Our Chief Economist – Dr Amos Nadler Ph.D., – looks at the digital asset world through his expert lens on financial and behavioural economics and breaks this down to help you make sense of market movements, and the role of individual bias and neurobiology, on your investment decisions. Read his bitesize Threads of Thought, from our Tales of the Tape weekly newsletter.
Dr. Amos Nadler, Ph.D. Chief Economist at Fabriik You may have noticed that in addition to the market and financial context, I also include behavioral and biological factors that investors should know about. Why? Because we are not only influenced by outside forces...
The need for certainty is a basic human desire. We get queasy when we feel like we don’t have a good handle on what’s going on. And this discomfort is especially sharp for those in the decentralized finance (DeFi) space because there’s much more at stake than the...
When people first learn about behavioral economics, they are shocked at the myriad ways they are vulnerable to manipulation. Here’s another bias investors should know — it’s called “anchoring”. It is the effect of irrelevant information on beliefs and subsequent...
There is a major force affecting the crypto markets and it’s been invisible to everyone, until now. It’s called the “decoy effect” and chances are you’ve been affected by it. You’re probably wondering what the decoy effect is, so let’s start with that. As much as it...
Can cryptocurrencies be considered lottery tickets? You betcha.What is a lottery ticket? It’s a low-cost token you buy for an infinitesimal chance for an imagined big reward. Sounds similar to today’s crypto market? No? It sure sounds to me like buying an altcoin for...
When we lose something valuable, we have an automatic reaction to want to undo the loss. Whether it be money, love, favorite shirt, or pet, we have a knee-jerk reaction to avoiding the pain. What we generally don’t do is accept our new lower account balance, single...
Full disclosure: I’m aroused by financial markets, and the volatile ascent of cryptocurrency prices quickens my pulse and I, too, feel an irresistible urge to jump into the fray and buy, buy, BUY!!! I’m human after all. But why are crypto prices so riveting to us?...
Ethereum's price is accelerating, causing its own momentum partly by forcing short-position liquidations. But, the future of DeFi cannot be ascertained by ETH hitting all-time highs (ATH). The World Wide Web’s value came from its integration with society and DeFi will...
Inflation fears start whenever the monetary policy is “easy”, yet so far only mild inflation is seen and not across consumption basket items. We saw a jump in March, but this was driven largely by increases in gasoline prices. We actually saw decreases in some...
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