Editorial
Cryptocurrency valuation and the role of tokens
Blockchains can be seen as an innovative tool in FinTech and the sharing economy: they allow the creation of set of networks, and the reduction of market power concentration. A majority of blockchains use cryptocurrencies and cryptography-secured tokens. Over 1000...
What is the fundamental value of Bitcoin? Let’s enrich Hans Hauge’s approach
What is the fundamental value of Bitcoin? What is the basic minimum value that we can consider the index of overvaluation or undervaluation of the cryptocurrency? Hans Hauge, expert of this field, in a series of articles published on Seekingalpha, tried to give the...
Cryptocurrencies and news
Over the last few years starting from 2015, cryptocurrencies have begun to attract much attention because of their meteoric price swings, but at the same time have also raised concerns for regulatory authorities. Even though cryptocurrencies are often thought to...
The importance of liquidity for an exchange and the problem of “Wash Trading”
In general, choosing the right place for trading our goods or products is relevant, but this is particularly important for crypto assets. Even if it is possible to trade OTC, with direct deals based on case to case rules, the most popular way of buying and selling...
CRYPTOCURRENCIES: HEDGING OR DIVERSIFYING TOOLS. SOME MIXED EVIDENCE
In finance, valuation of an investment vehicle is a difficult topic to approach. In theory, the dollar and any other currency issued and regulated by a government are fiat money and therefore have no intrinsic value. When it comes to commodities such as gold, their...
How many cryptocurrency projects are really active?
Among the first 100 cryptocurrencies how many are really working? What does it mean for the whole system? We believe that cryptocurrencies are, in some way, all working or developing projects, with teams behind them working for their implementation. But is this true,...
Is ETF necessary to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency environment?
What the recent rejection by SEC means to Bitcoin and whether it could influence its growth Bitcoin news has been recently shaken by the rejection of Winklevoss ETF, a decision that caused controversy and contrasts even inside the federal controlling body. It is time...