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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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Crypto sector indices research report

Sygnum crypto sector index series
Sygnum has leveraged its crypto community involvement and regulated digital asset banking experience to launch the first institutional, rules-based crypto sector indices framework. The Sygnum crypto...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Dec 2022
The crypto market appreciated slightly at the beginning of November as macro sentiment was turning more positive. Just as it was looking like the market bottomed out, news of the FTX fraud hit and...
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Digital Nugget - Can we rebuild trust in the crypto industry

Digital Nugget: Can we rebuild trust in the crypto industry?
The last few months’ cascade of failures by centralised projects serving the crypto market highlighted both the power of decentralised transparency and point to weaknesses in the regulatory...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Nov 2022
The crypto market was unusually flat and stable with very low volatility throughout October, until a brief rally that appeared to be related to covering expiring short futures positions, lifted...
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Digital nugget - not the end of attractive crypto yields

Digital Nugget: Not the end of attractive crypto yields
As a result of the bear market and the recent crises, yields in the crypto market are currently only slightly above fiat money market rates. However, unlike fiat money markets, crypto yields have...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Oct 2022
The crypto market rose cautiously at the beginning of September, on the hopes of lower inflation figures and Ethereum driving outperformance again in the run up to the Merge upgrade. The...
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Sygnum report - Valuing crypto assets

Crypto Market Update Q4
In our Crypto market update: From “Flight-to-quality” to “Flight-to-growth” report, we analyse the current bear market in crypto, its key sector and segments and provide an...
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Digital Nugget- Bless curse

Digital Nugget: Crypto bear markets – a curse or a blessing?
The bear market pullbacks in a technological innovation cycle sow the seeds of extraordinary performance for the upcycle that follows. Most traditional asset classes operate within the constraints of...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Sep 2022
The crypto market traded sideways in August until a sharp minus 10 percent drop mid-month that was not precipitated nor explained by any crypto-specific or macro news. After the Fed’s...
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Digital nugget - ETH merge

The Ethereum “Merge” – opportunities & risks
The current overwhelmingly bullish narratives on Ethereum in the market and a generally bullish positioning by market participants going into The Merge raise the question: has the recent 100 percent+...
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Digital Asset outlook: Private markets

Digital asset outlook report 2022: Private markets
In our Digital Asset Outlook 2022 – Private Markets 1H 2022 report, we analyse the impacts on the private market and the implications for venture capital investment and provide the following...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Aug 2022
The crypto market started to recover in July as the negative news around the crypto lending crisis petered out and most of the deleveraging appeared to have concluded. The bullish interpretation of...
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Digital nugget - The crypto market is the white swan

Digital Nugget: The crypto market is a white swan
While the crypto market is more volatile than traditional asset classes, the returns have stayed within the expected range – unlike major asset classes, which have experienced market moves that...
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Sygnum Asset Management - 2022 H1 Investment and Market Update

Sygnum Asset Management – 2022 H1 Investment and Market Update
Zurich, 7 July 2022 – During this webinar, the Sygnum Asset Management team – Fabian Dori, Katalin Tischhauser, Markus Hämmerli, Lionel Vaucher – will discuss the recent market...
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House View

Sygnum House View – Jul 2022
The lasting downtrend in the crypto market put pressure on the risky business models of several centralised entities, starting with centralised lender Celsius, causing prices to move sharply lower....
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