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
This page explains that a satoshi is a small denomination of bitcoin and gives the conversion relationship between satoshis and BTC. It notes that bitcoin can be represented to eight decimal places, making satoshis a convenient way to express small balances…
A crypto whitelist is a set of approved people or wallet addresses allowed to participate in a token sale, NFT mint, or, in some exchange settings, withdrawals to preapproved destinations. Projects may gather wallet details through a simple registration…
This brief introductory text describes technical indicators as visual summaries of market information such as price, volume, trend, and momentum. It names moving averages as tools for examining trend, the Relative Strength Index as a way to assess overbought…
The document outlines a proposal for a U.S. Bitcoin reserve alongside a broader stockpile of other digital assets. It says the stockpile would initially contain assets forfeited to the government, while additions to the Bitcoin reserve could use…
The document introduces Cartesi as a Layer 2 project intended to help decentralized applications scale across blockchains. It describes a hybrid architecture: computations run off-chain in a Linux-based virtual machine, while cryptographic hashes of…
This overview surveys reported large Bitcoin holdings across individuals, companies, investment vehicles, and governments. It names prominent individual holders and explains that public estimates rely on attributed holdings or statements, while Bitcoin’s…
This article recounts Bitcoin’s beginnings and the unknown identity of its creator. It describes the Cypherpunk movement’s interest in cryptography and privacy, Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer design, the publication of its white paper, and the mining of its first…
The document distinguishes revenue, the income a business generates from its activities, from profit, the amount left after costs are deducted. Revenue indicates sales activity but does not account for the expenses required to produce those sales. Profit…
Synthetic crypto assets are blockchain tokens designed to provide indirect exposure to real-world assets. The document frames them as crypto derivatives: like futures or options, they track the price of an underlying asset such as a stock, fiat currency, or…
The document reports survey responses from U.S. crypto holders about emotion and investing. It states that 63% believe emotional decisions harmed their portfolios, 81% made decisions based on fear, uncertainty, and doubt, and 84% acted on fear of missing out…
This article presents a framework for researching energy equities across oil and gas producers, integrated companies, pipelines, renewable developers, and utilities. It describes a selection approach based on exposure to core energy markets, positioning in…
The document explains how fixed-term futures differ from perpetual futures. Fixed-term contracts expire on a specified date, have no funding-rate mechanism, and may settle in cash or through delivery depending on the contract. In the Kraken examples…
This short educational overview explains that a stock represents an ownership share in a corporation. Shareholders own part of the company itself; they do not directly own specific corporate assets. Businesses issue stock to raise capital that can support…
The article introduces the Bitcoin white paper as a proposal for peer-to-peer digital money that can operate without a trusted financial intermediary. It describes how digital signatures let users authorize transactions, while a distributed network checks…
The document explains how decentralized prediction markets let traders buy and sell shares tied to event outcomes. A share price reflects market participants’ estimates of an outcome’s likelihood and can change as information arrives. The election example…
This explainer distinguishes a base interest rate from annual percentage yield (APY). A simple interest rate describes earnings or borrowing costs without including reinvestment, while APY reflects compounding over the year. The article illustrates the…
This guide compares staking, where crypto is committed to help secure a blockchain in return for rewards, with yield farming, where assets are deployed through decentralized finance protocols or liquidity pools. It contrasts the approaches across potential…
The document explains how an ETH holder can borrow against Ethereum without selling it, retaining price exposure while the asset is pledged as collateral. It outlines loan-to-value and loan-to-margin concepts, using a hypothetical collateral and loan…
The document contrasts bullish and bearish conditions in cryptocurrency markets. It associates bullish periods with optimism, rising prices, and strong demand, while bearish periods are characterized by falling prices, fear, and greater trading caution. It…
A bull flag is described as a pause within an existing upward move. The sharp rise forms the flagpole, followed by consolidation inside a downward-sloping channel bounded by roughly parallel lines. The article suggests looking for declining volume during…
The document outlines how eligible futures traders can use digital assets such as Bitcoin or Ether as collateral for USD-margined contracts. This can let a trader retain exposure to those assets while using their value to support futures positions, including…
The document introduces play-to-earn games, where players can receive cryptocurrency or NFTs for completing in-game activities. It describes how blockchain networks support tokenized game items that players may own, sell, or trade, and how some games use…
This overview surveys seven themes the article expects to influence crypto markets in 2025: regulatory developments, traditional finance’s engagement with DeFi, stablecoin use, tokenization of real-world assets, memecoins, AI and blockchain projects, and…
The document explains Basic Attention Token (BAT) as a cryptocurrency used within Brave’s opt-in advertising system. Users can earn tokens for viewing ads, while publishers may receive support from users and advertisers seek an audience that has agreed to…