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Meet Index Coop at Digital Assets Week - London | 11/09 Newsletter
Meet Index Coop at Digital Assets Week - London | 11/09 Newsletter
We’re monitoring the unfolding situation with FTX and Binance along with the rest of DeFi, but, as ever, we’re focused on building secure, sustainable products.
11/9/2022
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Meet Index Coop at Digital Assets Week - London
Over the past 48 hours, FTX’s alleged rapid tailspin into insolvency and potential sale to Binance has created significant volatility in the digital assets market. Our thoughts are with everyone who has been impacted by the FTX situation.
These events have underscored the importance of decentralization. The differences between DeFi protocols and CeFi platforms have never been more apparent.
The actions that Index Coop and DeFi protocols take are visible and a part of the on-chain record. DeFi users who self-custody are in complete control of their digital assets at all times.
We’re monitoring the unfolding situation with FTX and Binance along with the rest of DeFi, but, as ever, we’re focused on building secure, sustainable products.
Inside this week’s newsletter:
Your chance to meet up with us at Digital Assets Week - London
Learn about the 60/40 portfolio and how earning income in DeFi could re-shape portfolio allocation in the future
Our JPG product & the Collectooors are moving to MoonRock
Hang in there everybody!
— The Index Coop team
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Layer 2 (L2) is a network or channel that sits on top of Ethereum. L2s are designed to enhance the speed and reduce the cost of performing transactions on a blockchain.
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Index Coop at Digital Assets Week - London
Index Coop will be onsite at next week’s Digital Assets - London. The event brings the traditional funding and listing players together with the new digital exchanges and platforms.
As the leading provider of on-chain structure products, Index Coop looks forward to discussions with industry colleagues and helping introduce the opportunities that DeFi opens up.
A focus on the institutional adoption of digital assets, covering the full spectrum, including technology, crypto, and securities.
Contact Us To Meet Up in London
The Role of Yield-Bearing Assets
Adam Blumberg, the co-founder of PlannerDAO, explains the role of yield-bearing assets.
When many think of investment portfolios, our minds initially go to assets we hope will increase in value. With historically low-interest rates, the income portion of a traditional portfolio has underperformed over the last 15 years.
Traditionally finance has long used the 60/40 or 70/30 portfolios. These are allocations of 60% equities and 40% income (or 70% and 30%, respectively), where the income generally comes from bonds or dividend-paying stocks. The theory is that the equity portion tends to carry more risk and volatility but also greater growth potential, while the income portion is “safe” money.
What does this have to do with digital assets?
New opportunities to earn yield or income are a hallmark of DeFi. Instead of having only bonds issued by companies, or stocks that pay dividends, you can lend, be a liquidity provider, or stake your digital assets. Some of these yield opportunities available via digital assets involve stablecoins, while others rely on more volatile digital assets like ETH.
JPG NFT Index (JPG) and Collectooors Moving to MoonRock
In another move to double down on our core product strategy, Index Coop voted to transfer the ownership and maintenance of the JPG NFT Index (JPG) and Collectooors NFT collection to MoonRock.
This move will allow Index Coop to focus better on its core product strategy and give JPG greater flexibility and renewed attention under complete ownership by the original methodologist. Holders of JPG and Collectooors NFTs will not experience any change or be required to take any action.
We look forward to JPG and MoonRock’s future success.
Visit JPG and Collectooors New Home at Moonrock
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