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Crypto. What Is It Good For?

Released on Monday, March 9, 2020•Cryptocurrency

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Cryptocurrency is having an enormous impact on finance, payment systems, and value exchange. Cryptocurrencies captured the imagination of people around the world when the price of Bitcoin skyrocketed to $20,000. Many other coins and tokens took part of the craze as well. There are now at least 5,100 cryptos in circulation and new ones are created all the time. Most of these coins and tokens will fall by the wayside, simply because they do not have a unique purpose. Ultimately, the success and value of a coin will be driven by its "use case." My discussion will focus on crypto projects that seek to increase efficiency and transparency, and lower the price customers pay as they address specific customer needs. With this foundation, investors and traders will be able to identify the most promising coins in which to invest and trade.

Mark Guthner

Rutgers Business School, Associate Professor

Mark W. Guthner is a veteran of the financial services industry. His skills and experience stretch across multiple disciplines including trading, portfolio and risk management, securities analysis and valuation, investment banking, and financial technology as well. He served as a principal, portfolio manager, proprietary trader, and equity derivative strategist at Banc of America Securities, CRT Capital Group LLC, and Dash Financial LLC. Mr. Guthner is currently applying artificial intelligence to ETS and options on ETFs as a means of beating the broad popular averages like the S&P500 or generating alpha in market neutral strategies. Finally, he is a Professor of Financial Practice at Rutgers University where he teaches Portfolio Theory, Investment Analytics, and Financial Modeling.