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Flipping the COIN: the largest US cryptocurrency exchange went public through the NASDAQ premier direct listing

Download PDF Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) – Market Cap as of 24/04/2021: $58.09bn Introduction On April 14th Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, went public via a direct listing and reached a valuation of over $80bn. The NASDAQ assigned a pre-emptive reference price of $250 per share, Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

The cash conundrum: how companies manage their most liquid asset

Download PDF When lockdowns and travel restrictions started to threaten companies’ survival in March last year, all eyes turned to cash. What was before a mundane Treasury responsibility became a hot topic for discussion amongst C-suite executives. Mentions of cash, liquidity, and lines of credit multiplied in earnings calls. Cash Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

Why to buy when you can mine? An analysis of Bitcoin’s pricing models.

Download PDF Introduction Intrinsic value is a measure of what an asset is worth, and it is obtained by means of an objective calculation (to a certain extent), such as a DCF, where the cashflows of a company are discounted to the present in order to estimate the company’s true Read more…

By BSIC, 2 years2 years ago
Corporate Finance

When theft leads to a deal: Monex to buy crypto-exchange Coincheck after a massive security breach

Monex Group Inc (TYO: 8698) – market cap as of 20/04/2018: ¥149.15bn Introduction On April 16, the online brokerage giant Monex officially acquired the cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck for ¥3.6bn (~$33.55m). The move is questioned by the general public due to the recent security breach in Coincheck and the theft of Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years ago
Markets

What’s wrong McFly? Chicken? Back to the Bitcoin Futures

Introduction The purpose of this article is to analyse different futures markets on cryptocurrencies and try to find justifications for excessive premia and discrepancies in prices. Firstly, we are going to present a general overview on cryptocurrencies and futures, then a short analysis of premia and finally we’ll look at Read more…

By BSIC, 5 years5 years ago
Currencies Markets

A Markowitz Walk Down Crypto-land: Modern Assets for Modern Portfolios

Introduction The purpose of this article is to apply the mathematical framework of Modern Portfolio Theory to an unconventional asset class. Cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin included, are a novel and little known asset class with a relatively low market cap of $44 billion and very high volatility. By applying Markowitz’s Portfolio Theory Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years5 years ago
Currencies Markets

How to Manipulate the Bitcoin Market (3/3)

In the second part of the article, we saw how to spot anomalous price movements and how to profit from the divergence between futures and spot prices in the crypto market. Moreover, we showed the key indicator on which we should always be focused on. In this third part, which Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Currencies Markets Trade Ideas

How to Manipulate the Bitcoin Market (2/3)

This article is the follow up to “How to Manipulate the Bitcoin Market (1/3)”. In the second part, we want to show how the spikes in price between the end of May and the first half of June 2016 were the result of just a few investors who used huge Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Currencies Markets

How to Manipulate the Bitcoin Market – Introduction (1/3)

As of today (02-10-2016) there are 16,051,950 bitcoins out of 21 million that will ever be in circulation, priced at $604.05 each (that makes a total market capitalization around $9.7 billion). As a comparison, $9.7 billion is approximately equal to only 1.5% of Apple’s total market capitalization. During next weeks, Read more…

By BSIC, 6 years6 years ago
Corporate Finance Equity Deals

Bitcoin or Bust, Goldman Sachs backs payment startup: Circle

Bitcoin Imagine you could send your money from one part of the world to another in a matter of minutes and without paying outrageous fees to the banks. Bitcoin is an innovative way to do this. It was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 and published as open-source software. Bitcoin Read more…

By BSIC, 8 years8 years ago

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On February 8, we will hold our traditional networ On February 8, we will hold our traditional networking aperitivo at @dahlia_milano. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet our team! 

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The LSE Alternative Investments Conference is bein The LSE Alternative Investments Conference is being held in London. Here’s the delegation of BSIC members who attended the event.

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On December 1st we had our traditional end of seme On December 1st we had our traditional end of semester dinner. Thank you everyone for this amazing year and stay tuned for next semester!

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