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Market Outlook #4

@cointradernik shares his current thoughts in this weekly Market Outlook, setting the stage for the week ahead, with analysis of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Gold, Copper and the Dollar, all in the context of forthcoming Durable Goods data, US GDP, PCE and Chair Powell's speech.

·12 min read
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Understanding Financial Deepening: Global Money Supply, Global GDP & How It Affects Asset Prices

Ever wondered how global money supply influences asset prices? Dive into our latest essay on financial deepening, where we unravel the impact of money supply growth outpacing GDP growth. Since 2008, this phenomenon has shaped speculative markets, driving up prices of everything from equities to cryptocurrencies. Discover why financial deepening isn’t just a textbook concept but a crucial factor for speculators. We’ll explore how central bank policies create cyclical trends, affect inflation, and ultimately, lead to valuation distortions.

·20 min read
Market Outlook #3
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Market Outlook #3

@cointradernik shares his current thoughts in this weekly Market Outlook, setting the stage for the volatile week ahead, with analysis of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Gold, the Dollar and altcoins more broadly in the context of the all-important FOMC meeting.

·12 min read
Market Outlook #2
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Market Outlook #2

Trading legend Nik, also known as @cointradernik on Twitter, joins us for our second weekly Market Outlook at Ostium Research. We'll be taking a look at the week ahead in markets, focusing specifically on price action, positioning and event risk for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Gold, the Dollar Index & concluding with an overview of the altcoin market via the "Others" section. Please note none of this is financial advice.

·10 min read
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Market Outlook #1

Trading legend Nik, also known as @cointradernik on Twitter, joins us for our inaugural weekly Market Outlook at Ostium Research. We'll be taking a look at the week ahead in markets, focusing specifically on price action, positioning and event risk for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Gold, the Dollar Index & concluding with an overview of the altcoin market via the "others" section. (Note: NFA)

·12 min read
Ostium Integrates Chainlink Data Streams To Power Low-Latency Crypto Feeds
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Ostium Integrates Chainlink Data Streams To Power Low-Latency Crypto Feeds

Ostium has integrated Chainlink Data Streams to power high performance, low-latency crypto feeds.

·4 min read
Gold, War, and Perpetual Prediction Markets: Arbelos Guest Blog
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Gold, War, and Perpetual Prediction Markets: Arbelos Guest Blog

Onchain Real World Assets (RWAs) like gold, oil, or copper can serve as early indicators and prediction markets for traditional assets. The combination of both spot and perpetual contracts on RWAs opens up new strategies for predicting sentiment, event-based trading, and for executing cross-asset arbitrage strategies. This post was originally published on Arbelos's blog, and cross-posted here.

·8 min read
Testnet Trading Competition
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Testnet Trading Competition

Ostium’s public testnet trading competition launches today! The competition runs from 12pm UTC Tuesday 5/28 through 8pm UTC Friday 6/7, with over $10k in prizes. 🎉

·4 min read
Macro Research Bites #6: Industrial Metals in the Electric Vehicles sector (Truflation Guest Post)
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Macro Research Bites #6: Industrial Metals in the Electric Vehicles sector (Truflation Guest Post)

This week, we bring on Stefan Rust, CEO of Truflation, as a guest author for our Macro Research Bites series. We dive into industrial metals like lithium, copper, cobalt, nickel and palladium – many of which will soon be tradable as perpetuals on Ostium – and explore their significance to the growing Electric Vehicles sector.

·6 min read
Announcing Testnet Beta
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Announcing Testnet Beta

The wait is over. Our testnet Beta opens up to our first batch of users Monday 3/18!

·4 min read
Ostium Partners with Stork Network
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Ostium Partners with Stork Network

Announcing our partnership with Stork Network to bring long-tail Real World Asset feeds onchain.

·3 min read