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Decentralisation – coming to a screen near you

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Crypto-backed property purchases are on the rise among first-time buyers

Traditional businesses are partnering with blockchain intelligence firms to facilitate house purchases for a new generation of young crypto entrepreneurs. In December 2017 two properties were purchased in the UK with Bitcoin.  The purchases sparked excitement that Bitcoin-backed property transactions would become commonplace, reflecting the…

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The Great Survivor

In 1972 a small passenger plane crashed in the Andes, and the survivors’ only contact with the outside world was a small transistor radio. After battling intense hunger and freezing temperatures for 11 days, they heard the news they’d been dreading: the search for the…

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A Deeper Look into Cryptoasset vs Equity Correlations

Despite the widespread interest in cryptoassets as an alternative asset class, there is still little consensus on whether they act in a manner that justifies their inclusion from a portfolio diversification perspective. The question often asked by market participants is whether cryptoassets are truly segmented…

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How the West was Bested

With the fall of the Wall and the collapse of communism, people lucky enough to live under capitalism were finally assured of what our leaders had long told us: the West is the best. The end of the Cold War saw Western values sweep the…

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The Key Characteristics of Non-Fungible Tokens

NFTs are special types of tokens that reside on a distributed ledger and hold a digital asset, such as a document, picture or movie. There has recently been an explosion in their popularity, most notably in sports, art and music. We explore their key characteristics…

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Bubbles, Technological Innovation and Bitcoin

Concerns about financial bubbles in cryptoassets have intensified, given the rapid and unprecedented rise in their market capitalisation (currently at almost $2 trillion) and return of high volatility.   The very existence of bubbles in financial markets is somewhat controversial in the academic literature. In…

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Buying the rumour

If we should never believe anything until it has been officially denied, then get ready to do your Christmas shopping in bitcoin.   Last week Amazon denied claims from an ‘insider’ that the company will accept bitcoin payments by the end of this year, and…

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What if…?

“What if?” is the dumbest question…when it’s about the past. What if I’d got into Oxbridge? What if I’d taken that job? What if I’d boarded the train before the sliding doors closed? Stop daydreaming about what can’t be undone. Look to the future instead….

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Cryptoasset Fund Performance Since The COVID-19 Outbreak

This article explores the aggregate performance of cryptoasset funds since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. More specifically, we compare the performance of cryptoasset funds against the raw returns of the aggregate stock market and “traditional” hedge funds. 1. Introduction The global health crisis originated…

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Money talks

Money talks. It is the universal language of business, but when it comes to financial institutions, only a few, all-powerful actors have a voice. And a system that only suits the establishment stifles innovation and prevents the creation of new models and applications that would…

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How to Raise Funds for Decentralised Projects: VC vs Security and Utility Tokens

The traditional way of funding early-stage startups is through Venture Capital. Decentralised projects have experimented with innovative ways of raising funding by issuing security and utility tokens. We compare the different approaches and analyse how tokens can align the incentives of customers, founders and investors….

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