High usage of leverage in Bitcoin futures is the symptom of a gambling mentality in crypto, argues CMS Holdings’ Dan Matuszewski. Crypto-focused institutional trading desks are lately springing up. While Wall Street investment banks and hedge funds are still in the early stages of involvement, a class of crypto-native funds founded by institutional pros is…
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Finding a high-performance asset without insight is challenging, but systematically controlling losses is what is really needed to succeed. When I began to get interested in trading, about 20 years ago, I read many books on the topic. One day, I saw: “In order to make money in the markets, the importance is not to…
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Speed, reliability and availability are the cornerstones of modern finance, and DeFi has the potential to enhance and even supplant traditional finance. When blockchain technology began to expand beyond Bitcoin (BTC) and into more general-purpose applications, many within the industry saw an opportunity to remake key financial infrastructure using this technology. They soon came to…
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Serial entrepreneur Jenny Ta shared insights into her transition from Wall Street to crypto. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Jenny Ta, the former CEO of multiple investment firms and founder and chief executive of crypto-powered social marketplace, CoinLinked, discussed her journey transitioning from Wall Street to the decentralized economy. The serial entrepreneur and self-made…
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BitMEX’s CEO expects that Paul Tudor Jones will bring more big investors to the crypto market by investing in Bitcoin. Paul Tudor Jones, a legendary hedge fund investor, triggered massive excitement in crypto markets yesterday by revealing that Bitcoin (BTC) is part of his portfolio. Traders and industry players like BitMEX’s CEO expect that the…
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Join us for Cointelegraph’s first Crypto Markets show! Will Bitcoin break 10K today? What are the consequences of the upcoming Bitcoin Halving? Why do many Wall Street investors advise clients to buy Bitcoin now? Tune in to Cointelegraph’s YouTube channel to join traders Tone Vays and Charlie Burton in our first live Crypto Markets show.…
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Bithumb has partnered with Singaporean crypto trading platform BitMax to jointly develop new services and products. As not a day goes by without another cryptocurrency partnership, one of the biggest crypto exchanges in South Korea has begun new cooperation. Major South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has partnered with Singaporean crypto trading platform BitMax to jointly…
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Prices moved up and back down, yet the talent kept coming to work: Let’s take a look at a list of individuals who abandoned legacy industries and ventured into blockchain in 2019. Prominent figures from a range of long-established companies found greener pastures in the blockchain realm in 2019. From BlackRock to Goldman Sachs, and…
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New York-based digital asset security firm Fireblocks has successfully completed a major security examination carried out by Big Four auditing firm EY. New York-based digital asset security firm Fireblocks has successfully completed a major examination carried out by Big Four auditing firm Ernst & Young (EY). Fireblocks, which provides an institutional-grade platform for secure transfer…
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Ex-Wall Street trader Nik Bhatia says the Lightning Network has made Bitcoin an unprecedented asset by combining a store of value with medium-of-exchange scale and speed. Bond market veteran Nik Bhatia says that with Lightning, Bitcoin (BTC) has become an unprecedented asset by combining a store of value with medium-of-exchange scale and speed. This recognition…
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