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Behind the Pick: A Metaverse Real Estate Play
By Early Investing on September 9, 2022
Imagine being able to share a cup of coffee with a friend from across the world, attend a work conference or even enjoy a concert… all without leaving your home. The metaverse promises that this is possible. Using virtual and augmented reality technology, people will be able to participate in an immersive digital world that parallels our own. The technology still has a long way to go before it’s ready for mainstream adoption. But everyone from…
New Pick: A Speculative Metaverse Play With Room for Upside
By Vin Narayanan on August 26, 2022
This month’s recommendation is risky — even for crypto. We’re jumping into the metaverse. The metaverse is essentially a digital parallel (well, mostly parallel) to our physical universe. It’s a place where people will “live out” their digital lives using avatars (digital representations) of themselves. People…
Crypto Monitor: Coinbase and BlackRock Join Forces
By Early Investing on August 19, 2022
Earlier this month, Coinbase shares soared after the crypto exchange announced a partnership with BlackRock that will allow BlackRock’s institutional clients to buy bitcoin. Coinbase will provide crypto trading, custody, prime brokerage and reporting capabilities. This seems like a…
How to Invest During a Bear Market (and Stay Sane)
By Vin Narayanan on August 12, 2022
I talk about investing all the time. I speak to groups at investment conferences. I talk about investing on multiple podcasts. I write about investing. I text about it with my friends. My barber talks to me about it while I’m getting a haircut (I’d rather talk football,…
Behind the Pick: Naming and Solving a Real World Problem
By Early Investing on August 5, 2022
What’s in a name? While William Shakespeare’s message in the famous “Romeo and Juliet” soliloquy may be that names are meaningless, they’re actually quite useful in the crypto world. You’ll understand if you’ve ever had to type out a crypto wallet address. Crypto wallet addresses…
New Pick: Invest in Better Crypto Wallets
By Vin Narayanan on July 29, 2022
We’re firm believers in investing in good projects with long-term upside — projects that can survive multiple bear markets, thrive in bull markets and deliver outsized returns over the long run. Finding projects like that with solid traction is even more difficult.
Crypto Monitor: Why Bitcoin Is Correlated With the Stock Market
By Early Investing on July 22, 2022
Bitcoin has historically been a non-correlated asset. Over the last 12 years or so, bitcoin has not moved in tandem with the stock market. But this year, that relationship changed. Bitcoin seems to be moving in lockstep with the broader markets. But why? And…
Aave Emerges From Celsius Bankruptcy Unscathed
By Vin Narayanan on July 15, 2022
I wrote extensively about the strong correlation between bitcoin and the Nasdaq Composite and the inverse correlation between bitcoin and the strength of the dollar for Early Investing subscribers today. But crypto’s rich and diverse…
Crypto Monitor: The Crypto Bear Market Rages On
By Early Investing on July 8, 2022
The discouraging crypto news continues. Earlier this week, crypto lender Voyager Digital filed for bankruptcy. Last week, Three Arrows Capital, a major crypto hedge fund, fell into liquidation. That’s all following the Celsius debacle of last month, when the crypto lender halted withdrawals. Celsius is now cutting jobs…
Behind the Pick: A New Way of Diversifying
By Early Investing on June 24, 2022
The crypto markets are in rough shape right now. So it’s more important than ever for crypto investors to diversify their portfolios. In crypto, diversifying usually means investing in a wide variety of spaces like decentralized finance (DeFi), interoperability, smart contracts, utility coins and more. But…
New Pick: A Deliciously De-Risked DeFi Crypto
By Vin Narayanan on June 17, 2022
As expected, the crypto markets tumbled this week (and some last week as well). The timing of the downswings are fairly predictable now — whenever new inflation data or interest rate hikes hit. The bad economic news triggers a sell-off…
Crypto Monitor: The Benefits of Utility Tokens
By Early Investing on June 10, 2022
Cryptocurrencies can serve a myriad of different purposes. Bitcoin, for example, can be a store of value or even a risk asset. Ethereum is used for smart contracts and serves as the backbone of the decentralized finance universe. Stablecoins, which are designed to maintain a fixed value over…
Tron’s Troubling Founder
By Vin Narayanan on June 3, 2022
Not every crypto is spilling red ink this year. While bitcoin is down about 37% in 2022, Tron (TRX) is up about 10% this year. And most of the gains have happened in the last 30 days. Last month,…
Behind the Pick: The Importance of DeFi Diversification
By Early Investing on May 26, 2022
Memorial Day is rapidly approaching. So we expect many of our Crypto Asset Strategies subscribers to be preparing for a long weekend of relaxation. With that in mind, we won’t keep you too long. We’ve got a lightning-fast version of Behind the…
New Pick: A Popular DeFi Coin With Promising Traction
By Vin Narayanan on May 20, 2022
The public markets are a mess. The private markets are a mess. The precious metals markets are a mess. And the crypto markets are a mess. Those are the facts. I fully expect the crypto markets to be highly volatile and continue to bottom out over…
Crypto Monitor: Crypto Investing When There’s Blood in the Streets
By Early Investing on May 13, 2022
The crypto markets are a bloodbath right now. Bitcoin crashed around 22% over the last week, dipping down to $26,638 on Thursday. And the crypto markets as a whole lost more than 16% of their overall capitalization overnight. Investors…