Credit/Macro/Crypto Analyst, Former Credit/MA PM

Rose Choy

Crypto

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<li>We use a simple framework to analyse 3 exchange tokens’ value and we find FTT and LEO tokens are decent bear market plays.</li>
<li>For crypto exchanges, buying the token is the only way for non-VC investors to gain exposure to the growth. Private valuations could differ greatly from the publicly traded valuations. </li>
<li>While exchange tokens are the easiest to understand and most equity-like in the traditional finance sense, we can also further apply the framework to tokens on other protocols.</li>
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We use a simple framework to analyse 3 exchange tokens’ value and we find FTT and LEO tokens are decent bear market plays.
For crypto exchanges, buying the token is the only way for non-VC investors to gain exposure to the growth. Private valuations could differ greatly from the publicly traded valuations. 
While exchange tokens are the easiest to understand and most equity-like in the traditional finance sense, we can also further apply the framework to tokens on other protocols.


Bear Market Plays - Crypto Exchange Tokens

Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets, Kaiko

Kaiko

Data-Driven Analysis of Cryptocurrency Markets

Kaiko is the leading cryptocurrency market data provider for institutional investors and enterprises. We empower market participants with accurate, transparent, and actionable financial data to be leveraged for a range of market activities. Kaiko’s mission is to be the foundation of the new digital finance economy by serving as a single source for market information. Our mission is premised on the idea that high-quality data drives market efficiency and greater transparency throughout the industry. For each of our enterprise clients, we build custom data plans designed for a range of use cases.

<ul><li>Towards the end of last year, I published the first liquidity ranking system for crypto assets, comparing each asset’s liquidity ranking to its market cap and investigating which token’s market cap is the most misleading from a liquidity standpoint.</li><li>In Q1 of this year I provided an update to the ranking system as overall market liquidity hit 10 month lows. </li><li>The good news is that global liquidity has been more or less flat over Q2, with no further drops apart from  the tokens featured in the SEC lawsuits and a handful of exchange-specific drops in liquidity, such as Binance.US.</li></ul>

Towards the end of last year, I published the first liquidity ranking system for crypto assets, comparing each asset’s liquidity ranking to its market cap and investigating which token’s market cap is the most misleading from a liquidity standpoint.In Q1 of this year I provided an update to the ranking system as overall market liquidity hit 10 month lows. The good news is that global liquidity has been more or less flat over Q2, with no further drops apart from  the tokens featured in the SEC lawsuits and a handful of exchange-specific drops in liquidity, such as Binance.US.

<ul><li>Last quarter I published the first liquidity ranking system for crypto assets, comparing each asset’s liquidity ranking to its market cap and investigating which token’s market cap is the most misleading from a liquidity standpoint.</li><li>Liquidity has arguably never been at more of a premium than right now in crypto, with USD payment rails being shut down and market makers pulling orders from exchanges.</li><li>With market depth at 10 month lows, price volatility has picked up and so it is essential investors can accurately evaluate the liquidity of each individual asset to gain an understanding of how much short term volatility to expect.</li></ul>

Last quarter I published the first liquidity ranking system for crypto assets, comparing each asset’s liquidity ranking to its market cap and investigating which token’s market cap is the most misleading from a liquidity standpoint.Liquidity has arguably never been at more of a premium than right now in crypto, with USD payment rails being shut down and market makers pulling orders from exchanges.With market depth at 10 month lows, price volatility has picked up and so it is essential investors can accurately evaluate the liquidity of each individual asset to gain an understanding of how much short term volatility to expect.

<ul><li>Market capitalization is one of the most commonly used metrics to legitimize the value of a cryptocurrency.</li><li>We often hear of a token breaking into the top 10 ranking by market cap, with tokens like BNB making headlines after a move into the top 5, cementing it as a pillar in the crypto ecosystem.</li><li>However, all it takes is a quick run through the top 20 or 30 tokens to realize not all market caps are created equal.</li></ul>

Market capitalization is one of the most commonly used metrics to legitimize the value of a cryptocurrency.We often hear of a token breaking into the top 10 ranking by market cap, with tokens like BNB making headlines after a move into the top 5, cementing it as a pillar in the crypto ecosystem.However, all it takes is a quick run through the top 20 or 30 tokens to realize not all market caps are created equal.

A New Model for Assessing Crypto Asset Liquidity

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>DOJ seized around USD3.6bn worth of Bitcoins from wallets belonging to Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein, who alleged were the masterminds behind the Bitfinex hack in 2016</li>
<li>This marks the largest financial seizure in DOJ's history and used sophisticated on-chain investigative methods to track the stolen crypto back to the individuals </li>
<li>We also look at the potential trade for <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/leo-token" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:35576:1" rel="noopener">LEO Token (LEO CURNCY)</a> , a Bitfinex issued token, that benefits from any recovery of funds from the 2016 hack</li>
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DOJ seized around USD3.6bn worth of Bitcoins from wallets belonging to Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein, who alleged were the masterminds behind the Bitfinex hack in 2016
This marks the largest financial seizure in DOJ's history and used sophisticated on-chain investigative methods to track the stolen crypto back to the individuals 
We also look at the potential trade for LEO Token (LEO CURNCY) , a Bitfinex issued token, that benefits from any recovery of funds from the 2016 hack


Crypto Weekly - The USD3.6bn Bitcoin DOJ Seizure and LEO: The Potential Special-Sit Trade

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Bear Market Plays - Crypto Exchange Tokens

We use a simple framework to analyse 3 exchange tokens’ value and we find FTT and LEO tokens are decent bear market plays. We can also further...

Rose Choy

Q2 Liquidity Ranking for Crypto Assets

In Q1 of this year I provided an update to the ranking system as overall market liquidity hit 10 month lows. The good news is that global liquidity...

Kaiko

Q1 Liquidity Ranking for Crypto Assets

Liquidity has arguably never been at more of a premium than right now in crypto, with USD payment rails being shut down and market makers pulling...

Kaiko

A New Model for Assessing Crypto Asset Liquidity

We often hear of a token breaking into the top 10 ranking by market cap, with tokens like BNB making headlines after a move into the top 5,...

Kaiko

Crypto Weekly - The USD3.6bn Bitcoin DOJ Seizure and LEO: The Potential Special-Sit Trade

BTC stolen from Bitfinex in 2016 was finally recovered in this USD3.6bn seizure by the DOJ which could have positive implications on the LEO Token...

Josh Du

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