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Let's take a look at the Venezulan Cafe Index below to see how hyperinflation looks like in the contemporary world. Hyperinflation does exists even nowadays. It is not a theory that you find only in economics

Most of the market commentators appear to suggest that when the Bitcoin ETF is launched this will create a tremendous buying pressure on Bitcoin in the spot market, lending to a substantial grow in the

When I decided to leave my role in the alternative investment industry to work in blockchain industry, many questioned my decision - They thought that I just wanted to make some quick money and that the

On an article published on Fortune, Multicoin Capital said that “My point is, if Ripple is labeled a security formally by the SEC, all of the crypto exchanges are going to stop trading Ripple,” he said.

A very nice summary from PWC & Crypto Valley on how ICO decentralises the fundraising process of startups from decentralised capital providers like venture capital and private equity funds. The ICO

Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor of Allianz, suggested that Bitcoin will be a buy if it fells below US$5000. El-Erian perhaps believes that a healthy correction has almost come to an end, and the

One of the abnormality of our financial systems is that when it comes to donation, you find that a great proportion of our donation is actually taken by the intermediary, e.g. the agent responsible for

Trading ideas The Accumulated ETH/BTC Inflow Ratio can be classified into 4 clusters Short-term downward trends were noted in the light blue and deep blue areas during market adjustment - Capital flew

Brave New Coin recently reported that it was quite easy for blockchain startups to “buy” good ratings from rating agencies that are not regulated by financial regulators. Source: Brave New Coin I do not

Trading ideas The market is taking Binance coin (BNB coin) as a safe haven during the downward trend of Bitcoin in the recent 3 months. BNB goes up when Bitcoin goes down. This can be a potential hedge

Trader's view Bitcoin's historical 14-day Parkinson volatility hits historical lows in June 2018 in a one-year window - The market is basically taking a wait-and-see approach this month. To some traders,

Trader's view: This is a positive catalyst in the long run The current crypto tax rate in Japan is simply unreasonable. It creates unnecessary selling pressure in the next year when cryptocurrencies have

The Silicon Valley VC Andreeseen Horowitz has launched a new VC fund with US$300M AUM exclusively for cyrptogoods. Yes, you see that I use the word “cryptogoods”. It is a new phrase used by Chris Dixon

Despite the bear market from Q1 2018, the price of Ethereum is still well above the median. If we fit a regression line to it, the long-term upward trend remains unchanged. I remain bullish on Ethereum

The real regulatory risk of the JFSA is that they ask the 6 cryptocurrency exchanges to enhance their operation by 23 July 2018 - In the event that they fail to do some by the deadline further action might

Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba, again warned that Bitcoin is a bubble ( However, one must not forget that Bitcoin is by far the most widely used public blockchain alongside with Ethereum - It is difficult

In the hallmark Wisconsin Central Ltd. v United States case, the Supreme Court of the US first mentioned about bitcoin in its judgment. “Moreover, what we view as money has changed over time......our currency

McKinsey in a recent report has nicely summarized some common misconceptions about the blockchain. From an investors' point of view, point 3 is highly relevant. If more than 50% of network-computing power

The hacking of Bithumb, one of the largest exchanges in Korea, sent a new shock to the cryptocurrency world today. Bitcoin was on an upside trend and was about to challenge the US$7,000 resistance line

The FX market has overreacted to the interest rate hike of the Fed in the short run. The actual interest rate in the US is still negative despite the hike after taking into account inflation. Real fed