1. Practical aspects of
algorithmic trading.
Bitcoin hedge fund.
Part 3: Bitcoin fund
Gatis Eglitis, Managing Partner
Sergey Troshin, Ph.D., Head of IT Strategy and Operations
2. EXANTE
1. 2010 - EXANTE ATP & BO, strong IT focus
2. 2011 - Maltese brokerage licence
3. 2012 - Hedge fund platform & bitcoin fund
3. The use of money is all the advantage
there is in having money.
Benjamin Franklin
5. Money history
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before XI BC - barter
XI BC, China - bronze knives and spades
VI BC, Lydia - electrum coins
XI AD, China - paper money
XXIX AD, Europe - gold standard
1944, USA - Bretton Woods system
1971, USA - fiat currencies
16. State of the art
Money
Tulips
Fiat
Gold
Bitcoin
Store of
value
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Medium of
exchange
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Unit of
account
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http://bitcoin.org
18. Although some of the enthusiasm for bitcoin is driven by a distrust
of state-issued currency, it is hard to imagine a world where the
main currency is based on an extremely complex code understood
by only a few and controlled by even fewer, without accountability,
arbitration, or recourse.
Francois R. Velde, senior economist (Chicago Fed Letter)
Yep, sounds like the dollar.
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