Archive: Crypto Monitor

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In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Fidelity leads the institutional push into crypto, Facebook works on a secret crypto project and Jameson Lopp shows us how to disappear.
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In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Warren Buffett still doesn’t understand bitcoin. Meanwhile, countries in South America are increasingly reliant on bitcoin.
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In this week’s Crypto Monitor, institutional crypto investing takes a big step forward, Binance Coin rises in value and Jack Dorsey carries the bitcoin maximalist torch.
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Crypto Monitor: Keeping an Eye on New Altcoins

By Allison Brickell on February 1, 2019

In this week’s Crypto Monitor, we’ve found some interesting altcoins that warrant additional investigations... and institutional investment is picking up the pace.
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In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Adam Sharp and Vin Narayanan discuss bitcoin whales, Bakkt’s progress, Russian rumors and more.
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Crypto Monitor: No Tears for Bitmain

By Allison Brickell on January 4, 2019

We’re diving into 2019 with a look at Bakkt's huge funding round, Bitmain's struggles and bitcoin's yearly prices.
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Crypto Monitor: 2019 Crypto Forecast Edition

By Allison Brickell on December 21, 2018

In the last Crypto Monitor of the year, Adam Sharp and Andy Gordon present their 2019 crypto forecast.
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Crypto Monitor: Why We’re Hodling and Watching Ethereum

By Allison Brickell on December 14, 2018

Adam Sharp and Andy Gordon discuss the Crypto Asset Strategies philosophy on holding and cutting losses, ethereum's woes and more.
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The crypto markets have taken a dip in the past couple weeks, but there are also plenty of promising catalysts on the horizon.
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Crypto Monitor: Ethereum nearing Serenity

By Vin Narayanan on November 9, 2018

Summary In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Adam Sharp and Andy Gordon discuss the major improvements being made to ethereum, a proposed blockchain city in Nevada, Coinbase raising even more money and much more. If you’re interested in a particular topic, we’ve…
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Crypto Monitor: Explaining Haven Protocol Edition

By Vin Narayanan on October 26, 2018

Summary In this week’s Crypto Monitor, Adam Sharp looks at why people should invest in Haven Protocol (XHV), Fidelity joining the institutional move into crypto, a new upcoming catalyst and much more. If you’re interested in a particular topic, we’ve listed…
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Crypto Monitor: Binance and Coinbase Making Moves

By Vin Narayanan on October 12, 2018

Summary Cryptocurrency exchanges don’t like to move markets. But two of them– Binance and Coinbase – definitely have that power. Adam Sharp and Andy Gordon discuss the latest moves by those exchanges and how their actions will impact the market. They also look at Yale investing in crypto, crypto…
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Crypto Monitor: Stablecoins and Market Conditions

By Vin Narayanan on September 27, 2018

Summary The Winklevoss twins, who operate the Gemini cryptocurrency exchange, have been busy! They’ve introduced a new stablecoin and are looking into expanding to Europe. Adam Sharp and Vin Narayanan discuss that, whether the crypto market has bottomed out and much more in this week’s Crypto Monitor. If you’re…
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Crypto Monitor: Market Manipulation Edition

By Vin Narayanan on September 14, 2018

Summary It’s been a busy two weeks in the crypto markets. We’ve seen allegations of market manipulation, Goldman Sachs clarifying its crypto timeline and Citi announcing a new product. Adam Sharp and Vin Narayanan discuss those topics and much more in this week’s Crypto Monitor. They also debut the…
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Crypto Monitor: SEC Hits the “Undo” Button

By Vin Narayanan on August 31, 2018

  Summary What’s going on at the SEC? One day, it’s denying nine bitcoin ETFs. The next day, it’s hitting the “undo” button on the denials. Andy Gordon and Vin Narayanan discuss that, the latest bitcoin news out of China, Nano’s stress test and much more in…
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Crypto Monitor: How to approach the altcoin market

By Vin Narayanan on August 17, 2018

Summary We’re in the dog days of summer. But there’s never an offseason for bitcoin! The news just keeps on coming. From the SEC delaying its decision on the Van Eck ETF to altcoins struggling and Draper Esprit doing well, Adam Sharp and Andy Gordon cover it all in…