Written By: Dustin Damron | October 25, 2020  ‘A New Bretton Woods Moment’ Just 10 days ago, to the chagrin of governments around the world who have ceaselessly and almost carelessly printed an endless supply of money, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a speech that appears to have mostly gone unmentioned by the mainstream […]

By Louis Lustenberger – Market Analyst Intern DeFi, which can be described as a system of open, permissionless, and interlocking financial products, has gained traction in recent months. The concept of non-custodial financial products caught the attention of venture capitalists, and by the end of August, investors poured $9 billion worth of cryptocurrencies into DeFi smart […]

By Louis Lustenberger – Market Analyst Intern Bitcoin & Unemployment Stimulus Initial jobless claims rose to 898,000, the highest since August, and still above the pre-pandemic high of 695,000. Although continuing unemployment claims are down 1 million since late September, the Federal Cares Act, which provides an additional 13 weeks of stimulus payments for those who’ve […]

By Louis Lustenberger – Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Since the Fed’s aggressive expansionary monetary policy, Bitcoin has seen continued growth, and equity prices have soared. In late September of 2020, Bitcoin fell in tandem with the S&P 500 as renewed coronavirus fears and uncertainty over the 2020 U.S. election caused sharp losses in the equity […]

By Louis Lustenberger – Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Several executives from one of the world’s leading crypto exchanges, BitMEX, were indicted on Thursday, October 1st, for suspicion of facilitating criminal activity. Although BitMEX added basic identity checks on its exchange in August, it was too little too late as the CTFC had been pushing the […]

By Louis Lustenberger – Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Since March 15th, the cryptocurrency total market capitalization has risen nearly 45% from 151 to 337 billion. This dramatic rise has led to the emergence of new cryptocurrencies, some of which have exhibited substantial growth. Creditcoin (CTC) and Largo Coin (LRG) stand out amongst the newcomers who […]

By Louis Lustenberger – Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern In response to COVID-19, the fed has pursued inflationary monetary policy and subsequently the U.S. dollar has suffered. Since March of 2020, the DXY has been down more than 5% from 102.8 in March to 93 in September. During this time, deflationary assets have boomed, […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern As many of us are already aware, the Bitcoin halving occurred on May 12 cutting the supply released into the market from 12.5 Bitcoins to 6.25 Bitcoins approximately every 10 minutes. Two months prior to this event Bitcoin and almost all financial markets underwent a […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern The federal funds rate is a tool of the fed to apply monetary policy on the market by controlling short term circulation of the US Dollar on the market. The Fed is able to adjust the federal funds rate by issuing/buying US government-backed securities such […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern It’s been almost impossible to miss the huge decreases in the stock market’s biggest indices over the past week. The S&P 500, DOW Jones Industrial Average, and the Nasdaq Composite have all taken losses upwards of 8.14%. The fed has responded with emergency measures by […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern As of last Wednesday, we had an all-time high in the S&P 500 after reports claiming the coronavirus was being taken care and there was nothing to worry about. Since then there have been outbreaks of the virus all over the world with confirmed cases […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern If you were watching the S&P 500 yesterday, you probably noticed a flash crash that took place at 10 am and lasted for about 45 minutes. During this time period, the S&P 500 dropped approximately 1.24% and proceeded to pick back for the rest of […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern If you’ve watched a CNN Business Market Review segment, then you’ve probably heard of their equities Fear & Greed Index. The Fear & Greed Index is an indicator of what type of emotion is driving the trades of the market. The Index uses seven different […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Risk on-risk off is a common way of evaluating investor’s risk aversion levels by analyzing risk sentiment. Risk sentiment can be analyzed by asset prices, corporate earnings, macroeconomic data, and central bank action. Risk sentiment describes how investors perceive their worst-case scenario for any given […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern As cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies enter the common dialogue, people are beginning to appreciate the advantages of using digital currencies. As we experience a slight bull run, everyone is attempting to see how they can take advantage of this promising technology for investment, efficiency and […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Bitcoin has gone through a turbulent new year as new crypto legislation is enacted, geopolitical tensions increase, and the halvening on May 12 becomes even closer. Many traders in the market are attempting to predict how to profit off this using a multitude of different […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern  Countries like Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and Iran citizens have begun to feel these pressures through rampant inflation in their local currencies as their governments fair poorly in their own geopolitics. As more countries, monetary policies begin to affect everyday citizens, more people are looking for alternatives […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern  If you’ve been watching the news this week, you are probably nervously aware of the events that took place between the US and Iran after the assassination of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani. If you would like to read more about US and Iranian tensions, here […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern As investors have noticed, coins in the crypto market have been bleeding throughout the sector. The crypto market cap has decreased $10 billion over the last week to its current market cap of $180 billion. Some speculators have attributed this to a multitude of reasons, […]

By Nicolas Abington | Crescent City Capital Market Analyst Intern Stock to flow is a common indicator for commodity trading where the amount of supply currently in circulation is being divided by the amount produced in the next given year. The commodity with the highest stock to flow ratio currently is gold with a value […]