Trading Week

How crypto traders find alpha and stay sane doing it. Presented by CME Group.

Trading Week

Opinion

Crypto Traders Are Ready to Move Past Sam Bankman-Fried

FTX was old-fashioned criminal fraud. SBF never believed in decentralization. And now the industry can move on.

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Opinion

Sizing the Massive Spot Bitcoin ETF Opportunity

The likely imminent approval of spot exchange-traded funds for bitcoin could be a game-changing moment for the digital assets industry. Brian Rudick and Matt Kunke, at GSR, explain why.

Chair Gary Gensler's U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is weighing Hashdex's ETF application, which analysts suggest could have a leg up because of its novel approach.  (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Opinion

5 Strategies for Acquiring Users On-Chain

From airdrops to advertising, CoinList's Alex Topchishvili examines the effective ways crypto projects entice crypto traders to become longterm customers.

Pyth issues token airdrop (ian dooley/Unsplash)

Opinion

DAOs Are the New Degen: Crypto Traders Can Copy-Trade Token Treasuries for Fun and Profit

Whether they’re bona-fide on-chain investment funds or otherwise, DAOs token allocations and treasuries approximate crypto market sentiment and can act as a valuable signal for traders of all levels.

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From Hairstylist to Crypto Trader: A Cautionary Tale

A New York hairstylist to rock stars became a technical trader in Puerto Rico. Here’s how she got rich, only to lose everything in the crypto winter. This article is part of CoinDesk’s Trading Week.

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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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Maren Altman: Crypto’s TikTok Astrologer

Vitalik Buterin once likened blockchain to magic. Altman uses another type of trading system to be “your personal poet for the stars.”

Maren Altman uses astrology in her crypto trading strategy. (Rachel Sun/CoinDesk)

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Read 'em and Weep: Five Crypto Influencers Who Dealt Their Followers a Bad Hand

From fantastic price projections to paid project promotion without full disclosure, these crypto influencers played a losing game, dealing crypto recommendations that may have hurt their millions of followers.

Crypto Influencer Trading Cards (3Hunna S. Thompson/CoinDesk)

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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