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Crypto Long & Short

Markets

Why Prime Brokers Could Be a Source of Crypto Contagion

Prime brokers are a new source of liquidity in this cycle, which could be good and bad in the long-run, says Phillip Moran, CEO of the Digital Opportunities Group.

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Finance

Why Diversification Matters for Crypto, Too

The rise of Bitcoin may tempt investors to ask “Why Not 100% Bitcoin?” Here’s why.

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Tech

Liquid Restaking Tokens: What Are They and Why Do They Matter?

LRTs repurpose staked ether to support external systems like rollups and oracles with an economic security layer, explains Marcin Kazmierczak, Co-Founder of RedStone & Warp.cc.

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Finance

Digital Assets Innovation Needs to Balance Decentralization and Security

The immaturity of security controls in DeFi is a challenge for institutional adoption. Here’s how to address that.

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Finance

Bitcoin ETFs and Crypto Separately Managed Accounts: What RIAs Need to Know

SMAs allow investors to get exposure to multiple digital assets within the same portfolio, including novel protocols or tokenized RWAs.

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Tech

What to Expect From Ethereum’s Cancun-Deneb Upgrade

The beginning of "The Surge" era in Ethereum's roadmap sees a range of enhancements to scalability, efficiency and security. Here’s a breakdown.

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Finance

New Technology Will Have Institutions Lining Up for Crypto

The zero-knowledge Ethereum Virtual Machine enables real world asset tokenization on a far greater scale, says Colin Butler at Polygon Labs.

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Finance

When Bitcoin ETFs Are Right for Investors (and When They're Not)

SEC approval in January opened up the market to a new generation of investors but there are still advantages to directly owning crypto that ETFs can’t provide, says Eric Ervin, CEO of Onramp Invest.

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Finance

How Bitcoin Benefits From Global Stresses

An asset that gains from disorder is surely worth having in one’s portfolio, says Jennifer Murphy, CEO of Runa Digital Assets.

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Markets

How the ‘Halving’ Could Impact Bitcoin

Bitcoin halvings have generally been good for the network. But price increases have decreased over time, says Todd Groth, head of research at CoinDesk Indices.

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