Tokenized commodities eye next phase of growth as gold, silver and oil move onchain

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“The big proposition is access,” co-founder Bhau Kotecha told CoinDesk in an interview. Gold lending has historically required scale and relationships unavailable to many investors, he said. Kotecha sees demand from individuals, family offices and institutions, with borrowing against PAXGy a possible next step. Lending returns are not guaranteed, and borrower defaults could erode the […]

Bitcoin’s falling volatility hides a risk that Wall Street models may miss

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Alexander S. Blume, co-founder and CEO of Two Prime, an SEC-Registered Investment Advisor, pointed to one especially popular version of that trade, called call overwriting. Investors sell call options on bitcoin they already own, giving up some of the upside in exchange for steady income from selling the call options. “I believe that, despite tempered […]