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Large Cap Crypto portfolio update: down, but not out

18 Jan 2022 3 minute read 0 comments simplyrangel

I started a large cap crypto portfolio in September 2021 to see how well it performs with weekly contributions and minimal oversight. The portfolio's 28-coin performance returned 0.93x the total investment on Jan. 16, 2022. The portfolio outperformed...

Algorand governance period 2 vs 1: more rewards, fewer governors, and mysterious whales [UPDATE]

16 Jan 2022 3 minute read 13 comments simplyrangel

Final edit: The 3.75 billion period 1 committed Algo value is incorrect. I published a new post summarizing how I arrived at the erroneous amount, how I identified the issue, and how it was solved, here. I'm going to leave this post up for transparen...

OlympusDAO: the key to your Ohm profits starts with this break-even curve

10 Jan 2022 2 minute read 2 comments simplyrangel

OlympusDAO's staking rewards make Ohm a handsome investment -- if you understand the risk. A break-even price curve offers a simple way to evaluate how risky a future Ohm price is to your Ohm portfolio's profitability. I documented preliminary work o...

Algonauts: don't forget to commit your Algos for Governance period 2!

7 Jan 2022 2 minute read 0 comments simplyrangel

The opportunity to commit Algo's to Algorand's second governance period closes tomorrow. Here's why -- and resources how -- you should commit any spare Algos before time runs out.  What is governance?  Algorand's governance model is a way for Algo ho...

OlympusDAO: estimating the break-even price after one year of compounding

3 Jan 2022 4 minute read 3 comments simplyrangel

I staked some Ohm on OlympusDAO and estimated a potential break-even price point one year from today -- here's how.  What is OlympusDAO? OlympusDAO wants to "build a community-owned decentralized financial infrastructure" by creating a reserve curren...

View the Python scripts that support my crypto analysis posts

28 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments simplyrangel

Transparency is important in the crypto community, so I decided to make the analysis scripts behind my blog posts publicly available via github:  https://github.com/simplyrangel/crypto-publish0x For everyone's benefit I plan to include links to the...

Predicting bullish behavior with marketcap rank changes (PART-3)

26 Dec 2021 4 minute read 0 comments simplyrangel

Market cap rank changes signaled upcoming bullish price movements for a significant number of 2021's most profitable cryptocurrencies. Weekly market cap rank changes greater than 20 percent occurred an average of about one to 50 days before the daily...

Predicting crypto price jumps with marketcap rankings (PART-2)

20 Dec 2021 2 minute read 1 comment simplyrangel

I analyzed Solana and XYO and found their 100+ percent price rallies in 2021 were preceded by large jumps in market cap ranking -- read PART-1 of this series here.  The results are compelling enough that I want to put some effort into building a mode...

Predicting crypto price jumps with marketcap rankings (PART-1)

13 Dec 2021 4 minute read 2 comments simplyrangel

Market analysis of several high-performance coins suggests large market cap rank changes may act as signals for near-or-mid-term value increase. Large jumps in Solana's, XYO's, and Terra's 2020-2021 monthly market cap rankings were each followed by m...

How to write your own Coinbase Pro portfolio manager, Part 2 — authenticated API queries

18 Nov 2021 5 minute read 0 comments simplyrangel

Forget manual spreadsheets -- here's how to access your Coinbase Pro portfolio using Python and the Coinbase Pro API.  Background and motivation Coinbase and Coinbase Pro display the bare minimum portfolio information in their web portals. Users must...