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Dr. Satoshi or: How I Learned to Double (Risk-Adjusted) ROI and Love the Bitcoin
A mere 1% allocation to crypto assets over the past few years could have nearly doubled your investment portfolio’s overall, risk-adjusted return. You’ll have to forgive me, but I feel this is so important that I would like to repeat myself so everyone may comprehend the gravity of such a statement… A 1% allocation of…
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Using Blockchain Because They Care about an Equalizing Economy
CryptoScout by Eleanor Haas Celsius Network is a mobile app that functions like a crypto bank — receives crypto deposits, pays interest on crypto and makes loans collateralized by crypto. It became profitable in less than two years, an admirable achievement. But there’s more. Celsius set out to speed crypto adoption and then, by promising always…
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Iconic Funds Holds a Private Workshop for Members of the Gibraltar Fund & Investment Association
Iconic Funds has successfully led many complimentary, in-house workshops for family offices and financial institutions who are ready to learn more about blockchain and the crypto asset ecosystem. In response to Covid-19, Iconic launched the online version of the educational workshops, entitled “Before Investing in Crypto”. On 15th May 2020, Iconic conducted a free 2-hour…
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Why Financial Institutions should be Educated about Cryptocurrencies
In 2013, the one-time $5bn company, Blockbuster Videos, went into liquidation as it bowed to pressure from online streaming sites such as Netflix and Hulu. Blockbuster did not see the threat that Netflix posed in 1997 when it launched and made the mistake of passing up the opportunity to buy Netflix in 2000. Its inability…
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50 Bitcoin Facts
Over the last month or so there has been a surge of interest around Bitcoin and various other cryptocurrencies. I do not believe this is due to any single, specific reason, but it could be because many believe the perfect storm for Bitcoin is brewing in 2020. You can learn more about that on our…
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A Beginner’s Guide to Crypto Investing
The most frequently asked question I get from people with a new interest in crypto and blockchain technology is how to get investment exposure to the asset class. In this article, I’m going to tell you what options are out there, what, from my view, the respective pros and cons of each are, and,…