November 16, 2021 This report is the second in the DATA Club research series about the projects and tokens within the DATA Economy Index. Brave’s Basic Attention Token (BAT) is an Ethereum-based token that derives its value from a scarce commodity, user attention, that is monetized through digital
The Index Coop is pleased to announce that the Data Economy Index (DATA) is now available for purchase through the Index Cooperative! The DATA index is a basket of 7 tokens designed to provide accessible, passive exposure to the second largest Web3 sector, the data economy. The index is represented
A few months ago, Thomas Hepner published an essay—winning the Index Creative Challenge along the way—explaining why he was investing in the Index Cooperative’s governance token ($INDEX). Since that post, the Index Cooperative’s revenue has grown nearly 14x and INDEX has increased in value nearly 5x.
Summary: * Token Terrier believes that the likelihood of Ethereum's bull case is 50%+ and Bitcoin's is 80%+. In 10 years, we believe it is not only plausible that Bitcoin and Ether will both be $30T+ assets, but actually the most likely outcome. * Bitcoin as Digital Gold
At the end of 2019, I wrote that I was preparing for both Stagflation and Boom. Within months of writing that post, the Stagflation unexpectedly came in the form of the Coronavirus Crisis. The stock market and the economy went into freefall as governments rushed to impose lockdowns to stop
Summary: * Despite becoming 10x more bullish on Ethereum, its relative size within the BEST Portfolio has remained unchanged. Instead, incremental funds have been invested in the DeFi Pulse Index (DPI) and Index Cooperative (INDEX). On December 12th, I invested ~2% of the BEST Portfolio in DeFi Pulse Index (DPI) and
I usually write about creating and growing wealth, but I’ve never written about why I believe it to be a worthwhile pursuit in the first place. I believe wealth is valuable because time is valuable and wealth is stored time that can be used in the future. When we
1. The United States is on the cusp of a historic Economic Boom! A little over a month ago, I made the prediction on Twitter that in 2021, the U.S. economy will grow faster than at any other time in my life thus far. The conventional wisdom right now
1. Twitter and the Aggregation Theory of Investing One of my favorite questions that Peter Thiel poses in Zero to One (my favorite business and philosophy book) is “What important truth do very few people agree with you on?” I have two truths that are contrarian in my social circles.
1. Stock prices have risen due to inflation expectations, not the prospect of a swift recovery. After an initial liquidity crunch that led to a nearly 35% drawdown of the S&P 500, the index rallied strongly and is now only down ~15% from it's all time
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. ” — Vladimir Lenin It feels like more has happened in the past 3 weeks than in the past 3 years. I believe that decades from now history will recognize the Coronavirus Crisis as the trigger that ended an
In May 2020, the long-anticipated halving (aka The “Halvening”) of Bitcoin’s block reward will be triggered, reducing the number of bitcoins mined from 12.5 to 6.25 per block. This will reduce Bitcoin’s inflation rate from ~3.7% to ~1.8%, below that of the US