Zcash (ZEC), a Bitcoin-like digital currency with additional privacy features, turns 10 years old this week (on Oct 28).
Bitcoin is a digital commodity and a decentralized alternative to fiat currencies. It is often described as “digital gold” and, in our view, should be valued that way. But many other crypto assets can ...
AI compute infrastructure stocks have taken a beating recently as investors fretted about rising borrowing costs against the companies’ high financing needs. An index of these equities—which includes ...
The worlds of blockchain and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly intertwined, with several well-known projects—including Bittensor, NEAR, and World—playing more prominent roles in the ...
Bitcoin’s reputation for high volatility can make it seem far removed from traditional investments. But comparing its price fluctuations with those of US large-cap stocks offers an unexpected ...
When it comes to volume, speed, and scale, the Solana blockchain is in a category of its own. Exhibit 1 shows average transactions per second (TPS) for a range of blockchain networks. Solana (SOL) has ...
Grayscales offers a diverse suite of crypto investment solutions for individual investors, from single asset token exposure to strategically designed thematic exposure. Founded in 2013, Grayscale has ...
The Federal Reserve’s 25 basis-point hike in the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday to 3.75-4.00% is unlikely to drive major changes in crypto markets, in our view. Why? Because we interpret ...
Zcash—a Bitcoin-like digital currency with additional privacy features—has appreciated sharply over the last year, rising from about $60 per token to roughly $1,500 today. 1 Despite the large gain, we ...
Mainstream attention on financial privacy comes in waves, often driven by technological change (Exhibit 1). The first wave came in the 1970s as computers facilitated the digitization and automation of ...
The CoinDesk Smart Contract Platform Select Capped Index (SCPXC) is designed to measure the market capitalization weighted performance of some of the largest and most liquid digital assets classified ...
