Bitbase Blog

Market Insights | Issue 20

Bitbase Proof of Reserves: What It Publishes and How to Check Your Own Balance

Bitbase's Dual Leaderboard Futures Competition: What It Is and How It Works

Market Insights | Issue 18

Nicholas Lo Joins Bitbase as Chief Business Officer

Market Insights | Issue 20

A Fed governor said his statements are conditionals, not commitments. The market priced the commitment anyway, and the next morning's payrolls took it back.

2026-09-07

Top Picks

Dual Leaderboard Competition Rules Explained: Thresholds, Boards and Payouts
Two thresholds decide whether you rank at all in Bitbase's dual leaderboard contest. Valid volume rules, the PnL formula, unlock tiers and both payout tables.
2026-09-07
Market Insights | Issue 17
Oil broke $90 on day one and the hike bid went with it. The Fed held 9-3, July CPI cooled, and money funds refilled. Bitcoin fell anyway.
2026-09-01
Herding Effects and Incentive Misalignment in Cryptocurrency Markets
Bitbase Research on herding and misaligned incentives in crypto: how information asymmetry, agency conflicts and cascades drove Terra/Luna and FTX.
2026-08-24

Bitbase Academy

Normal Versus Abusive Trading in a Contest: Two Lists That Are Not the Same

Normal Versus Abusive Trading in a Contest: Two Lists That Are Not the Same

2026-09-07

Tokenized Stocks: What the Symbol Tells You About the Issuer

Tokenized Stocks: What the Symbol Tells You About the Issuer

2026-09-04

What Are Crypto Stocks? Five Categories and What They Track

What Are Crypto Stocks? Five Categories and What They Track

2026-09-04

Deep Dive Research

Herding Effects and Incentive Misalignment in Cryptocurrency Markets

Herding Effects and Incentive Misalignment in Cryptocurrency Markets

2026-08-24

Whale Tracking, Wallet Labeling and Smart Money: A Wallet-Entity Taxonomy and Forensic Detection Framework

Whale Tracking, Wallet Labeling and Smart Money: A Wallet-Entity Taxonomy and Forensic Detection Framework

2026-08-24

How to Analyze Token Unlocks and Sell Pressure: A Market-Impact Framework and Sell-Pressure Risk Score

How to Analyze Token Unlocks and Sell Pressure: A Market-Impact Framework and Sell-Pressure Risk Score

2026-08-24

Market Insights

Market Insights | Issue 20

Market Insights | Issue 20

2026-09-07

Market Insights | Issue 1

Market Insights | Issue 1

2026-09-01

Market Insights | Issue 18

Market Insights | Issue 18

2026-09-01

Crypto Conferences

Bitcoin Asia: Hong Kong's Bitcoin-Only Conference, Editions and Attendance

Bitcoin Asia: Hong Kong's Bitcoin-Only Conference, Editions and Attendance

2026-08-29

BWTC

BWTC 2026 Closing Report: Final Standings Across Five Boards

BWTC 2026 Closing Report: Final Standings Across Five Boards

2026-08-24

Halftime Whistle: The Score So Far

Halftime Whistle: The Score So Far

2026-08-24

Four Teams Left, and Your Field Just Kicked Off

Four Teams Left, and Your Field Just Kicked Off

2026-08-24

Brand & Events

Dual Leaderboard Competition: What the Standings Say Four Days In

2026-09-07

Bitbase's Dual Leaderboard Futures Competition: What It Is and How It Works

2026-09-07

Nicholas Lo Joins Bitbase as Chief Business Officer

2026-08-24

Product

Dual Leaderboard Competition Rules Explained: Thresholds, Boards and Payouts

Dual Leaderboard Competition Rules Explained: Thresholds, Boards and Payouts

2026-09-07

Bitbase Proof of Reserves: What It Publishes and How to Check Your Own Balance

Bitbase Proof of Reserves: What It Publishes and How to Check Your Own Balance

2026-09-07

How to Set Up the Bitbase VIP Bot (Telegram and Discord)

How to Set Up the Bitbase VIP Bot (Telegram and Discord)

2026-09-04

Project Profiles

XLK ETF Explained: Who Decides What the Fund Holds

XLK ETF Explained: Who Decides What the Fund Holds

2026-09-04

VTI ETF Explained: A Sample of the Whole US Stock Market

VTI ETF Explained: A Sample of the Whole US Stock Market

2026-09-04

VOO ETF Explained: What Tracking an Index Actually Buys

VOO ETF Explained: What Tracking an Index Actually Buys

2026-09-04

World Cup Series

After the Final Whistle: How the World Cup's First Match Settled On-Chain

After the Final Whistle: How the World Cup's First Match Settled On-Chain

2026-08-24

Kickoff Day On-Chain: $2 Billion Is Already Down, but How Does a Contract Know Who Won?

Kickoff Day On-Chain: $2 Billion Is Already Down, but How Does a Contract Know Who Won?

2026-08-24

The On-Chain Numbers on Kickoff Eve: $1.6 Billion Traded Before the World Cup Even Starts

The On-Chain Numbers on Kickoff Eve: $1.6 Billion Traded Before the World Cup Even Starts

2026-08-24