Trading Week 2023

Post-FTX, CoinDesk delves into crypto's rebound with rising asset prices and new growth opportunities. Discover the latest bitcoin ETF trends, how to start crypto trading, advanced crypto trading strategies and what's next for the market, sponsored by CME Group.

Trading Week 2023

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RWA Tokenization: What Does It Mean to Tokenize Real-World Assets?

Traditional finance giants are excited about the idea of putting ownership of assets like precious metals, art, homes and more on the blockchain.

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Consensus Magazine

Tokenize Everything: Institutions Bet That Crypto’s Future Lies in the Real World

Long one of crypto’s big ideas, tokenization may finally be ready for prime-time. Wall Street is diving in, creating tokens for everything from buildings to gold bars. One advantage: relatively little regulatory scrutiny. Jeff Wilser reports.

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Consensus Magazine

AI Crypto Trading Bots Are the New ‘Edge’ – For Now

Artificial intelligence may kill traditional trading, but your advantage may not last long, says Jeff Wilser.

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Opinion

Web3 Has Failed the Creator Economy

Why would you voluntarily put the success of your brand in the hands of traders?

Crypto exposes creators to the vicissitudes of the market – hardly solid ground to build, filmmaker Robin Schmidt writes. (Matias Malka via Unsplash, modified)

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Novel Trading Opportunities in DeFi for TradFi

The crypto industry can provide novel opportunities to generate value, but some of those avenues can't all be found in traditional finance.

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Opinion

How Crypto Traders Are Reinventing Venture Capital

The digital asset ecosystem democratizes startup investing by granting everyday investors wider access to potentially outsized returns of liquid venture markets.

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Opinion

4 Questions That Will Determine the Future of Retail Trading

Crypto is resistant to neat classifications like securities, commodities and cash – and that will likely continue as the industry expands into new business lines.

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Opinion

Macro Problems Are Clouding Ethereum Merge Advances

One month after Ethereum’s Merge, Simon Peters, crypto market analyst at social investing network eToro, looks at what’s next for the network and its native token, ether (ETH).

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Opinion

Technical Analysis Is Dead, Long Live Transaction Analysis

Historical price movements can only tell crypto traders so much about where prices are trending.

Technical analysis is often called "astrology for men," Arkham's Miguel Morel writes. (Josh Rangel/Unsplash)

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Stablecoins: A New Key to Success in the Current Crypto Market

Speculation leads to innovation, but in a volatile bear market traders need stability.

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