You have been at the forefront of creating digital asset products from an early phase. Why do you think investors should consider putting money into digital assets?
First of all with digital assets, You get a quantitative diversity of return. Performation of the risk of rewarding is the relationship between the performance of Bitcoin and the S&P 500 more than three to one. So if you want to invest money, one of the best risk-rewarding conditions is arguably in digital assets as an independent asset class.
Secondly, you get something new with digital assets that you did not have before, and that is transparency. Public Blockchains are audited in real time so they are confidence -free. You also get economies of scale and capital efficiency. That’s what this technology does – it makes things easier, cheaper, better and faster.
Thirdly, I think Bitcoin is one of the most important assets in the whole human history because it removes the need for central banks. The essence of decentralized financing (DEFI) recreates traditional financial services such as lending, borrowing and trading, but without relying on centralized intermediaries such as banks. This cuts out the middleman.
Finally, as the application layer on web3 continues to develop, ease of use and access becomes better. If you look at the adoption curve now, we are hitting an acceleration point. Six to eight years ago, security was just clumsy. Now you have Multi-Party Computation (MPC) technology and multi-sign wallets, and chainalysis performing work to ensure that illegal funds are not mixed in the funds you acquire. This offers a more robust infrastructure to allow the application layer to bring product and services to the masses in scale and easier to use.
What are the biggest obstacles that prevent people from investing in digital assets?
The first is Recency Bias. We saw in 2022 the failure of FTX, Celsius and others, which was a mixture of counterparty errors, fraud and crimes. No one would owe anyone to be hesitant to get into digital assets because of it, but I would point out that the second best company ever in human history is JP Morgan. So while you can forgive people to become bias for recency, I would argue that they do not evaluate it properly against Tradfi counterparty risk.
Then, no matter what people’s recency bias anchoring them, the tendency to follow up with confirmation bias, “I will not touch this asset as Memecoins are down 90%.” So I think these two parties combined do not to motivate people to sign the room properly.
Secondly, there is a lack of understanding and awareness that all Tradfi assets are kept in “street name,” which means you don’t own it – your brokerage company does. People are also not aware that the banks’ reserve conditions are in single -digit percentages around the world, which means that if you have money in a bank, it’s actually not there. There is a lack of appreciation of the fractional reserve banking system, which has undoubtedly caused all credit crises throughout history.
In general, it is important to put aside headlines of bad actors and failed memcoins. Look at the infrastructure and everything it offers. With Web3 you have shared security or privacy with zero-knowledge proof. You can join specific networks to make them stronger, which then offers you stack yield. If you provide liquidity, you can get an automated market manufacturer (AMM) yield. The system is effective and strong.
What are the best ways to get alpha in today’s unstable markets?
First, you need an accumulation strategy. This means you choose a portfolio of your best 5, 10 or 20 assets and dollar costs averaging them. Then develop a trade plan. For example, if Ethereum falls to $ 1,200, what am I doing then? Or if Ethereum goes to $ 4,000, what should I do?
Next, you will “invest with the trend” that I see as a three -invoiced process. First we look at the adoption curve. Then we look at monthly data points for the creation of the trend. Finally, the development of the technology and the value propention for products and services throughout space. These three things are how you effectively consider where we are in a trend, in my opinion.
Tell me more about HD Coindesk Acheilus Fund.
We launched the HD Acheilus Foundation in mid-May to exploit Coindesk Indices’ Bitcoin and Ether trend indicators, and it is diversified because it acts Coindesk 20. This administered actively, a single strategy-fund target, institutional investors aiming to serve from the Crypto Market Uptrends while this is avoiding traits. We use a combination of quantitative and macroeconomic signals to switch between crypto-tokens and cash that delivers a disciplined, result-driven cryptocurrency investment strategy. In my opinion, this is the easiest push button allocation that anyone can ever do in crypto.
Our award-winning funds are centered around a dedicated compliance team, ensuring compliance with all CFTC and SEC rules while expecting future changes. We have also established robust internal policies and procedures that meet or exceed legislative requirements covering areas such as anti-whitewashing money (AML), Know-Your Customer (KYC), Data Protection and Risk Management. All of this speaks to a forward -thinking culture that controls all our activities.
Where can anyone learn more about the fund?
Potential investors can create a meeting with us by going to the Hyperion Decimus Web site.
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