Here is this week's Coinstack newsletter. Let us know your questions and thoughts in the comments.

https://coinstack.substack.com/p/algorithmic-trading-in-sideways-markets

Weekly Crypto News Roundup
Best & Worst Crypto Investments - Last 30 Days
Earning Returns from Algorithmic Trading in Sideways Markets
Introducing the Ethereum Transaction Value Model (TVM)
Seven Key Crypto Stats We’re Following
The Old vs. The New (TradFi vs. DeFi)
A Long-Term Crypto Portfolio
Tuesday Crypto Community Calls
Join Our Telegram Channel for Early Access
Featured NFTs by Mrs. Bubble
Who We’re Following Closely on Crypto Twitte
How to Get Started in Crypto Learning

Here are the crypto assets that Grayscale has announced they are considering creating new trusts for...

We are now publishing a weekly PODCAST. You can listen to the first ever Coinstack podcast here.

https://anchor.fm/coinstack

Our podcast will also be on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, and Spotify in the next few days... we'll send the link when it goes live so you can subscribe.

We'd love your feedback on what you like, how we can improve, and what topics you'd like to hear about next week...

For those curious, right now I'm seeing very good buying opportunities in the market, particularly on ETH ($1850) & DOT. ($15.11).

We are in a transitionary sideways period during which most BTC mining in China is being shut down.

This is creating quite a good buying moment for long term holders.

I personally expect this current period of lower prices to last another 1-2 months or so, though its important to state that no one really knows.

For most investors, I recommend a dollar cost averaging (DCA) strategy in which you invest a bit every week -- so no matter which way prices go you're building your stack.

Definitely take advantage of times like this when prices are cheaper.

We will eventually be back to BTC $60k+, ETH $4k+, and DOT $50+.

A good summary of the point of view that we are in a time of shorter cycles comes from Larry Cermak, Director of Research at The Block from Saturday's The Breakdown podcast with NLW...

https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M/episode/ZGVlZTU4ODMtOGM2MS00MDA5LWI1MzUtMmM0NTk2MjQ2MTU2?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwjooYC8-KrxAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAg&hl=en-ID

I’m doing some research for a Coinstack article on decentralized currency and the future of money. I’m curious what you think about this question...

By 2035, will the most used currency in the world be issued by a nation-state (e.g. dollar, yuan) or a decentralized network (btc, eth, dai, something else)?

What do you think?

Here's a special issue of Coinstack answering the question: Are We At the Bottom Yet?

https://coinstack.substack.com/p/are-we-at-the-bottom-yet

Let me know your thoughts!

NEW COINSTACK PODCAST EPISODE:
Are We Near The Bottom for Bitcoin and Ethereum? We Think So.

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/coinstack
RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/610009f4/podcast/rss
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5xh0Iq81duPEuHvYfqCcln

Apple podcast and Google Podcast link coming as soon as they approve us.

Andressen Horowitz (A16Z) has announced the largest crypto fund ever with $2.2B in fresh capital... https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/109408/a16z-third-crypto-venture-fund

The best investors in the world and the best talent in the world is flooding into the future of global finance.

"We believe that the next wave of computing innovation will be driven by crypto. We are radically optimistic about crypto’s potential to restore trust and enable new kinds of governance where communities collectively make important decisions about how networks evolve, what behaviors are permitted, and how economic benefits are distributed. That’s why today we’re pleased to announce a new $2.2 billion fund to continue investing in crypto networks and the founders and teams building in this space. This represents the beginning of an exciting new chapter for the a16z crypto team."

https://a16z.com/2021/06/24/crypto-fund-iii/

Here are two great podcasts from today that share our view that we are at or near the crypto bottom right now for this mini-cycle and are headed back up later this summer. Worth a listen

🎧 Profit Maximalist: Bitcoin On-chain Metrics Show the Bull Run Will Continue
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/profit-maximalist/id1350247761?i=1000526670205

🎧 The Breakdown: Bear Market? Not According to These Monster Funding Rounds - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-breakdown/id1438693620#episodeGuid=db54e432-f18d-49b1-90c7-404736730b4c

Here’s a great article from Bankless on whether cash flowing productive tokens like Sushi and Aave are better than currently non-cash flowing tokens like Uniswap and Compound...

https://newsletter.banklesshq.com/p/are-productive-defi-tokens-better

The takeaway: Uniswap and Aave have outperformed Sushi and Compound so far in terms of investment returns, so there’s no clear winner yet, but a very very important field to track. Ultimately any asset is worth the present value of its cashflows.

For this week's Coinstack I'm writing an article called, "Crypto - Explain It Like I'm 5 Years Old"

So I'm surveying our Telegram group... What about crypto technology and crypto investing do you NOT understand well that you'd like to understand better?

What areas would you like me to explain in this week's Coinstack issue?

I am now working on this week‘s Coinstack newsletter and podcast. What topics would you like to read about and learn more about this week?

Here’s a great Odd Lots podcast from today that explains how DeFi works. Joe Weisenthal of Bloomberg interviews Tom Schmidt, General Partner at Dragonfly Capital...

