Yesterday, we had one of the first truly warm days in Delaware. Temperatures pushed toward 80 degrees F. I decided to go back to the serenity deck that we installed next to the stream that runs through our back yard. And when I got there, the sight of what was on the ground took my […]
The Pop in Cryptocurrencies — Why and What Next, by D.R. Barton Read More »
Two months ago, I reviewed the disastrous performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies from Dec 31, 2017 through December 31, 2018. Had you invested equally in each of the top 100 cryptos, you would have been down by about 85% one year later. No crypto coin price increased in our study of 2018. Last month
Cryptoassets have had a flat three months (nearly 100 days) compared with their normal behavior but that’s a good sign and most of the major cryptoassets are up at least 20% from mid-December. That’s easy to see just looking at a long term chart of Bloomberg’s Galaxy Crypto Index. So, at this point I’m recommending
March 15th Update on Cryptoassets, by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Read More »
Cryptoasset Update: What Happened to the Top 100 in Market Cap on Dec 31st 2016 During 2017 by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Last month I reviewed the disastrous performance of the top 100 cryptocurrencies from Dec 31, 2017 through December 31, 2018. Had you invested equally in each of the top 100 cryptos, you would have
February 15th Update on Cryptoassets by RJ Hixson This month’s cryptoasset update will be abbreviated for two primary reasons: Van is travelling and we are in the middle of two back to back workshops in the office here. Market Summary Cryptoassets are clearly still in a bear market. That’s easy to see just looking at
February 15th Update on Cryptoassets by RJ Hixson Read More »
Generally, 2018 was a disaster for the crypto market. The market cap of the top 100 cryptos dropped from around $555 billion (still well under the market cap of AAPL stock) to about $124 billion – pretty much the value of a large cap stock. Knowing it was a disaster, I decided to look at
Last month, someone commented that they would prefer if I just talked about what was happening in cryptoassets and not about what I expect to happen. We are talking about a market which has a capitalization of a little more than $100 billion. There are several dozen individual stocks with capitalizations higher than the entire
January 15th Update on Cryptoassets by Van K. Tharp, Ph.D. Read More »
Over the last month we’ve basically had another 50% drop in cryptoassets – and we have passed the point where I’d thought everything would have started to go up. This is a prime example of why you should pay attention to what the market is doing right now rather than what you think it should
December 15th Update on Cryptoassets, by Van K. Tharp, PhD Read More »
November 13th Update on Cryptoassets by Van K. Tharp, PhD In May 2018 Bloomberg announced that they had formed a cryptocurrency index, which is significant for a few reasons. First, Bloomberg only caters to institutional clients so their index is their first step to widespread institutional involvement. Secondly, in early 2019 we will see ETFs
Few people probably know that Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange along with a number of other exchanges, is hard at work developing an institutional platform to trade cryptocurrencies. The name of the platform is Bakkt and it’s rumored to start in November 2019. First, the exchange is working in partnership with
