The FTX Bankruptcy and contagion to other platforms is likely to be the Lehman moment for crypto assets. While we don’t know the exact details leading to the failure, on-chain analysis shows the 3AC failure in June as a flash point. We wish the analysis had been presented a few weeks prior, and not after […]
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Crypto Selloff Exposed Incompetence
The 2022 crypto selloff exposed the incompetence and hubris in many traditional crypto companies. For example, Celsius had a $1.2bn balance sheet hole on client assets of $4.7bn by the time it filed for bankruptcy. Listed Canadian company Voyager had to declare bankruptcy because it provided a loan of $674m with zero collateral. Other companies […]
Crypto downdraft as Tether reserves & regulatory news add to worries
Dispatch #16 -2021 May 21st, 2021 The lead story this week is the crypto downdraft, which reminded participants about the downside of volatility. The action reinforces the importance of positioning size to be able to absorb volatility: Bitcoin had the first ever $10K daily move on May 19th! The Musk tweet, highlighted in Dispatch #15, […]