August 2022
NEWSLETTER
In this Issue
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Reports:
Bitvo’s weekly trading updates for August
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New from Bitvo:
Crypto Winter | Hedging in Crypto Trading | Risk and Return
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Announcements:
Blockchain Futurist Recap, including Vitalik Buterin’s speech
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The Network:
Bitcoin in Lat Am | Crypto and eSports | Fred talk ETH Merge
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August Trading in Review
Weekly crypto highlights, including general and cryptocurrency specific
news of interest, as well as YTD trading history and current environment for
BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC and more.
Weekly
Trading Updates
New from Bitvo
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Lessons from crypto winter (so far)
Where did the term crypto winter come from? I’m not sure. But when I hear
the word winter, I am reminded of…
Should you be using hedging in your crypto trading?
Hedging is a strategy used by all sorts of market participants. It is widely used
in commodity trading and hedge funds, but is it right for you…
Risk and the most important return for crypto traders
The word risk is used frequently in the context of markets and, in particular,
crypto markets. We’ve explored…
Announcements
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Around the Network
Blockchain still attracting capital:
Lots of big names continue to invest across the
The growing Bitcoin ecosystem:
This is a cool graphic helping to visualize the expanding
Is crypto the solution for Argentina? Argentina is a country with a long history of debt
defaults and high inflation.
Crypto is a solution, but with some risks
Speaking of Argentina: A soccer player was traded using USDC to avoid FX restrictions.
They saved some money, but ended up in hot water anyway.
Peru and Bitcoin: Education is a hallmark of the crypto economy
communities like many in Peru.
Bitcoin in Brazil: August had lots of news about crypto in central and South America
including an R and D center launched in Brazil
The dark side of the metaverse:
on various potential financial crimes to look out for. A must read.
Crypto and eSports:
A match made in digital heaven?
Nike be crushin’ NFTS:
Big brands are continuing to work in the NFT space
. Nike is the
leader, with a bunch of others showing solid gains in a bear market.
Remember the Kitties?
This is an outstanding history of the CryptoKitties project
including some lessons that can be applied to other NFT projects.
Fred talks ETH merge: A quick note from one of the top VCs in the business
Tornado gets torpedoed:
Mixer, Tornado,
gets sanctioned by the US Treasury
There is lots of drama around this one. But it is also a warning to be careful
which products and services you get involved with.
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