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/odd-lots/id1056200096?i=1000527088952

Joe is the best tradfi journalist who is making an authentic effort to deep dive into understanding newfi

Here is the EARLY EDITION of the Coinstack weekly newsletter, just for our Telegram subscribers as a Google Doc... ENJOY!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tt0vHO4EOq5f7VkG8y44YsvRDZcZHrN7lXDcGDCw7VU/edit#

In this issue:

1. Crypto - Explain It Like I’m 5 Years Old
- Cryptography & Blockchains
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum & Smart Contracts
- Exchanges, Wallets, & Stablecoins
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- Other Important Crypto Basics
- Learning More About Crypto
2. Why A16Z’s $2.2B Crypto Fund Is Actually A Really Big Deal
3. What Morgan Stanley Thinks About Crypto
4. Subscribe to The Coinstack Podcast
5. A Long-Term Crypto Portfolio
6. Tuesday Crypto Community Calls
7. Join Our Telegram Group
8. Who We’re Following Closely on Crypto Twitter
9. How to Get Started in Crypto Learning

Here's this week's issue of Coinstack. Please pass it along to all the crypto newbies you know...

https://coinstack.substack.com/p/crypto-explain-it-like-im-5

Inside This Issue:

1. Crypto - The Definitive Explain It Like I’m 5 (ELI5)
- Cryptography & Blockchains
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum & Smart Contracts
- Exchanges, Wallets, & Stablecoins
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
- Other Important Crypto Basics
- Learning More About Crypto
2. Why A16Z’s $2.2B Crypto Fund Is A Big Deal & is Leading to Regulatory Clarity
3. What Morgan Stanley Thinks About Crypto. It’s Time to Allocate.
4. Subscribe to The Coinstack Podcast
5. A Long-Term Crypto Portfolio
6. Tuesday Crypto Community Calls
7. Join Our Telegram Group
8. Who We’re Following Closely on Crypto Twitter
9. How to Get Started in Crypto Learning

Hope this issue is helpful at answering the question: what is crypto actually good for?

NEW COINSTACK PODCAST 🎧
Why A16Z's $2.2B Crypto Fund is Actually a Really Big Deal

https://anchor.fm/coinstack/episodes/Coinstack---Why-A16Zs-2-2B-Crypto-Fund-is-a-Bigger-Deal-Than-Most-People-Think-e13ktjt

Here’s a good NY Times article about how A16Z is playing the long game with crypto...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/26/business/dealbook/katie-haun-crypto.html

NEW COINSTACK PODCAST EPISODE 🎧
Crypto: Explain It Like I'm 5 (Part 1: Bitcoin, Cryptography, and Blockchains)

Listen and subscribe at:
https://anchor.fm/coinstack

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/5xh0Iq81duPEuHvYfqCcln

Podcast RSS:
https://anchor.fm/s/610009f4/podcast/rss

Episiode Description:
We've created this “Crypto ELI5” in order to help anyone understand the basics of crypto, become a better crypto investor, and be able to understand how cryptographically-secured decentralized blockchain applications are changing the world.

This is part 1 of 3. Parts 2 and 3 will be posted over the next couple days.

CRYPTO - EXPLAIN IT LIKE I'M 5
PART 1 - BITCOIN, CRYPTOGRAPHY, & BLOCKCHAINS
PART 2 - ETHEREUM & SMART CONTRACTS
PART 3 - DECENTRALIZED FINANCE & OTHER IMPORTANT BASICS

Give it a listen and share it with your friends who are learning about crypto.

Just finished recording from my Bali studio... If you have ever wanted someone to explain crypto to you so it's simple to understand take a listen to these podcasts and pass them along to anyone new in the space. Hopefully these will make understanding the use cases and how crypto will change the world easy...

NEW COINSTACK PODCAST EPISODES 🎧

Crypto: Explain It Like I'm 5 (The Full Series)

Part 1 - Bitcoin, Blockchains, and Cryptography
https://anchor.fm/coinstack/episodes/Crypto-Explain-It-Like-Im-5-Part-1---Bitcoin--Cryptography---Blockchains-e13mla0

Part 2 - Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Exchanges, & Wallets
https://anchor.fm/coinstack/episodes/Crypto-Explain-It-Like-Im-5-Part-2---Ethereum--Smart-Contracts--Stablecoins--Exchanges--and-Wallets-e13n0cb

Part 3 - DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and tokens
https://anchor.fm/coinstack/episodes/Crypto-Explain-It-Like-Im-5-Part-3---DeFi--NFTs--DAOs---Tokens-e13p6it

Also available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts

I will be resuming tomorrow with my more traditional a bit more advanced content :)

In the first six months of 2021, Bitcoin was up 20% ($28890 to $35,060) and Ethereum was up 208% ($737 to $2276). ETH grew in value 10x faster than BTC.

What do you think will happen in the 2nd Half of 2021?

What's your end of year price prediction for BTC and ETH?