Crypto Long & Short

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Crypto Long & Short: Why the PayPal Rally Isn't What It Seems, and Why That’s OK
PayPal opening its network to bitcoin and crypto is a game-changer, but the announcement hides a bigger and more important message.
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Crypto Long & Short: The OKEx Drama Exposes a Weakness in Crypto Market Infrastructure
The OKEx drama shows just how immature crypto markets are compared to traditional ones, but it also highlights their overall resilience.
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Crypto Long & Short: A UK Ban on Crypto Derivatives Will Hurt, Not Protect, Investors
The FCA’s retail investor crypto derivatives ban is a misuse of regulatory authority, argues Noelle Acheson. What’s more, its main justification is one of crypto assets’ stron...
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Crypto Long & Short: Coinbase's 'Apolitical' Stance Isn't Nearly as Simple as It Sounds
Coinbase raises important questions about employee activism, plus what the BitMEX indictments say about the future of the industry.
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Crypto Long & Short: The OCC’s Stablecoin Statement Is a Seed of Financial Innovation
Noelle Acheson talks about how the latest OCC statement that says banks can support stablecoin reserves is an innovation trigger in disguise.
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Meet in the Middle: Crypto Companies and Banks Are Evolving Together
Kraken’s move to become a bank in Wyoming is more about getting traditional finance to adapt to the crypto industry than the other way around.
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Crypto Long & Short: How Bitcoin Correlations Drive the Narrative
Noelle Acheson dives into the role of correlation in bitcoin’s narrative and what investor activism coming to crypto could mean for the industry.
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Crypto Long & Short: What Investors Get Wrong About Volatility (and Not Just for Crypto)
Many investors conflate volatility with risk, a fundamental error that says more about our collective psychology than it does about portfolio management.
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Crypto Long & Short: What Changes at the Fed and the SEC Mean for Crypto
Chairman Powell’s speech on Thursday highlighted how much the Fed’s role is changing, and that's an opportunity for the crypto industry.
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Crypto Long & Short: What Are Regulators Thinking?
Noelle Acheson ponders what regulators have been up to, bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain, mining diversity and more.
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