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Crypto Long & Short

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)

Markets

Alts Find It Tough to Beat Layer 1 King Ethereum

Big investors looking beyond bitcoin may take their first baby steps into ether, which has so far outperformed its layer 1 alternatives. But for how long?

(via Pixabay)

Markets

How Bitcoin Set Itself Up for This Sell-Off

Conditions like what we had over the past few weeks usually set the stage for a big move in one direction or the other.

A leveraged bear.

Markets

Leverage Demand, Not Leverage Itself, Down in Bitcoin

The latest decline in bitcoin prices may be due not to deleveraging so much as just a lack of demand for leveraged-long positions.

Serious leverage.

Markets

Will the Holiday Season Bring Gifts or a Lump of Coal for Bitcoin Investors?

There are just seven weeks left in the year, and it seems there’s no consensus on who will win out: the HODLers (steadfast accumulators) or the profit-takers.

(Mel Poole/Unsplash)

Markets

What Bitcoin and Ether’s Options Tell Us About Their Maturity

Higher options volume relative to spot is a sign of a developed market and can help with price discovery.

Source: Skew, Bitstamp, Coinbase, FTX, Gemini, ItBit, Kraken, LMAX Digital.