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Pablo Lema
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Pablo has been working in and around virtual currency since early 2006. He has been active in Bitcoin since early 2011, and in the altcoin market since 2012.
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2018-05-10 07:40
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technology
2020-02-16 14:33
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Thoughts on the Long Term Winner
Today we are going to discuss how the long term survivability of a prospective crypto asset is the single best indicator of its investment quality. We will also consider capital’s role in this model and
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cryptocurrency
2020-01-06 21:59
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Thinking in Systems
Thinking in systems is hard, particularly because humans are best at linear reasoning, “if this, then that.” Systems are much more complex, made up of intermingled relationships with varying feedback loops,
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cryptocurrency
2019-12-09 05:09
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Economic Over Technical Improvements
When considering the attributes of candidate cryptocurrencies, you should always prefer economic over technical improvements. The obvious example is Bitcoin, which over the years I have been active in
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cryptocurrency
2019-09-12 23:38
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The Value of Work
Let us consider “work” in a special sense, as the inputs that go into the maintenance (or in the digital sense) creation of an object such as a piece of software. Work requires one key ingredient, time.
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cryptocurrency
2019-08-02 18:45
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A Narrative of Price Appreciation
A couple of years ago I ran into a dear friend who was preparing to launch a new crypto project, and he asked for my advice in helping it take off. In the end it fizzled and last I looked the project was
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cryptocurrency
2019-07-09 16:38
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It’s Chancey
“Generally speaking, the prices of cryptocurrencies are not governed by chance, but they tend to behave like they do.” I don’t exactly recall who said this first, but I think a more apt description would
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cryptocurrency
2019-06-07 23:07
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What is a Crypto’s Value? (Part 1)
At a very high level, there are two types of values that we can consider when thinking about the value of anything: the market value (price) of an asset, and the intrinsic value of an asset. When referring
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cryptocurrency
2019-05-06 01:38
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Volatility vs. Risk
Lets talk for a moment about volatility and the future of crypto investing. In essence, volatility refers to how far the pendulum of an asset price may move in any given period. Historically, volatility
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cryptocurrency
2018-12-16 23:12
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Defensive Moats
Let's talk about moats. If you are flashing back to fourth grade history and picturing a small lake with a castle in the middle, you are on the right track. Moats are a purely defensive combat technology,
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cryptocurrency
2018-11-28 15:29
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Principles for Crypto Investment, An Intelligent Approach
I am the Author of Principles for Crypto Investment, a book focused on developing a basic theory about crypto investment. My first book Crypto Success has been reviewed almost twenty times and has a 4.5
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cryptocurrency
2018-11-21 17:27
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The Market Cycle
There is a cycle to everything in life, and like most things, it is important to understand that these cycles create opportunities as well as risks. The market is no different. I would like to draw your
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cryptocurrency
2018-10-12 14:56
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Long Term Bets and the Scaling Debate
You should always prefer improvements to the economic incentives of a coin as opposed to mere technical improvements. There are myriad examples of this and the lines are not always black and white. Most
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cryptocurrency
2018-10-02 12:36
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More Thoughts on Indexing
We have previously discussed some criteria as to how to create a good crypto coin index (Not Scams NS:100). Let’s here discuss why we do not use traditional indexing techniques when investing in
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investing
2018-06-21 10:32
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Louis XIII and You
I am not, by any stretch of the imagination, what you might call a “drinker”. My average alcohol consumption per year is probably equivalent to no more than 3 beers total. But there is an aspect of the
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trading
2018-05-15 16:54
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Me vs. Day Traders
Day traders put food on my table. I have them to thank for my daughters braces and bills paid on time. I’m a big fan of day traders. I’m not being caustic either, I mean, how can you not love a group of
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nano
2018-05-15 16:45
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A Better Crypto Coin Index
Index Investing. Index investing refers to investing in a basket of securities which have something in common. The S&P 500 stock index, for example, contains the securities of the 500 largest companies
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cryptocurrency
2018-05-15 13:29
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Toothpaste vs. Quantum Computing
Buy toothpaste tokens, not cutting edge quantum computing tokens: By this I mean that you should buy tokens with established technologies (toothpaste), not coins with emerging technologies (quantum computing).
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trading
2018-05-14 21:37
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Qualities of a Successful Investor
There is an interesting, if unexpected, side effect to being successful at anything, but particularly in finance: you get advice, and lots of it. You read that right, I am offered advice on crypto investing
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trading
2018-05-14 13:06
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Trading Should Be Boring
I have a friend who is a crypto day trader. He often regales me with his war stories, which generally end in “I just bought someone a car.” And when he does make some money, he never buys himself a car,
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cryptocurrency
2018-05-14 12:54
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Network Effects
As we discussed in a previous post, I will be investing in my first ICO, when Tezos launches later today. I think that I need to explain why I have not participated in an ICO before and what exactly the
