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My first real job interview was at SIG, one of the world's leading market making firms. I got asked the following interview question. Follow along and see how you would

As the cryptocurrency industry continues to gain increased attention by media, regulators, and newcomers of all types, I suggest the following as "best practices" in how we explain, proselytize, and

Paradox #11 (the big one): *The Two Envelopes Paradox* This is a genuine paradox generating ongoing debate among mathematicians, economists, and logicians. It drives new traders crazy since it undermines

I'm having too much fun, one more: paradox #4: The Paradox of Thrift: it's impossible for everyone to save more. This is from macroeconomics and was popularized by Keynes. There's

If you don't have firsthand experience with how traditional financial institutions (pensions, corporate treasuries etc) administratively permission the moving of assets, it's hard to understand why it's still very difficult

Some anecdotes on where the new money has come from to bid BTC from $10k-$18k. Retail inflows have been relatively muted. The crypto industry is at relatively low leverage. So

An educational thread on diversification, "the only free lunch" in investing. Diversification lets you get the same exact expected return, with lower risk. Read to the end for a direct

Hi @RayDalio! I'll try to address your concerns here. Happy to chat at greater length. 1: money usually follows a path of Sov->MoE->UoA. Bitcoin is not a very useful MoE

Most resources are scarce (including our time.) Markets are the most efficient way to allocate resources. Markets allow for exchange, but equally importantly, they allow for *pricing* of scarce resources.

In quarantine I've been binging "The Americans", a TV show set in the cold war about a family of Russian spies living in the US. A line by the Russian

A discussion that's come up with a few fund managers recently: can altcoin profits be "recycled" into BTC (or ETH)? A surprisingly nuanced topic I'll explore here. /1 2/ First,

For all its messiness, the US has in many ways been a “beacon of hope” to the world since its founding. Born from democratic self-determination, and with the statue of

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