Investors

With so much attention on institutional involvement in crypto asset markets, we overlook they are already here through VC investments – less fast-paced, perhaps, but important to keep an eye on for what they reveal about cycles.

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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: Mining Derivatives Point to Growing Sophistication

Noelle Acheson picks apart trends in global interest and trust in crypto asset technology, and revisits the growing financialization of bitcoin mining.

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Videos

Crypto Long and Short: A New Market Part 3 With Alexander Liegl, Frank Holmes, Ethan Vera

Miners in the West: Could They Catch Up With the East?

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Videos

Crypto Long and Short: A New Market Part One with Miha Grcar, Catherine Coley, and Max Boonen

Crypto Market Structure: Creaking with the tension, or Stronger Than Ever? Has the jump in market volatility laid bare the weaknesses in crypto market structure? Or has it highlighted the sector’s resilience? Noelle Acheson talks to crypto market structure leaders Miha Grcar, Catherine Coley, and Max Boonen about their experiences over the past couple of months, and what changes they expect to see in their sector over the coming year.

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Crypto Long & Short: Why Bitcoin's Big Rally Is a Sign of Its Economic Resilience

Bitcoin's underlying technology and monetary system make it one of the few investable assets that is immune to the economic fluctuations we have ahead.

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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: How Oil Going Negative Could Open the Door for Bitcoin ETFs

The economic repercussions of oil going negative are staggering. Also compelling is what it says about biases in the bitcoin market.

Oil rig (Credit: Moritz Kindler / Unsplash)

Markets

Crypto Long & Short: The Battle of the Yields

What does the current crisis mean for the value of actual cash, and how does it stack up to assets like bitcoin and gold?

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Markets

Crypto Long & Short: DeFi and Traditional Finance Are Forming an Unlikely Friendship

Many believe DeFi is the future of finance, unleashing efficiencies and creating a more transparent framework. Others find the idea terrifying.

DeFi and traditional finance may be less like oil and water than once thought. (Credit: Shutterstock)