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Let’s Talk Blockchain, Not “Crypto”

Disregard all the hype around crypto in general and bitcoin in particular. Blockchain represents the real opportunity that investors should be talking about.

Research and Policy Center 10 Most Popular Articles of 2023

What are the most popular top 10 articles of 2023 published by the CFA Institute Research and Policy Center?

Bitcoin Valuation: Four Methods

Unlike traditional assets such as stocks and bonds, bitcoin lacks the typical characteristics required for traditional valuation methods.

Crypto’s Unanswered Question: At What Price?

How do you make buy and sell decisions with cryptoassets? The answer remains elusive.

Book Review: The Power of Money

Paul Sheard explains what money is and how governments, commercial banks, and central banks create it and influence its creation.

Decoding the Crypto Mindset with NLP: Bitcoin, Reddit, and FTX

How does crypto investors' reliance on social media drive crypto market behavior?

Bitcoin Mining and Local Stock Market Performance Correlations

Is there a relationship between where bitcoin is mined and how the performance of the local equity markets correlates with bitcoin prices?

FTX: Crypto Is the Cure, Not the Cause

The FTX fiasco has more to do with fractional reserve banking than it does with crypto.

The Alchemist’s Paradox, Central Bank Sovereignty, and the Fate of Crypto

“It is difficult not to marvel at the imagination which was implicit in this gargantuan insanity. If there must be madness something may be said for having it on a heroic scale.” -- John Kenneth Galbraith