Reports16 results
The Dark Night Rises - Part 1
This is one of the most challenging macro environments we’ve seen in a long time. The latest soft data seems to illuminate a path to rate cuts and a soft landing, but that rosy outlook could change qu...
23 Min
Macro & Markets
Jul 2024
No Pain, No Gain
One of our highest conviction theses at the start of the year was that — given a more supportive liquidity […]...
13 Min
Macro & Markets
Apr 2024
The Year Ahead for Markets - 2024
Introduction — Oh, How Far We’ve Come Exactly one year ago, we published our last Markets Year Ahead report — […]...
76 Min
Macro & Markets
Dec 2023
Return of the Coins
Crypto Markets Take Center Stage The much-anticipated debate between ‘Uptober’ and ‘Octover’ came to a head in spectacular fashion. The […]...
27 Min
Financial Market Themes
Nov 2023
Through the Fire - Will the Rubber Meet the Road?
We’re getting closer to the point where the rubber will meet the road. We’ve written plenty on the bull case […]...
19 Min
Macro & Markets
Oct 2023
Coinbase: From Sleeping Giant To Industry Leader
A Certified OG Coinbase was founded on June 20th, 2012. That same day, the price of BTC hit $6.65. It […]...
45 Min
Financial Market Themes
Sep 2023
Catalysts Stacking Up - Will Narratives Drive Fundamentals?
Narratives are meeting places for minds. They are how we make sense of our confusing, intimidating, and seemingly random world. Humans have been inventing narratives since at least the time of ancient...
44 Min
Macro & Markets
Jul 2023
Monthly Chartbook - AI Narrative Takes the Wheel
This month’s musing will be devoted to analyzing vibes. You might think, what’s the point of wasting time on, uh, “vibes?” Shouldn’t we focus on more important stuff like numbers, charts, and math? We...
30 Min
Global Macro Themes
Jun 2023
Pulse Check on Liquidity Trends
In early February, we wrote about the turnaround in the global liquidity cycle and its influence on the market’s strong start to the year. Since then, the broad crypto market is up ~14%, largely drive...
7 Min
Global Macro Themes
May 2023
Avoiding the Real Banking Iceberg
We’ve been saying for months that access to funding is the biggest risk to the crypto industry this year. Never has that been more relevant than right now given the events of the last few days....
38 Min
Global Macro Themes
Mar 2023
Monthly Chartbook - Wishful Thinking
Investors are people, and they, too, underestimate the likelihood (and duration) of bad things happening. So far, 2023 is shaping up to be a case study in this kind of wishful thinking....
19 Min
NFTs
Mar 2023
Markets Setup for Rollercoaster Ride in 2023
Recent increases in global liquidity have been a driving factor in this year's market rally. There is evidence supporting potential trend continuation in the coming weeks, as there are still multiple...
9 Min
Global Macro Themes
Feb 2023
The Year Ahead for Markets
2022 was The Great Reset for crypto. Overly hyped trends and mass speculation pushed the crypto market far out over its skis by the end of 2021, so this year’s washout was a necessary reset. Sizable c...
55 Min
Global Macro Themes
Dec 2022
Crypto's Make or Break Moment
Crypto markets have been attached at the hip to traditional risk assets for the better part of the last 12 months. For better or for worse, everything has been distilled down into one big macro trade....
13 Min
Global Macro Themes
Oct 2022
The Great Decoupling: Perception vs. Reality
Introduction It has long been theorized that Satoshi’s inspiration behind the creation of Bitcoin was born in the wake of […]...
11 Min
Global Macro Themes
Aug 2022
Liquidity Runs The World
Introduction Since we published our “Searching for Market Bottoms” report, things have started to accelerate. We outlined a number of […]...
23 Min
Global Macro Themes
Aug 2022