Author: sapphirecrypto
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Solana – A Lesson In Decentralization
Collateral Damage Solana fans must be extremely disappointed as the FTX debacle continues to haunt and decay a once flourishing ecosystem. Next to ETH, Solana was primed for greatness and mass adoption. It’s no secret that Sam Bankman-Fried’s endorsement and investment in Solana helped propel the blockchain into the Top 10. However, that is no…
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The Tokenization Of Real-World Assets & A Blockchain To Empower It
Not A New Idea The idea of tokenization has been around for some time and began to garner serious attention back in 2016 and 2017. However, the bear market that followed put an incredible damper on the idea, especially since it was a bear market described as the “ICO Bubble”. The introduction of DeFi served…
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Incorporating Strategy, Pace & Discipline
The New Year Is Almost Upon Us Well, it’s been a crazy year. We have seen and experienced so many financial disasters. Unfortunately, these events were outside of our control. Exercising good risk management and diversification is the only way you escaped the carnage. For many, it has however been somewhat of a nightmare. If…
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The Most Attractive Aspect Of Tokenized Real Estate
The Most Common Selling Point Tokenization is yet another way blockchain is busy reshaping the business and financial world. I have previously addressed tokenized real estate, addressing some benefits and potential pitfalls. For many, the most attractive aspect of tokenized real estate is that it removes barriers to entry. Real estate has always been a…
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Necessity – The Mother Of Invention
Will The Bear Market Defeat You? A lot of new investors underestimate the mental and emotional strength required to take part in financial markets. When optimism and valuation begin to diminish, many investors choose the path being suggested to them, rather than choosing to forge their way forward. A strong conviction, together with a stubborn…
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New Trading Strategy – Update #2
I Continue To Short Regular readers will be aware of a new trading strategy that I recently developed, which operates on 10X leverage. I began testing it exactly two weeks ago and have since then seen a relatively decent return. Fortunately, I was once again able to close all of my open positions this morning.…
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Create Your Own World On The Hive Blockchain
Decentralization Is Clearly Superior Power corrupts, and it always will, there is simply no escaping it. Looking back over the course of 2022 reveals how so many centralized entities imploded despite their size and relevance. Every one of these events can be directly linked to a failure of “leadership”. A classic case of poor risk…
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Effective Portfolio Construction & Risk Management – Your Saving Grace!
Foolishness Receives Little Sympathy It never ceases to amaze me how “investors” make terrible decisions and then proceed to blame everyone else when things go south. Sure, being collateral damage in a situation such as UST, Celsius, or FTX is unfortunate. However, it should never be fatal, and yet for so many, it was. I…
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Raising The Bar – Markets Collapse A Lot Faster Than They Rise
Long By Default I can almost guarantee you that more than 90% of Crypto enthusiasts only think in one direction when it comes to the market. Due to logical thought processes, market participants only envision profits being generated by the price of an asset appreciating in value. Even though this is accurate and true, it’s…
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Trading Strategy Update
One Week In Exactly a week ago, I began testing a new “modified” strategy with the intention of increasing profitability. This simultaneously has exposed me to additional risk. However, I am following a strict stop-loss strategy. My normal strategy utilizes much lower leverage, and therefore allows a lot of forgiveness during the initial stages of…
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