Historically, regulation and crypto seemed to be opposites due to the libertarian stance of the early Bitcoin community and a lack of regulatory guidance and frameworks in the early days of the space. As a new and fast evolving asset class law makers had difficulties to understand and categorize digital…

With the digital asset space reinventing itself at such a fast pace, index-linked solutions are gaining popularity for individual and institutional investors alike. With the growth in decentralised, blockchain based-assets, investors are now presented with a variety of new investment opportunities. However, navigating the digital asset space can be difficult…

With cryptocurrencies reaching an important inflection point in 2020, the question of which tokens to invest into is now ever more critical. Cryptocurrencies have hit the headlines in recent times through major ecommerce players accepting it as a means of payments, and corporate treasuries like MicroStrategy using Bitcoin as a…

In our last blog post, we introduced the basic concept of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and its characteristics. Contrary to other use cases of decentralized protocols DeFi has already gained a lot of traction in the last year. It is being used by over 3 million users[1] and there are over…

Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is one of the fastest growing areas in the digital assets space. It describes the replication of various financial applications on decentralised platforms such as Ethereum where no central counterparty must be trusted. …

Even though the topic of Bitcoin’s high energy consumption has been discussed for years, it came into the spotlight again after Tesla’s retreat from accepting it as a means of payment. While it is true that the process of Bitcoin mining is consuming a lot of energy (approximately 0.14% of…

A correction after the steep 6-month rally was neither unexpected nor unhealthy, and the magnitude of the correction was very much in line with bitcoin’s past track record. However, five negative news items hitting the market within a short space of time, stalling every recovery, was quite unprecedented even by…

Institutional investors are increasingly open to adding digital assets to their portfolios, but a few factors stand in their way of embracing digital assets. Mainly, current digital asset custody solutions do not meet institutional investors’ legal, security and liquidity requirements. Private keys have been stolen, lost, and even forgotten. Lax…

As the digital asset ecosystem grows, many experts are asking how traditional asset managers will respond to the paradigm shift underway in how we store and transact securities. …