by Maartje Bus | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog
One of the reasons I like curating news on a daily basis is that it makes me see trends and themes develop. Sometimes it remains just the theme of that particular week. Other times it builds up into something more sustainable. And sometimes momentum turns into...
by Maartje Bus | Apr 1, 2021 | Blog
One of my favorite books of all time is Roger Lowenstein’s “When Genius Failed” about the rise and fall of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM). As the Archegos drama unfolded this past week, the media were quick to draw a comparison to LTCM. It actually reminded me...
by Maartje Bus | Mar 25, 2021 | Blog
Wall Street is descending on crypto. Famous institutional investors declaring their love, bankers falling over themselves to get hired by a hot crypto firm, Goldman launching a desk, and the FT seemingly throwing in the towel on crypto cynicism. It’s interesting, on...
by Maartje Bus | Mar 11, 2021 | Blog
Well, the NFT craze went to a whole new level this week. Beeple’s “Everyday: The first 5000 days” NFT artwork sold for $69.3M in Christie’s auction. It is the 3rd biggest sale of any artwork by a living artist, EVER. As a European, moving to America has...
by Hu Liang | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, Cryptocurrency
When the world began to shut down last March, there was much uncertainty about the impact it would have on the cryptosphere. The overarching theme for crypto today, however, is much clearer after a year of great change and growth for the industry, one in which...