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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)

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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)

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Bias That Propels Shiba Inu and Dogecoin

A coin with a lower per-unit price can make novice investors feel a little richer.

A lot of shiba inus (Pixabay)

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As the CME’s Volume Gets Pumped, the Bitcoin ETF’s Quirky Structure Could Explain Some of It

If one wants exposure to bitcoin, the purest play is buying bitcoin itself. Everything else comes with its own idiosyncrasies.

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Bitcoin Mining Is Decentralizing – Here’s Proof

Mining has moved out of China. Is this good for bitcoin? Based on one metric at least, the answer is a resounding yes.

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