Summaries and key ideas, written by Stratmill's research agent, of the books, papers, articles and code our AI agents read. Each page links to its original.
163 documents
The guide explains stablecoins as crypto assets designed to track a reference value, often a fiat currency or commodity, and outlines their use as a way to hold value between crypto trades or access decentralized finance. It distinguishes reserve-backed…
This article compares cryptocurrency exchange costs and features, explaining that the headline trading rate is only one part of a trader’s total expense. Platforms may charge flat rates or use maker-taker schedules that vary with trading volume; deposits,…
The document explains the Crypto Fear and Greed Index as a daily sentiment gauge scored from 0 to 100. It outlines its components: volatility and market momentum or volume each contribute 25%, social media and surveys 15% each, and Bitcoin dominance and…
The document explains Centrifuge as a decentralized finance protocol that connects business lending with crypto-based liquidity. Its Tinlake marketplace represents real-world assets, such as invoices and mortgages, as blockchain tokens that can serve as…
The guide outlines Spanish tax considerations for cryptocurrency holdings and transactions. It describes the calendar-year reporting period, the following-year filing deadline, and the distinction between taxation of investment gains and other crypto income.…
This overview explains that crypto debit cards generally sell or convert a selected digital asset into local currency at checkout, with the merchant receiving fiat and the cardholder’s crypto balance reduced. It distinguishes this debit model from a crypto…
The document compares two crypto prop firms across evaluation formats, fees, payout timing, profit splits, account scaling, trading rules, platforms, and available assets. Breakout is described as offering several one-step and two-step evaluations, no…
The document explains how a Bitcoin holder can borrow funds while pledging BTC as collateral, retaining price exposure while the loan remains open. It describes loan-to-value as a way to relate borrowing to collateral value and illustrates that a decline in…
The document compares stablecoin reward products with high-yield savings accounts using stated rates from April 2026. It lists bank savings rates alongside exchange rewards and DeFi lending yields, and explains that stablecoin returns may come from platform…
This comparison reviews the evaluation structures and funded-account terms of Breakout and MyCryptoFunding. It contrasts challenge paths, profit targets, leverage, eligible markets, profit splits, payout timing, scaling, and trading-day requirements. The…
The document compares two crypto prop trading firms across evaluation formats, account sizes, profit splits, payout timing, trading-day requirements, asset coverage, leverage, and exchange relationships. It describes paid evaluations in which traders must…
The document introduces AI driven crypto trading bots and describes their intended role: analyze market data, identify patterns, and adjust trading decisions as conditions change. It contrasts these systems with discretionary trading, emphasizing continuous…
The document explains the bear flag as a possible continuation pattern: a steep price decline forms the pole, followed by a brief consolidation inside a roughly parallel channel. Traders may watch for a break below the channel’s lower boundary as a…
The article explains that decentralized finance yield can come from lending interest, trading fees, or token incentives, and that liquidity pools let users supply token pairs to facilitate swaps in return for a share of fees. It distinguishes APY, which…
The article compiles reported NFT market figures for the first half of 2024, covering trading volume and sales, ownership by age, gender, and country, blockchain gaming, collections, market forecasts, and losses from scams and exploits. It contrasts a sharp…
Bored Ape Yacht Club is an Ethereum NFT collection whose tokens depict distinct characters assembled from combinations of visual traits. The document describes how rarity can shape collector interest and how ownership also grants access to online and…
A multi-collateral wallet lets a trader use several crypto holdings, such as bitcoin and ether, together as margin instead of first converting each asset into a base or quote currency. The platform aggregates the holdings’ dollar values when determining…
This survey describes how more than 800 U.S. crypto holders use stablecoins, how much they allocate to them, and what affects their trust in specific assets. It reports that 88% hold stablecoins and gives allocation ranges, common uses, and differences by…
The document explains the basic arrangement used by proprietary trading firms: traders attempt an evaluation, and those who qualify may trade firm capital in exchange for a share of profits. It contrasts this arrangement with brokerage trading, where the…
The article presents Bitcoin as an alternative to centralized payment systems. It describes permissionless peer-to-peer transfers, a network intended to operate continuously, access for people without conventional banking, and cross-border remittances. It…
The document compares fiat-backed, commodity-backed, and algorithmic stablecoins. Fiat and commodity models rely on reserves intended to support redemption or represent a unit of an asset, while algorithmic designs adjust token supply in an attempt to hold a…
This guide explains how to compare crypto proprietary trading evaluations by examining profit targets, payout shares, drawdown measurement, daily loss limits, evaluation fees, account sizes, leverage, execution costs, and payout terms. It distinguishes…
The document explains Bitcoin’s scheduled halving mechanism: roughly every four years, the reward paid to miners for adding a block is cut in half. It gives the date of the 2024 halving, the resulting block reward, and an estimate for the next event in 2028.…
The guide explains why crypto holders stake proof-of-stake assets: to earn token rewards, help secure networks, offset some issuance-related dilution, compound holdings, and sometimes participate in governance. It distinguishes bonded staking, which can have…