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Crypto Long & Short

Markets

Why Did Bitcoin Surge So Much Against the Ruble?

Oligarchs dodging sanctions? Doubtful. Regular Russians trying to preserve their wealth? Maybe. There’s also a third, less exciting possibility.

(Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Markets

Forget Data – Privacy Is the New 'New Oil'

When even Mark Zuckerberg says there’s a “clear trend” away from data collection, you know the pendulum is swinging.

(Zbynek Burival/Unsplash)

Markets

BlackRock Has Entered the Chat

Why the $10 trillion asset manager's arrival would be a big deal for crypto.

(Ivana Cajina/Unsplash)

Markets

You’re Not Imagining It, Markets Really Are Thinner Now

It doesn’t take as much to move prices as it once did.

(Julia Volk/Pexels)

Markets

The Corporate Argument for Bitcoin

MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor likened his company’s performance to rowing a boat against wind blowing harder than one can row. Is bitcoin really the way out?

(WikiImages/Pixabay)

Markets

No, Tech Stocks Aren’t Driving Crypto Prices

The relationship between bitcoin and the Nasdaq is there, but it isn’t as strong as some suggest.

(Photo by Rick Maiman/Sygma via Getty Images, 2000)

Markets

Derivatives Data Shows Softening Crypto Enthusiasm

The wind seems to be out of crypto’s sails for now.

This may take some time (step-svetlana / Pixabay).

Markets

2021: The Year of the Alts

The market has decided that it likes bitcoin more than it did a year ago – but it really, really likes ether and its layer 1 rivals.

Altcoins if they were people.

Markets

Why Portfolio Managers Will Need to Look at Altcoins in 2022

The more uncorrelated they become with bitcoin (itself uncorrelated to traditional assets), the stronger the diversification play.

Huevos en varias canastas. (Alexandra Koch/Pixabay)

Markets

How to Be a Crypto ‘SAMURAI’

Are you measuring your crypto portfolio the right way? These are the seven characteristics your benchmark needs to have.

A Japanese man in circa 12th century samurai warrior clothing and carrying a quiver of arrows on his back. (Ernst Haas/Ernst Haas/Getty Images)