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Practical aspects of algorithmic trading. Bitcoin hedge fund. Gatis Eglitis, Managing Partner Sergey Troshin, Ph.D., Head of IT Strategy and Operations Part 3: Bitcoin fund

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Practical aspects of algorithmic trading.Bitcoin hedge fund.

Gatis Eglitis, Managing PartnerSergey Troshin, Ph.D., Head of IT Strategy and Operations

Part 3: Bitcoin fund

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EXANTE

1. 2010 - EXANTE ATP & BO, strong IT focus2. 2011 - Maltese brokerage licence3. 2012 - Hedge fund platform & bitcoin fund

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The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

Benjamin Franklin

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Money1.Durable2.Portable3.Fungible4.Intrinsic value

1.Store of value2.Medium of exchange

3.Unit of account

Aristotle IV BC

W.S. Jevons XIX AD

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Money history1. before XI BC - barter2. XI BC, China - bronze knives and spades3. VI BC, Lydia - electrum coins4. XI AD, China - paper money5. XXIX AD, Europe - gold standard6. 1944, USA - Bretton Woods system7. 1971, USA - fiat currencies

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Value?

FAITH

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Value!

FAITH

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Digital currencies

1996

1998

2000

2008

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Businesses

Bitcoin

2008 SaToshi NakaMotohttp://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Crypto currencies

Exchanges

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Technology

Public-keyCryptograp

hy

Open-source

Decentralization

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Technology

http://visual.ly/bitcoin-infographic

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Mining

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Market

7 day average fromhttp://bitcoinity.org/markets/list

4 day average fromhttp://blockchain.info/pools

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Market

Quaterly average fromhttp://blockchain.info/charts

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RisksLegal Technology Market

Gov’t regulation 51% attack Manipulation

Undefined status Scalability Volatility

Anonymity DDOS attacks Clearing

http://bitcoin.it

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State of the artMoney Tulips Fiat Gold Bitcoin

Store of value * **** ***** ****

Medium of exchange **** **** *** *****

Unit of account * **** ** **

http://bitcoin.org

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Future

Mining

Technology

Exchange

Business

Commodity

Debts &

Loans

Currency

Pension funds

Derivatives

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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.Reddit commentor

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Questions?Gatis Eglitis, Managing Partner

+356 2015 0000, [email protected]

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