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felixbraun

2,306karma·416submissions·January 21, 2013
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I’m very sure that there is more money (for big high volume exchanges) in providing an environment with low liquidations (which amplify price moves against the index, again bad UX) instead of driving …
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IMO people overestimate how much alpha is in knowing your customers’ positions (as exchange owner). Open interest, volume and price data down to seconds is available via APIs in real-time, from which …
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> Consumers spent $6bn on Onyfans last year. If the payment industry won't or can't support that, this is another arbitrage opportunity, like it or not. Is there a payment tech that doesn…
5y ago·view thread
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They have $1.7b in the insurance fund and take in $300-500m / yr (easy calculation if you know their fees and volume, which is known to be "real"; Bitmex is absolutely legit and it is d…
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You could check for T-cells at some point -- if you had Covid, they are measurable even after many months. In contrast, IgG titers show up in only ~80% and decline steadily. Excellent recent paper: &g…
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It seems to be very unlikely that brain cysts (that might affect cognition) can form in immunocompetent people — a pathological study of AIDS patients showed cysts in ~20%; background seropositivity i…
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