Dr Justin Chan

  https://jcubecapital.com Dr Chan founded DataDrivenInvestor.com (DDI) and is the CEO for JCube Capital Partners. Specialized in strategy development, alternative data analytics and behavioral finance, Dr Chan also has extensive experience in investment management and financial services industries. Prior to forming JCube and DDI, Dr Chan served in the capacity of strategy development in multiple hedge funds, fintech companies, and also served as a senior quantitative strategist at GMO. A published author at professional journals in finance, Dr. Chan holds a Ph.D. degree in finance from UCLA.

 



72 Stories by Dr Justin Chan

DDI Blockchain Weekly (August 6th – 12th)

It was a week of both highs and lows. On Saturday, the crypto market as a whole plunged to fresh lows for 2018, as...
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Will ICOs replace VCs for start-ups?

It was once the norm for an aspiring start-up to seek funding through venture capital (VC). Ownership of the company would be divided amongst...
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Quandl and the Alternative Data Revolution

Alpha, as a measure of active management skills in the fund’s world, gauge the manager’s ability to beat the market. Skills aside, it is...
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Escrow Solutions for Digital Assets

“Transactions that are computationally impractical to reverse would protect sellers from fraud, and routine escrow mechanisms could easily be implemented to protect buyers.” Satoshi Nakamoto...
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DDI Blockchain Weekly (July 9th-15th)

Just as the first week of July welcomed a $30 billion boost in crypto markets, the second week saw those gains being completely erased,...
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Could DAG be a Blockchain-Killer?

Although blockchain is now having an increasingly disruptive impact on the world, few would consider the technology to be the finished article in its...
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DDI Blockchain Weekly (July 2nd – July 8th)

With an almost $30 billion boost in market capitalization for the week, cryptocurrency markets posted their first significant weekly gains since at least the...
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DDI Blockchain Weekly (June 25th – July 1st)

Just when it looked as if crypto was going to suffer another week of painful losses, markets rebounded strongly on Saturday to end the...
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DDI Blockchain Weekly (June 18th-24th)

Cryptocurrency markets continued to lose ground last week, with bearish sentiment being strengthened following the 35 billion won ($31 million) hack of South Korea’s...
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Decentralized Exchanges as the Future of Cryptocurrency Trading (PART II)

In my previous article, I highlighted how decentralized exchanges (DEXs) represent a marked improvement over centralized exchanges across a range of important issues such...
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DDI Blockchain Weekly (June 11th-17th)

It was yet another subdued week for the cryptocurrency complex, with markets continuing their downward trajectory early in the week, following the $40 million...
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Decentralized Exchanges as the Future of Cryptocurrency Trading (PART I)

Among cryptocurrency’s most prized attributes is the high level of security facilitated by the blockchain when conducting transactions. Through the use of cryptography, a...
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