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Volatility in Digital Assets and Why It Doesn’t Need to be a Hurdle to Enter the Space

Hosted by IDX Digital Assets
August 12, 2021
12:30 PM - 13:00 PM
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Volatility in the prices of digital assets is a central concern of financial professionals. For some, it is the primary reason for not entering the space. Specifically, wealth managers, financial advisors, high net worth investors, and institutions are expressing a strong appetite for digital assets exposure, but desire a risk-managed approach that focuses on mitigating the inherent volatility and drawdowns common with the emerging asset class; this is what IDX seeks to provide.

  • Why volatility in digital assets is most likely here to stay
  • The Fed is exploring the idea of a US Digital Dollar. How might this affect digital asset prices?
  • Is institutional adoption adding to volatility?
  • Dipping the toe in the space: the options investors have to get access to Bitcoin, Ethereum and DeFi
  • How might “infinite QE” add to volatility in the digital assets space?

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Volatility in Digital Assets and Why It Doesn’t Need to be a Hurdle to Enter the Space

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Ben McMillan
Chief Investment Officer @ IDX Digital Assets

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IDX Digital Assets is a quantitative asset manager in the crypto and digital asset space. IDX has developed the world’s first suite of Risk Managed Digital Currency Indices Priced by S&P Dow Jones, and has recently launched the first Risk-Managed Digital Asset trusts, the IDX Risk-Managed Bitcoin Trust and the IDX Risk-Managed Ethereum Trust. IDX is also scheduled to launch the first ever risk-weighted DeFi index with S&P in August 2021.