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Digital Nugget: Constructing crypto portfolios

Digital Nugget: Constructing crypto portfolios
As institutional investment in crypto assets increases, more attention focuses on what exactly to invest in. Initially, new investment in crypto tended to flow simply to Bitcoin and increasingly to a...
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Crypto market oulook 2023

Q1 2023 crypto market sector snapshot
This is our Q1 2023 crypto market sector snapshot, a report from our Sygnum investment research.  The crypto sector experienced significant growth in the first quarter of 2023, with Layer 2...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Apr 2023
The crypto market initially fell ~15 percent as US bank failures impacted several key crypto service providers, including a portion of the cash reserves for one of the leading stablecoins. However,...
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Web3- sector primer

Sector primer: Web3
This article is part of our sector indices primers. Find out more about this series here and get the full report here. Definition Web3 projects are building the infrastructure of the new,...
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Digital Nugget: Zero Knowledge – catalysing growth and unlocking new use cases

Digital Nugget: Zero Knowledge – catalysing growth and unlocking new use cases
Applying zero-knowledge cryptography to blockchain projects may be the most important innovation since the successful realisation of distributed ledger technology. Protocols based on Zero-Knowledge...
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Sector primer: Metaverse

Sector primer: Metaverse
This article is part of our sector indices primers. Find out more about this series here and get the full report here. Definition The metaverse is a 3D virtual world that can provide entertainment,...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Mar 2023
The crypto market proved extremely resilient in the face of regulatory topics in the last few weeks. Crypto also decoupled from macro asset classes, which have been under pressure. As equities, bonds...
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Digital Nugget: Investable tokens

Digital Nugget: Investable tokens
With over 22,000 tokens in the crypto market, it is necessary to segment the market and filter for investable tokens. In this note, we provide a guide to narrowing down the universe to what is...
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Sector primer: Blockchain-based gaming

Sector primer: Blockchain-based gaming
This article is part of our sector indices primers. Find out more about this series here and get the full report here. Definition Blockchain-based games operate on decentralised platforms. This...
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Digital Nugget: The potential for growth in decentralised lending

Digital Nugget: The potential for growth in decentralised lending
Decentralised lending was battle-tested in 2022, and it proved superior to centralised lenders. However, its product range is very narrow. Below, we examine the potential for decentralised lending to...
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Crypto market outlook blog post

Outlook for blockchain protocols: Key themes to dominate in 2023
The Ethereum Merge upgrade and the success of Layer-2 solutions were the highlights of last year in the blockchain protocol space. Our Head of Investment Research, Katalin Tischhauser, has identified...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Feb 2023
After signs of seller exhaustion last year, the crypto market started the year with a strong rally. This January was the best start of the year for the crypto market since 2013, and this happened in...
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Sygnum crypto market update

Crypto market outlook 2023
Sygnum has published its crypto market outlook 2023 report, the latest report from our Sygnum investment research. This report analyses 2022 developments and provides insights for key sectors and...
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Sector primer: Decentralised Finance (DeFi)

Sector primer: Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
This article is part of our sector indices primers. Find out more about this series here and get the full report here. Definition Decentralised finance (or DeFi) is the replication of various...
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Crypto sector indices research report

Crypto sector indices research report
In today’s crypto market, sector selection matters! Sygnum’s crypto sector indices tracks the performance of 21,000 individual crypto protocols and uses a rules-based system to filter and...
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Digital Nugget: What is the point of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)?

Digital Nugget: What is the point of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs)?
While most of the world’s central banks are enthusiastically prototyping CBDCs, their motivations why are not always clear. What do central banks mean by digital currency? The puzzle starts with...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Jan 2023
As it happened several times last year, the crypto market traded in an extraordinarily narrow range again in December, closely resembling a flat line. The only slight movement was due to a level of...
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Cryptocurrencies: better money report. Simple principles to consider what qualities make one type of money better than other.

Cryptocurrencies: better money?
Simple principles to consider: what qualities make one type of money better than other. ​​Fiat currencies around the world are losing their purchasing power rapidly. Despite the relative strength...
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