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Juan M. Villaverde On
September 4, 202003:58 PM EasternCrypto markets are firmly in correction mode, as the overbought conditions we’ve been noting in this report for weeks finally gave way to what will, once we’re out of it, be seen as a healthy dose...
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
September 2, 202001:30 PM EasternCardano (ADA, Tech/Adoption Grade “B-”) is a third-generation crypto that aims to knock Ethereum off its perch as the world's no. 1 smart-contract platform.
And it's been a great investment — up...
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
August 31, 202002:56 PM EasternFederal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, from basically the very beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, has been using the phrase “no limit” to describe restraints on his institution’s lending capacity.
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Juan M. Villaverde On
August 28, 202002:59 PM EasternThe drift that we discussed here last week accelerated into a short-term selloff before crypto asset prices settled into more sideways action as the seven-day trading week wore into Thursday.
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
August 26, 202011:35 AM EasternSynthetix (SNX) is a decentralized exchange where you can trade just about any asset with no broker or banker as a middleman — and therefore enjoy vastly lower transaction costs and far less time...
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
August 24, 202003:00 PM EasternIt’s not an exaggeration to say that “decentralization” is the whole point of cryptocurrency.
Satoshi Nakomoto published the famous “white paper” in October 2008 — in the midst of the Global...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
August 21, 202002:17 PM EasternCrypto markets lacked clear direction over the seven trading days ended Thursday, Aug. 20. We saw significant rallies for each of our indexes as the week got started, but these gains were quickly...
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
August 19, 202011:43 AM EasternDeFi stands for Decentralized Finance. Basically, it's borrowing, lending and trading financial assets on the blockchain.
With no traditional intermediary — bank, broker or stock-exchange —...
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Dr. Bruce Ng and
Juan M. Villaverde On
August 17, 202002:35 PM EasternChainlink (LINK, Availability/Liquidity Grade “B”) has gotten big, fast.
Maybe a little too fast. LINK is up more than 36% over the past week and 126% for the past month. It traded as high as...
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Juan M. Villaverde On
August 14, 202001:33 PM EasternBig crypto names took a bit of a break from their runaway moves this week.
That said, when we get below the surface, we see that the same catalysts that have catapulted the asset class to new...
