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Crypto for Advisors: Crypto Investment Misconceptions

Despite having been around for over a decade, cryptocurrencies still remain largely misunderstood. In this article, we dispel a few of the biggest crypto myths.

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A Smarter Way to Crypto Diversification?

Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to crypto, but the key question is whether to focus solely on bitcoin or diversify across multiple cryptocurrencies to optimize risk-adjusted returns and portfolio resilience.

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Finance

Crypto for Advisors: Tokenization of Real World Assets

Real World Assets could help stabilize crypto volatility impacts on performance while streamlining portfolio management.

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Markets

Institutional Investors Continue to Increase Digital Asset Allocation: Economist Report

The report, commissioned by OKX, shows that a growing number of institutional investors are examining new digital asset products for their portfolio

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Opinion

Investor Surveys Reveal Strong Interest in Digital Assets

Research from EY-Parthenon shows that many institutional and retail investors want to increase allocations to digital assets and digital assets related products, Prashant Kher, Senior Director at EY-Parthenon.

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Opinion

Financial Building-Blocks: Structured Products and Blockchain

From significant cost reductions to enhanced composability, and improved accessibility, Christine Cai, Co-Founder of Cicada Partners, and Alexander Szul, CEO of Rome Blockchain Labs, argue the technology can revolutionize the way structured products are issued, managed and distributed.

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Opinion

The Case for Crypto Index Funds

There are already more than a dozen crypto index funds marketed to investors, ranging from $1 million to several hundred million dollars in assets under management. Here’s why they make sense to investors, says Adam Guren of Hunting Hill.

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Opinion

Insurance Is the Silent DeFi Guardian

There is a long history of insurers helping to reduce industrial risks, from cars to buildings. They can play a similar role now in DeFi, where a lack of regulation stifles growth, says Q Rasi, co-founder of Lindy Labs.

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Finance

Ether ETF's Lack of Staking Won't Dampen Strong Institutional Demand, 21Shares' Ophelia Snyder Says

Prospective providers of spot ether ETFs in the U.S. removed provision for staking from their applications to avoid potential regulatory roadblocks.

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Opinion

How Bitcoin ETFs Are Changing the Risk-Reward Ratio for Institutional Investors

By approving bitcoin as an underlying product within the ETF space, the SEC has reduced risk at the base level of the asset, BitGo's Steve Scott writes. The only question is now will they invest?

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