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Investment Memorandum: Elmnts (elmnts.io)

1. Executive Summary Elmnts, operating at elmnts.io, is strategically positioned to simplify the process of buying and selling oil and gas royalties, thereby modernizing commodity investing for a new era. The company’s core vision is to unlock the untapped potential within the oil and gas sector by establishing a comprehensive tokenized commodities ecosystem accessible to […]

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Weekly Crypto #16

Avril 23, 2025 I’m currently transferring data from A to B. This space will feature weekly crypto news updates, curated readings, and articles I’ve written on Medium and other platforms. I’ll also be sharing my research on MEV, cybersecurity, and private reports on crypto exploits to offer deeper insights into the ecosystem. Everything will be

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Analyzing the Neutron Blockchain: A Deep Dive into Risk Modeling, Mechanism Design, and Parameter Optimization

(pre-Mercury) 1. Introduction to Neutron Blockchain Neutron is designed as an integrated application network, giving developers the power of a full appchain for their smart contracts. This design aims to foster the creation of innovative applications and streamline user onboarding across different ecosystems. Built using the reliable Tendermint consensus, the flexible Cosmos SDK, and the

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The Bear Case for Solana: A Comprehensive Critical Analysis

Introduction Solana has emerged as one of the most prominent challengers to Ethereum’s dominance in the cryptocurrency landscape since its 2020 launch, garnering significant attention for its high throughput, low transaction costs, and expanding ecosystem of decentralized applications. With its theoretical capacity to process over 50,000 transactions per second while maintaining sub-cent fees, Solana has

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The ByBit Hack: A Comprehensive Analysis of the $1.43 Billion Crypto Heist

Introduction On February 21, 2025, the cryptocurrency world was shaken by a monumental security breach at ByBit, one of the leading crypto exchanges. The hack resulted in the theft of approximately $1.43 billion in digital assets, making it one of the largest crypto heists in history. This event has not only raised serious concerns about

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Using SciPy’s Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test for Cryptocurrency Strategy Evaluation

When evaluating trading strategies in cryptocurrency markets, robust statistical methods are essential. SciPy’s implementation of the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test provides an ideal tool for this purpose. This article explains why this library is particularly well-suited for cryptocurrency analysis and highlights the key parameters that analysts can modify to tailor the test to their specific needs.

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Applying the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test to Evaluate Bitcoin Trading Strategies

In the fast-paced and volatile world of cryptocurrency trading, reliable statistical methods for evaluating trading strategies are essential. The Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test offers a powerful non-parametric approach particularly well-suited to cryptocurrency markets, where price distributions often violate the normality assumptions required by traditional statistical tests. This article explores how quantitative analysts and crypto traders can

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The Shapiro-Wilk Test

The Shapiro-Wilk test is a statistical method used to determine whether a dataset follows a normal distribution. Developed by Samuel Sanford Shapiro and Martin Wilk in 1965, this test is widely employed in various fields of research to assess the normality of data, which is a crucial assumption for many statistical analyses Theory Behind the

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