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Finance

An ETH ETF Wouldn’t Deliver Full-Returns to Investors

An SEC approval for spot ETH ETFs looks unlikely but even if the SEC approves exchange traded funds for Ether, investors should learn about total return ETH investment products. That way, they can gain from staking rewards as well as the underlying asset, says Jason Hall, the CEO of Methodic Capital Management.

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Markets

‘Sell in May and Go Away’: The Seasonality of Crypto-asset Returns

The summer months, between June and September, have historically brought significantly lower investor returns than other months of the year, says André Dragosch, head of research at ETC Group.

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Opinion

As CZ Gets His Sentence, Michael Lewis Should Rewatch 'Star Wars'

He likened FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried to Luke Skywalker and Binance's Changpeng Zhao to Darth Vader. Federal judges saw it differently.

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Markets

Why Base Chain Has Potential to Lock the Next Generation of Crypto Users

The next era of Web3 will be defined by the ability of projects to attract and retain users, says Kelly Ye of Decentral Park Capital. Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 is showing the way forward.

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Finance

Why Asset Tokenization Is Inevitable

On-chain real-world assets and the integration of wallet infrastructure will replace intermediaries and become standard in the modern asset management lifecycle, says Mehdi Brahimi, head of institutional business at L1.

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Markets

Bitcoin Miners Are Set for a Coiled Spring Rally

Miners face uncertain times as the halving changes Bitcoin’s economics. Which groups are best positioned for the future? Dan Weiskopf, at Tidal Financial Group, gives a run-down.

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Finance

Time to Take the Reins on Tokenization, or Risk Missing Out

Tokenization can revolutionize the way transactions are processed. But, for institutions, the highest potential lies in the digital assets themselves, says Nadine Chakar, Global Head of Digital Assets at DTCC.

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Markets

The Rise of Crypto Options and Structured Products

Retail dominance of crypto trading and the lack of institutional infrastructure and participation has led to imbalance in the structure of the options market. Here’s how we can address these challenges, says Abdulla Kanoo, Co-Founder of ARP Digital.

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Markets

BTC Halving: Sell-The-News or Buy-The-Alt-Rotation

Contrasting Bitcoin derivatives with Ethereum’s tells us a story around the potential opportunity for a post-halving rotation.

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Finance

Where BlackRock Goes, Liquidity Flows

BlackRock and Securitize’s new digital assets fund is a game-changer for tokenization and the wider regulated market, says Peter Gaffney, head of research at Security Token Advisors.

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