1、ExploringCryptocurrenciesMarch 2025Ashley Oerth,CFAAssociate Global Market StrategistDrew Thornton,CFAHead of Solutions Thought LeadershipThis marketing communication is intended only for Professional Investors in Continental Europe(as defined in the Important information),Dubai,Jersey,Guernsey,the
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4、d,US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,latest available data as of 29 January 2025.*US equity performance measured by the S&P 500 index,an index of large capitalization stocks in the United States between the date of release of the Bitcoin white paper,17 November 2008 and 31 January 2025.Past pe
5、rformance does not guarantee future results.An investment cannot be made directly in an index.What started it all?A financial crisis and a distrust in institutionsDistrust in the traditional financial sector spawns decentralized assetsBitcoin,the first cryptocurrency,was invented in the depths of th
6、e financial crisis as an alternative to the traditional banking system.Satoshi Nakamoto,the anonymous author(s)of the research paper that pioneered Bitcoin,approached the impending financial crisis like any other technologist:Take something fragile,inefficient,and far too large,and disrupt it.As ban