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Bitcoin volatility is spilling over to traditional markets
• Crypto markets are once again in turmoil. Bitcoin is down around 45 % and ether around 55 % over the past six months. Extreme, but not unprecedented. Watch the BBC interview Bitcoin volatility is structural. Crypto markets are prone to violent crashes and spikes because major exchanges combine trading, market-making, and clearing. During downturns, this creates highly pro-cyclical mass liquidations into falling markets. Reported liquidation figures are only one trade per
coalexander
Feb 62 min read


How should Binance Prove it is Solvent?
Self-regulated crypto exchanges need to prove their solvency using stress tests for capital adequacy, not a proof of reserves. Shortly...
coalexander
Dec 16, 20223 min read


Why This Crypto Crash is Different
One of my favourite journalists (Ryan Browne, CNBC) sent me some questions which were precipitated by his reading of this article. There...
coalexander
Jul 7, 20227 min read


Binance Spoofy Bots Cause Mass Liquidations
Price Manipulation Bots Caused Mass Binance Liquidations on 26 July 2021 The class actions against Binance for irresponsible behaviour...
coalexander
Jan 17, 202211 min read
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