10 Reasons Why Ethereum Might Consolidate Now
10 Reasons why Ethereum (and the broader crypto market) might consolidate over the near-term: 1,800 target level reached, Fed QT, Google trends, declining ETH revenue, USDC stablecoin market cap, TVL, NFTs, ETH/BTC, consolidation in our Alpha / Beta index, etc.
Survive and Thrive in Crypto CeFi Crisis, Digital Asset Management Market is still booming
The sharp decline of cryptocurrency prices destroyed many crypto asset management companies. However, the demand for asset management will not disappear: it will even keep growing as the crypto market continues to grow larger. We strongly believe that there are huge potential opportunities for existing companies to become great in the future.
How To Value NFTs, The Future of NFTs, Next Innovation: Dynamic NFTs
Inflation risk might slowly be replaced by growth risk as the evidence of slower global growth increases. Lockdowns in China have halted manufacturing and exports, while higher energy prices put pressure on Europe’s economies and rising interest rate expectations in the US have changed the growth outlook there as well. Suddenly, US tech companies are indicating layoffs, despite talking about labour shortages just a few months ago. Walmart and Amazon both mentioned overstaffing in their Q1 earnings calls. Inflation is impacting retail sales.
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Inflation risk might slowly be replaced by growth risk as the evidence of slower global growth increases. Lockdowns in China have halted manufacturing and exports, while higher energy prices put pressure on Europe’s economies and rising interest rate expectations in the US have changed the growth outlook there as well. Suddenly, US tech companies are indicating layoffs, despite talking about labour shortages just a few months ago. Walmart and Amazon both mentioned overstaffing in their Q1 earnings calls. Inflation is impacting retail sales.
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We see the Luna / UST stablecoin implosion as an idiosyncratic event that has tested the crypto industry in the short term but has limited implications beyond the next few weeks. The recent price correction might offer entry levels that many investors have wished to see
The Game Of Interest Rate - Playing The Laws Of Times In The Crypto World
Time has value, and interest rates are the most fundamental expression of the value of time. By exploring and studying interest rates, we can gain a deeper understanding of the nature of finance and use it to develop trading models that are widely applicable to various scenarios and capture long-term stable business value.
Options and structured products - Accelerating The research Of Multi-layered Capital Market
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, global markets tumbled into a crisis fermented over a decade of monetary easing. Surrounded by elevated volatility, acute shift of risk appetite, and easy-to-access trading venues supported by technology, wide range of market participants stepped into the more sophisticated option market and drove the volume to a level not seen in the history.
When BTC Meets DeFi
Decentralized Finance (DeFi), as the name implies, is decentralized finance. As the most popular sector in the digital asset market this year, DeFi has received great attention from capital in the industry. According to the latest data from DeBank, the total DeFi lock-up volume (TVL) has exceeded 22 billion U.S. dollars, while the TVL at the beginning of the year was only 752 million U.S. dollars, a year-to-date increase of more than 2800%. At present, the DeFi market is still in a high-growth stage, and more innovative applications continue to appear.
How much more can Bitcoin go up in the Future
Looking back to 2008, when the capital market was caught in an unprecedented crisis, the financial crisis broke out in the United States and spread to the world after the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In response to the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve began to cut interest rates. On December 16, 2008, the Fed announced that it would lower the federal funds rate to an ultra-low level of 0% to 0.25%, officially entering the era of zero interest rates, which can be clearly seen in Figure 1 below.