Financial sector veteran, KT Capital Group

Fern Wang

Financial sector veteran

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Crypto

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<li>JPEX may be the biggest financial fraud in Hong Kong's history, impacting government's ambition to become a global centre for virtual assets</li>
<li>SFC appeared to have no direct jurisdiction and powerless in the protection of investors in the JPEX case</li>
<li>Web 3.0 and Virtual Assets are rapidly evolving, regulators may need to take a more dynamic approach in regulating such activities</li>
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JPEX may be the biggest financial fraud in Hong Kong's history, impacting government's ambition to become a global centre for virtual assets
SFC appeared to have no direct jurisdiction and powerless in the protection of investors in the JPEX case
Web 3.0 and Virtual Assets are rapidly evolving, regulators may need to take a more dynamic approach in regulating such activities


The JPEX Debacle Placed Hong Kong’s Ambition to Become a Global Virtual Assets Centre in Doubt

Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist, True Insights

Jeroen Blokland

Global Multi-Asset Investment Strategist

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Our research helps investors build well-diversified multi-asset portfolios and profit from market developments. In addition, our unique and proven Macro – Sentiment – Valuation (MSV) investment framework ensures a consistent flow of new investment opportunities. Together with our market views, these opportunities will be reflected in our live ETF-based Global Multi-Asset Portfolios.

Macroeconomics

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<li>The Fed stuck with its intention to cut rates three times this year while penciling in one rate cut less for 2025 and 2026.</li>
<li>The key takeaway was that Powell is really keen on maintaining ample liquidity instead of what he calls abundant liquidity now. </li>
<li>Stocks, Gold, and Bitcoin love ample liquidity, especially when it becomes abundant again when the economy heads south.</li>
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The Fed stuck with its intention to cut rates three times this year while penciling in one rate cut less for 2025 and 2026.
The key takeaway was that Powell is really keen on maintaining ample liquidity instead of what he calls abundant liquidity now. 
Stocks, Gold, and Bitcoin love ample liquidity, especially when it becomes abundant again when the economy heads south.


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Cross Asset Strategy

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<li>Even though the number of observations is limited, we believe looking at the broader picture surrounding previous Bitcoin halvings provides valuable insights.</li>
<li>For example, all previous halvings occurred during equity bull markets, modest GDP growth, mild inflation, and easy or easier Federal Reserve monetary policy. Similar circumstances are on the horizon.</li>
<li>Declining Bitcoin supply, because of the halving and the rise of long-term investors, combined with the approval of US spot Bitcoin ETFs will likely become this halving's catalyst.</li>
</ul>


Even though the number of observations is limited, we believe looking at the broader picture surrounding previous Bitcoin halvings provides valuable insights.
For example, all previous halvings occurred during equity bull markets, modest GDP growth, mild inflation, and easy or easier Federal Reserve monetary policy. Similar circumstances are on the horizon.
Declining Bitcoin supply, because of the halving and the rise of long-term investors, combined with the approval of US spot Bitcoin ETFs will likely become this halving's catalyst.


Taking the Bitcoin Halvings Out of Isolation

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<li>‘We lower the weight of equities. With markets pricing several Fed rate cuts, valuation rising, and earnings expectations too upbeat, catalysts for further increases are vanishing. </li>
<li>After the significant decline in March building permits, the implied recession odds linked to this indicator are rising again.</li>
<li>There's a classic example of reverse operating leverage going on: earnings growth is negative, while sales growth is positive. Most of the time, this is followed by a recession.</li>
</ul>


‘We lower the weight of equities. With markets pricing several Fed rate cuts, valuation rising, and earnings expectations too upbeat, catalysts for further increases are vanishing. 
After the significant decline in March building permits, the implied recession odds linked to this indicator are rising again.
There's a classic example of reverse operating leverage going on: earnings growth is negative, while sales growth is positive. Most of the time, this is followed by a recession.


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Crypto Fundamental Investor/Analyst

Josh Du

NASDEX Ltd

We believe that the tokenization of all asset classes, including stocks, is inevitable as the world further increases adoption of crypto and blockchain technology.

NASDEX is designed to serve as a bridge between the crypto world and the equity world. We believe that the onchain adoption of the equity asset class will deliver increased accessibility with improved capabilities for both crypto and equity investors

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<li>This piece continues our series to show how to use the least amount of codes to create practical solutions for investors</li>
<li>With 20 lines of codes, we show how to create charts using crypto, equities, and other macro indicators and their relative performances</li>
<li>We also illustrate how to construct ratio charts for mean reversion pair trading between similar securities like <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/microstrategy-inc-cl-a" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:14717:1" rel="noopener">Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US)</a> and <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/bitcoin-usd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:25895:1" rel="noopener">Bitcoin (XBTUSD CURNCY)</a> </li>
</ul>


This piece continues our series to show how to use the least amount of codes to create practical solutions for investors
With 20 lines of codes, we show how to create charts using crypto, equities, and other macro indicators and their relative performances
We also illustrate how to construct ratio charts for mean reversion pair trading between similar securities like Microstrategy Inc Cl A (MSTR US) and Bitcoin (XBTUSD CURNCY) 


Crypto Coding Tutorial #2 - Use 20 Lines of Python to Display Charts and Ratios

United States

Virtual currencies are decentralized, math-based digital assets in which transactions can be performed cryptographically without the need for a central issuing authority. The first specification and proof of concept of Bitcoin, the first widely used virtual currency, was published in 2009 based on a paper published pseudonymously by Satoshi Nakamoto.

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