Cryptoassets: A Comprehensive Guide for Innovative Investors in Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies

Shashank: If you want to understand crypto and its place in modern portfolio this is a book for you

India on Feb 17, 2022

Sara Bornaz: Le encantó el regalo

Spain on Dec 13, 2021

Keith Clark: Recently have gotten interested in investing in crypto, and was recommended this book. It did not disappoint laying a good broad understanding of the crypto asset ecosystem. Highly recommend if you are new to crypto.

United States on Dec 10, 2021

Jose Maria Garduño Castillo: Da un panorama general de los criptoactivos, para entrar al mundo del blockchain y poderlo entender. Me ha ayudado para tener más confianza en invertir en las criptomonedas

Mexico on Nov 27, 2021

Ed Cleaves: I enjoyed this book because it improved my understanding of crypto assets from the perspective of institutional participants (like financial advisors, hedge-fund managers and the bankers). Try having a conversation with your financial advisor by using crypto-centric terminology like “proof of work”, “hard fork changes”, “hash rate processing power”, “full node network validation” and so on and so forth. The likelihood of aligning with your financial advisor on how to incorporate these new opportunities into your investment strategy, is low to none. This book does a great job of contrasting crypto assets with other traditional asset classes, through the lens of familiar investment concepts; like modern portfolio theory, diversification and dollar cost averaging. Using an appropriate framework (more familiar to the traditional world of finance) will facilitate a more serious consideration of crypto, hopefully, driving mainstream adoption.

United States on Oct 23, 2021

Steve S. Streetman: This is by far the most intelligent book I’ve read on investing in cryptocurrency. It applies the standards for evaluating all other investments to the cryptocurrency asset class. I suspect many investors will learn something about investing in general as well as how to apply it to cryptocurrency.

My only criticism is that the book’s view of cryptocurrency doesn’t include an interesting class of tokens focused on exchange for assets (and to some extent being asset-backed). I own several of those currencies and don’t find that the book’s approach to evaluating the cryptocurrency applies. Maybe that will be addressed in future editions.

There should be future editions of this book. The book cuts off at the beginning of January 2017 and we all know the explosion in cryptocurrency since then. I hope the authors revise and extend the book using their sound methodology so it doesn’t go too far out of date. We need more books like this with good investment advice and no hype.

United States on Jul 06, 2018

Warren McPherson: An introductory look at investing in bitcoin and other "cryptoassets".

Helps structure your understanding of a novel asset class. It outlines the basics of the technology and reviews major investing concepts in the context of the new technology. It covers portfolio theory, the role of alternative assets, and the significance of correlation. There is also discussion of bubbles and Ponzi schemes that may be helpful to people who hear those words thrown around. After touching on so many topics it could never go into much depth. Readers familiar with the technology and finance may not find much that is particularly new. It does manage to discuss the open source projects that are at the core of the technology development and show the relationship to the economic projects. I have found books often show distinctly greater comfort with one realm or the other.

I am not a fan of the classification of cryptocurrencies, cryptocommodoties, and cryptotokens. I do recognize there was something clever about it. I suspect many people will end up having negative experiences with alternative projects and the finer points of the distinctions between them may not have enduring...

Canada on Jan 31, 2018

JCurtis: Cryptoasets: The Innovative Investor's Guide, provides a clear, concise overview of a rapidly emerging market and group of tools that will impact our lives for the better. Context is everything. I am not a professional trader or investor. Prior to getting involved with cryptoassets, I wasn't even remotely a hobby trader. I contributed to my retirement through work in typical mostly hands-off ways i.e 401k or mutual funds. I got involved with Bitcoin because I liked the technology and the societal implications. Once that hooked me, I had to figure out how to put that interest to use. That is where Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar come in with Cryptoassets. The authors provide a timely description of the investing landscape without turning over every stone or looking behind every tree. They paint with broad brush strokes using various cryptoassets to articulate a point. Without getting bogged down in too many details that change quickly in cryptomarkets, they filled in significant knowledge gaps and helped me understand how much I did not know about investing or how cryptoassets compare to conventional assets. There is a place for the highly technical description of cryptoassets or...

United States on Jan 18, 2018

Nathik: Whatever there is to learn about crypto is already out there in the internet. To get one's feet wet, all one has to do is to surf the internet. However the knowledge to navigate across the world of crypto is ever expanding and it is scattered across twitter, reddit, medium, telegram, slack, stack exchange & many crypto-specific websites. And evaluating these assets can be problematic because cryptos cuts across multiple disciplines and traditional valuation methods & metrics are unhelpful to validate these assets.

Crypto-assets sets out to consolidate these scattered information and provide a holistic view of the world of Crypto-assests.

From a beginner's perspective, this book works well. It basically provides the case why Crypto-assests is a new Asset class and why it should be considered in one's portfolio from Modern Portfolio theory perspective. It takes us through various cryptos from its inception, their use cases, developers & its target market. Shares the similarities and dissimilarities with other assets classes from historical perspective.

What really works in this book is that it provides the right framework and tools to validate &...

India on Dec 22, 2017

Dawn Casey Rowe: “Bitcoin is stupid. It’s fake money made up by your Silicon Valley friends.” That’s from an argument I had with someone who asked me about bitcoin when bitcoin was below $1000. These days, I’d just hand over a copy of this book.

Whether you’re a traditional investor, a non-investor who’s interested in bitcoin, or an experienced financial professional who isn’t yet familiar with cryptocurrency, read “Cryptoassets: The Innovative Investor’s Guide.” It’s not only for investors—it’s for anyone who wants to learn more about cryptocurrency and blockchain.

Chris Berniske and Jack Tatar do an excellent job telling the story behind many cryptocurrencies. They discuss blockchain, portfolio management, “ICOs”, and emerging tax and securities regulation.

“If you miss a day in crypto it’s like missing a year,” people in the crypto space say. That’s why it’s so challenging to write a book about blockchain and cryptocurrency. Berniske and Tatar have succeeded in creating something valuable.

“Chris and Jack’s Go-To Crypto Resources,” chapter at the end of “Cryptoassets” compiles news, education sites, and trader tools...

United States on Nov 07, 2017