Elaine Hu

Elaine Hu is a quantitative analyst, data scientist and independent crypto writer. She is passionate about NFT, DeFi, blockchain technology and anything related to decentralization. She has worked in banking as a quantitative modeler for over 10 years and loves traveling and yoga.

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Market Analysis

Most people think of digital art when it comes to NFTs, but in the future, expiring copyrights could be preserved, refreshed and repurposed using nonfungible to...

Are expiring copyrights the next goldmine for NFTs?

2022-07-03T20:01:28+01:00

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Market Analysis

After an earthquake, there are always aftershocks. The collapse of UST could be a sign that other stablecoins are also critically flawed.

Was Terra’s UST cataclysm the canary in the algorithmic stablecoin coal mine?

2022-05-18T21:00:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

A botched minting process and the collapse of Otherdeed’s price have taken a toll on ApeCoin, leading investors to question APE’s future utility and value.

ApeCoin is down 70%+ since the Otherside launch — Can Yuga Labs turn the ship around?

2022-05-11T20:15:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Anyone can become the victim of a malicious NFT hack, so what more could OpenSea do to protect its users?

Here’s how OpenSea NFT hacks hurt owners, buyers and even entire collections

2022-04-12T17:30:00+01:00

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Market Analysis

Terra’s “liquidity bootstrapping pools” were meant to prevent DeFi protocol token pump and dumps at launch but the model is not as effective as expected.

Wonky Mars Protocol launch shows ecosystem expansion may not add to network value

2022-03-29T18:39:08+01:00

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Market Analysis

Data shows vast APE price discrepancies ranging from $8 to $214 at centralized exchanges, but how likely is it that holders successfully traded the top half of ...

Fact or fiction? Did ApeCoin (APE) really drop by 80% since launch?

2022-03-18T18:01:34+00:00

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Investors are often lured to DeFi by the four-digit APYs on offer, but in many instances, impermanent loss actually siphons away any potential profits investors...

Impermanent loss challenges the claim that DeFi is the ‘future of France’

2022-03-05T19:30:00+00:00

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Market Analysis

Crypto investors still hope that the SEC will approve a spot-based BTC ETF one day, but data shows it has good reason not to.

Here’s why the SEC keeps rejecting spot Bitcoin ETF applications

2022-02-15T19:41:15+00:00

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