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By Juan M. Villaverde On January 8, 202005:26 PM Eastern
In financial markets, it’s rarely possible to know, in advance, precisely when a major event will impact supply and demand — let alone how or where.
But in one particular asset and one...
By Sean Brodrick On January 7, 202005:00 AM Eastern
The face-off between the U.S. and Iran is sending seismic shockwaves through the Middle East. We don’t know how this conflict could play out. But one likely winner is China.
Iran’s terrorist...
By Tony Sagami On October 14, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Longtime readers know that my brother, sister and I attended the University of Washington.
This made me a lifetime UW football fan; I'm still a season-ticket holder. I’ve seen my team win … and...
By Juan M. Villaverde On September 25, 201910:10 AM Eastern
In Part 1 of this series, I explained the powerful potential of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) to create the financial world of the future. In that scenario …
Distributed Ledger Technology...
By Dr. Bruce Ng On August 28, 201912:11 PM Eastern
Just last week, a new Libra competitor burst onto the scene: Binance announced that it will launch Venus, “an initiative to develop localized stablecoins and digital assets pegged to fiat...
By Jon D. Markman On June 19, 201901:58 PM Eastern
Facebook introduced a new cryptocurrency, Libra, that’s set to launch early next year. It will be backed by fiat currency and managed independently of FB. You can read the whitepaper here.
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By Jon D. Markman On May 17, 201902:00 PM Eastern
The extreme -2.5% setback to U.S. markets to kick off this week set off a ton of alarm bells among the sort of quantitative analysts who help us understand current events through the prism of past...
By Juan M. Villaverde On May 8, 201903:04 PM Eastern
Crypto enthusiasts are fired up with the news that the world’s paramount social media giant is going to jump into the space, something they hope “will do wonders for crypto adoption.”
I hate to...
By Juan M. Villaverde On March 14, 201908:55 AM Eastern
The Big Four central banks of the world — the U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank (ECB), Bank of Japan (BOJ) and the Bank of England (BOE) — are arguably the most powerful institutions of...
By Juan M. Villaverde On January 3, 201908:55 AM Eastern
2017 was a great year for cryptocurrency investors.
2018 was a disaster.
Now, what about 2019?
Before we provide our answers, all investors should be aware that 2018 was a disaster only in...