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So, you wanna go to a DeFi Party?
Que Gaelic’s Storm Titanic party song that is the guilty toe-tapping pleasure of anyone alive during the 90’s. The only thing I know that gets people out of their seats and dance as well as this Irish classic is the yields being farmed and 1,000X returns traders are realizing on crypto in DeFi this summer. But what…
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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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The Impact of Crypto Currencies on the Sharpe Ratio of Traditional Investment Models
Deutsche Digital Assets commissioned an empirical study analyzing the impact a minor crypto asset allocation would have had on the risk-adjusted ROI of various portfolio types. The study concluded that all portfolio types benefited greatly, resulting in the portfolio’s Sharpe Ratio roughly doubling for all portfolio strategies with a mere 1%, rebalanced monthly, allocation to…
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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…